Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter II. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 3, sentence 81
[91] We know also that "Israel loved Joseph more than all his children," because he was the son "of his old age," and the result was that "when his brethren [who were only his half-brothers] saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, they hated him."
Who acts: We, Israel, brethren, father, brothers · What happens: know, love, be, hate · To what, where: Joseph, son, half brothers, Israel · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore», Chapter II. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (We, Israel, brethren, father), 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 | [ | [ | PUNCT | _ | 2 91 | punct |
| 2 | 91 | 91 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 5 know | discourse |
| 3 | ] | ] | PUNCT | _ | 2 91 | punct |
| 4 | We | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 5 know | nsubj |
| 5 | know | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | also | also | ADV | _ | 5 know | advmod |
| 7 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 10 loved | mark |
| 8 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 loved | punct |
| 9 | Israel | Israel | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 loved | nsubj |
| 10 | loved | love | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 23 son | advcl |
| 11 | Joseph | Joseph | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 loved | obj |
| 12 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 10 loved | obj |
| 13 | than | than | ADP | _ | 16 children | case |
| 14 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 16 children | det:predet |
| 15 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 16 children | nmod:poss |
| 16 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 more | obl |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 loved | punct |
| 18 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 23 son | punct |
| 19 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 23 son | mark |
| 20 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 23 son | nsubj |
| 21 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 23 son | cop |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 son | det |
| 23 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 know | conj |
| 24 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 23 son | punct |
| 25 | of | of | ADP | _ | 28 age | case |
| 26 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 28 age | nmod:poss |
| 27 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 28 age | amod |
| 28 | age | age | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 son | obl |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 age | punct |
| 30 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 28 age | punct |
| 31 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 33 result | cc |
| 32 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 33 result | det |
| 33 | result | result | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 son | conj |
| 34 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 49 saw | cop |
| 35 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 49 saw | mark |
| 36 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 49 saw | punct |
| 37 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 49 saw | advmod |
| 38 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 39 brethren | nmod:poss |
| 39 | brethren | brethren | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 saw | nsubj |
| 40 | [ | [ | PUNCT | _ | 47 brothers | punct |
| 41 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 47 brothers | nsubj |
| 42 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 47 brothers | cop |
| 43 | only | only | ADV | _ | 47 brothers | advmod |
| 44 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 47 brothers | nmod:poss |
| 45 | half | half | NOUN | Number=Sing NumForm=Word NumType=Frac | 47 brothers | compound |
| 46 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 45 half | punct |
| 47 | brothers | brother | NOUN | Number=Plur | 39 brethren | appos |
| 48 | ] | ] | PUNCT | _ | 47 brothers | punct |
| 49 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 23 son | acl:relcl |
| 50 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 53 loved | mark |
| 51 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 52 father | nmod:poss |
| 52 | father | father | NOUN | Number=Sing | 53 loved | nsubj |
| 53 | loved | love | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 49 saw | ccomp |
| 54 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 53 loved | obj |
| 55 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 53 loved | advmod |
| 56 | than | than | ADP | _ | 59 brethren | case |
| 57 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 59 brethren | det:predet |
| 58 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 59 brethren | nmod:poss |
| 59 | brethren | brethren | NOUN | Number=Sing | 55 more | obl |
| 60 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 62 hated | punct |
| 61 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 62 hated | nsubj |
| 62 | hated | hate | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 49 saw | advcl |
| 63 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 62 hated | obj |
| 64 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 know | punct |
| 65 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 know | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | know | present | We | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 2 | love in a quote | past | Israel | Joseph | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | is a | past | Israel | the son and the result | of Israel's old age | tree rules | |||
| 4 | is a in a quote | past | Israel's brethren | Israel's half brothers | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | is in a quote | past | Israel's brethren | see property | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | love in a quote | past | brothers's father | Israel | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | ||||
| 7 | hate in a quote | past | brothers = brother | Israel | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus |
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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