Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter I. INTRODUCTORY, part 5, sentence 21
In the same way another story shows us in Russian garb our old friend the widower who, when looking for his drowned wife--a woman of a very antagonistic disposition--went up the river instead of down, saying to his astonished companions, "She always did everything contrary-wise, so now, no doubt, she's gone against the stream."
Who acts: story, widower, woman, doubt · What happens: show, look, drown, go up, say, do · To what, where: us, same way, river, astonished companions, everything · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore», Chapter I. INTRODUCTORY, part 5. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (story, widower, woman, doubt), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.
Parsed by Mova, not checked by a teacher. This tree is Mova's own parse (the en model, on the CPU, when the site is built); it may be wrong.
The tree
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 4 way | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 way | det |
| 3 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 way | amod |
| 4 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 shows | obl |
| 5 | another | another | DET | PronType=Ind | 6 story | det |
| 6 | story | story | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 shows | nsubj |
| 7 | shows | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | us | we | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 7 shows | iobj |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 garb | case |
| 10 | Russian | Russian | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 garb | amod |
| 11 | garb | garb | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 shows | obl |
| 12 | our | our | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 friend | nmod:poss |
| 13 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 friend | amod |
| 14 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 garb | appos |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 widower | det |
| 16 | widower | widower | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 friend | appos |
| 17 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 20 looking | nsubj |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 looking | punct |
| 19 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 20 looking | mark |
| 20 | looking | look | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 16 widower | acl:relcl |
| 21 | for | for | ADP | _ | 24 wife | case |
| 22 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 24 wife | nmod:poss |
| 23 | drowned | drown | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 24 wife | amod |
| 24 | wife | wife | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 looking | obl |
| 25 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 27 woman | punct |
| 26 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 27 woman | det |
| 27 | woman | woman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 wife | appos |
| 28 | of | of | ADP | _ | 32 disposition | case |
| 29 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 32 disposition | det |
| 30 | very | very | ADV | _ | 31 antagonistic | advmod |
| 31 | antagonistic | antagonistic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 32 disposition | amod |
| 32 | disposition | disposition | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 woman | nmod |
| 33 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 34 went | punct |
| 34 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 shows | conj |
| 35 | up | up | ADP | _ | 34 went | compound:prt |
| 36 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 37 river | det |
| 37 | river | river | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 went | obl |
| 38 | instead | instead | ADV | ExtPos=ADP | 40 down | case |
| 39 | of | of | ADP | _ | 38 instead | fixed |
| 40 | down | down | ADV | _ | 34 went | obl |
| 41 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 42 saying | punct |
| 42 | saying | say | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 34 went | advcl |
| 43 | to | to | ADP | _ | 46 companions | case |
| 44 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 46 companions | nmod:poss |
| 45 | astonished | astonished | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 46 companions | amod |
| 46 | companions | companion | NOUN | Number=Plur | 42 saying | obl |
| 47 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 51 did | punct |
| 48 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 51 did | punct |
| 49 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 51 did | nsubj |
| 50 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 51 did | advmod |
| 51 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 42 saying | ccomp |
| 52 | everything | everything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 51 did | obj |
| 53 | contrary | contrary | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 55 wise | amod |
| 54 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 53 contrary | punct |
| 55 | wise | wise | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 52 everything | acl:relcl |
| 56 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 65 gone | punct |
| 57 | so | so | ADV | _ | 58 now | advmod |
| 58 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 65 gone | advmod |
| 59 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 65 gone | punct |
| 60 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 61 doubt | det |
| 61 | doubt | doubt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 65 gone | nsubj |
| 62 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 61 doubt | punct |
| 63 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 65 gone | nsubj |
| 64 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 65 gone | cop |
| 65 | gone | gone | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 shows | parataxis |
| 66 | against | against | ADP | _ | 68 stream | case |
| 67 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 68 stream | det |
| 68 | stream | stream | NOUN | Number=Sing | 65 gone | obl |
| 69 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 65 gone | punct |
| 70 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 65 gone | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | present | another story | us | the same way | in Russian garb | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S»: agent=Agent we=Recipient clause=Topic | ||
| 2 | look | gerund | the widower | for widower's drowned wife | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for wife=Theme | ||||
| 3 | drown | participle | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 4 | go up | past | another story not said here | the river | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | ||||
| 5 | say speech: assert | gerund | another story not said here | widower's astonished companions | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to companion=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 6 | do in a quote | past | woman | everything | always property | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everything=Eventuality | |||
| 7 | is in a quote | present | no doubt | now | against the stream; gone property | tree rules |
One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.
Text: «Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore», Project Gutenberg book 22373 (public domain in the USA). Tree: Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), the chapter read in order.
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