Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter II. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 10, sentence 37
During his absence they attempt to escape being carried through the air on the back of a friendly falcon, but the King-Bear sees them, "strikes his head against the earth, and burns the falcon's wings."
Who acts: twins, King Bear, King · What happens: attempt, escape, carry, see, strike, burn · To what, where: air, twins, head, wings · Speech: someone speaks here
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 (twins, King Bear, King), 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 | During | during | ADP | _ | 3 absence | case |
| 2 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 absence | nmod:poss |
| 3 | absence | absence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 attempt | obl |
| 4 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 attempt | nsubj |
| 5 | attempt | attempt | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 escape | mark |
| 7 | escape | escape | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 attempt | xcomp |
| 8 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 9 carried | aux:pass |
| 9 | carried | carry | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 escape | xcomp |
| 10 | through | through | ADP | _ | 12 air | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 air | det |
| 12 | air | air | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 carried | obl |
| 13 | on | on | ADP | _ | 15 back | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 back | det |
| 15 | back | back | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 air | nmod |
| 16 | of | of | ADP | _ | 19 falcon | case |
| 17 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 19 falcon | det |
| 18 | friendly | friendly | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 falcon | amod |
| 19 | falcon | falcon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 back | nmod |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 sees | punct |
| 21 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 26 sees | cc |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 Bear | det |
| 23 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 25 Bear | compound |
| 24 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 23 King | punct |
| 25 | Bear | Bear | PROPN | Number=Sing | 26 sees | nsubj |
| 26 | sees | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 30 strikes | csubj |
| 27 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 26 sees | obj |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 sees | punct |
| 29 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 26 sees | punct |
| 30 | strikes | strike | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 attempt | parataxis |
| 31 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 32 head | nmod:poss |
| 32 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 strikes | obj |
| 33 | against | against | ADP | _ | 35 earth | case |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 35 earth | det |
| 35 | earth | earth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 strikes | obl |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 burns | punct |
| 37 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 38 burns | cc |
| 38 | burns | burn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 attempt | conj |
| 39 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 40 falcon | det |
| 40 | falcon | falcon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 wings | nmod:poss |
| 41 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 40 falcon | case |
| 42 | wings | wing | NOUN | Number=Plur | 38 burns | obj |
| 43 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 attempt | punct |
| 44 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 attempt | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | attempt | present | twins = twin | during King's absence | vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | escape not said to happen | to-infinitive | twins = twin not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | carry | gerund · passive | twins = twin not said here | the air on the back of a friendly falcon | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP» | ||||
| 4 | see | present | the King Bear | twins = twin | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus | ||||
| 5 | strike in a quote | present | King's head | against the earth | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent head=Instrument against earth=Patient | ||||
| 6 | burn in a quote | present | twins = twin not said here | the falcon's wings | vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent wing=Theme | ||||
| 7 | absent | King | nom absence «state transitive»: poss=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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