Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter II. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 6, sentence 140
And those two Princes and their mother brought a certain Princess back with them; and the eldest son wants to marry her, but she declares he must fetch her her betrothal ring first, or get one made just as she wants it.
Who acts: two Princes, eldest son, Princess, son, one · What happens: bring, want, marry, declare, fetch, get · To what, where: certain Princess, Princess, betrothal ring, one, ring
This is a sentence of «Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore», Chapter II. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 6. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (two Princes, eldest son, Princess, son), 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 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 brought | cc |
| 2 | those | that | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 4 Princes | det |
| 3 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 4 Princes | nummod |
| 4 | Princes | prince | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 brought | nsubj |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 mother | cc |
| 6 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 mother | nmod:poss |
| 7 | mother | mother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 Princes | conj |
| 8 | brought | bring | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 Princess | det |
| 10 | certain | certain | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 Princess | amod |
| 11 | Princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 brought | obj |
| 12 | back | back | ADV | _ | 8 brought | advmod |
| 13 | with | with | ADP | _ | 14 them | case |
| 14 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 brought | obl |
| 15 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 20 wants | punct |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 20 wants | cc |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 son | det |
| 18 | eldest | eld | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 19 son | amod |
| 19 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 wants | nsubj |
| 20 | wants | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 brought | conj |
| 21 | to | to | PART | _ | 22 marry | mark |
| 22 | marry | marry | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 20 wants | xcomp |
| 23 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 22 marry | obj |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 declares | punct |
| 25 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 27 declares | cc |
| 26 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 27 declares | nsubj |
| 27 | declares | declare | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 brought | parataxis |
| 28 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 30 fetch | nsubj |
| 29 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 30 fetch | aux |
| 30 | fetch | fetch | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 27 declares | xcomp |
| 31 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 30 fetch | obj |
| 32 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 34 ring | nmod:poss |
| 33 | betrothal | betrothal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 ring | compound |
| 34 | ring | ring | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 fetch | obj |
| 35 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 30 fetch | advmod |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 get | punct |
| 37 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 38 get | cc |
| 38 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 27 declares | conj |
| 39 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 38 get | obj |
| 40 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 38 get | xcomp |
| 41 | just | just | ADV | _ | 44 wants | advmod |
| 42 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 44 wants | mark |
| 43 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 44 wants | nsubj |
| 44 | wants | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 38 get | advcl |
| 45 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 44 wants | obj |
| 46 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 brought | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bring | past | that two Princes and brothers's mother | a certain Princess | with brothers = brother | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument princess=Destination | |||
| 2 | want | present | the eldest son | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 3 | marry not said to happen | to-infinitive | the eldest son not said here | Princess | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient | ||||
| 4 | declare speech: other | present | Princess | vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 5 | fetch | must | son | Princess's betrothal ring | Princess | first property | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent she=Beneficiary ring=Theme | ||
| 6 | get | infinitive | Princess not said here | one | tree rules | ||||
| 7 | make | participle | one not said here | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | |||||
| 8 | want | present | Princess | ring | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot it=Theme |
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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