Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter II. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 10, sentence 123

The dogs would have rent her, but she threw them the rolls, and they let her go by; the doors would have begun to bang, but she poured oil on their hinges, and they let her pass through; the birch-tree would have poked her eyes out, but she tied the ribbon around it, and it let her pass on.

Who acts: girl, rolls, dog · What happens: rend, throw, let, go by, begin, bang · To what, where: dogs, eyes, girl, doors, oil, hinges

This is a sentence of «Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore», Chapter II. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 10. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (girl, rolls, dog), 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	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 dogs	det
2	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 rent	nsubj:pass
3	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 rent	aux
4	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 rent	aux
5	rent	rend	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 rent	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 threw	punct
8	but	but	CCONJ	_	10 threw	cc
9	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 threw	nsubj
10	threw	throw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 rent	parataxis
11	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 threw	obj
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 rolls	det
13	rolls	roll	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 threw	obj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 let	punct
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 let	cc
16	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 let	nsubj
17	let	let	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 threw	conj
18	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 let	obj
19	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	17 let	xcomp
20	by	by	ADP	_	19 go	obl
21	;	;	PUNCT	_	26 begun	punct
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 doors	det
23	doors	door	NOUN	Number=Plur	26 begun	nsubj:pass
24	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	26 begun	aux
25	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	26 begun	aux
26	begun	begin	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 rent	conj
27	to	to	PART	_	28 bang	mark
28	bang	bang	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	26 begun	xcomp
29	,	,	PUNCT	_	32 poured	punct
30	but	but	CCONJ	_	32 poured	cc
31	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	32 poured	nsubj
32	poured	pour	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 rent	parataxis
33	oil	oil	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 poured	obj
34	on	on	ADP	_	36 hinges	case
35	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	36 hinges	nmod:poss
36	hinges	hinge	NOUN	Number=Plur	32 poured	obl
37	,	,	PUNCT	_	40 let	punct
38	and	and	CCONJ	_	40 let	cc
39	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	40 let	nsubj
40	let	let	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	32 poured	conj
41	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	40 let	obj
42	pass	pass	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	40 let	xcomp
43	through	through	ADV	_	42 pass	advmod
44	;	;	PUNCT	_	51 poked	punct
45	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	48 tree	det
46	birch	birch	NOUN	Number=Sing	48 tree	compound
47	-	-	PUNCT	_	46 birch	punct
48	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	51 poked	nsubj:pass
49	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	51 poked	aux
50	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	51 poked	aux
51	poked	poke	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 rent	conj
52	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	53 eyes	nmod:poss
53	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	51 poked	obj
54	out	out	ADV	_	51 poked	advmod
55	,	,	PUNCT	_	58 tied	punct
56	but	but	CCONJ	_	58 tied	cc
57	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	58 tied	nsubj
58	tied	tie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	51 poked	conj
59	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	60 ribbon	det
60	ribbon	ribbon	NOUN	Number=Sing	58 tied	obj
61	around	around	ADP	_	62 it	case
62	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	58 tied	obl
63	,	,	PUNCT	_	66 let	punct
64	and	and	CCONJ	_	66 let	cc
65	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	66 let	nsubj
66	let	let	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 rent	conj
67	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	66 let	obj
68	pass	pass	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	66 let	xcomp
69	on	on	ADP	_	68 pass	compound:prt
70	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 rent	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	rend	would · perfect · passive		the dogs			vn break-45.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Patient she=Result
2	throw	past	girl	eyes = eye			vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Destination roll=Theme
3	let	past	rolls = roll	girl			tree rules
4	go by	infinitive	girl not said here				vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5	begin	would · perfect · passive		the doors			tree rules
6	bang	to-infinitive					vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
7	pour	past	girl	oil	doors's hinges		vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent oil=Patient
8	let	past	rolls = roll	girl			tree rules
9	pass through	infinitive	girl not said here			through property	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
10	poke out	would · perfect · passive		the birch tree		out property	tree rules
11	tie	past	girl	the ribbon	tree		vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ribbon=Patient
12	let	past	dog	girl			tree rules
13	pass on	infinitive	girl not said here				vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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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