Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter II. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 10, sentence 98

There is a birch-tree there, niece, which would hit you in the eye--you must tie a ribbon round it; there are doors which would creak and bang--you must pour oil on their hinges; there are dogs which would tear you in pieces--you must throw them these rolls; there is a cat which would scratch your eyes out--you must give it a piece of bacon."

Who acts: birch tree, niece, you, doors, dogs, cat · What happens: be, hit, tie, creak, bang, pour · To what, where: you, eye, ribbon, oil, hinges, pieces

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 (birch tree, niece, you, doors), 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	There	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	2 is	expl
2	is	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 tree	det
4	birch	birch	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 tree	compound
5	-	-	PUNCT	_	4 birch	punct
6	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 is	nsubj
7	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	2 is	advmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 niece	punct
9	niece	niece	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 is	parataxis
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 hit	punct
11	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 hit	nsubj
12	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 hit	aux
13	hit	hit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 niece	parataxis
14	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	13 hit	obj
15	in	in	ADP	_	17 eye	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 eye	det
17	eye	eye	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 hit	obl
18	--	--	PUNCT	_	21 tie	punct
19	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	21 tie	nsubj
20	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	21 tie	aux
21	tie	tie	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 hit	conj
22	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	23 ribbon	det
23	ribbon	ribbon	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 tie	obj
24	round	round	ADP	_	25 it	case
25	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 tie	obl
26	;	;	PUNCT	_	28 are	punct
27	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	28 are	expl
28	are	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 is	parataxis
29	doors	door	NOUN	Number=Plur	28 are	nsubj
30	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	32 creak	nsubj
31	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	32 creak	aux
32	creak	creak	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	29 doors	acl:relcl
33	and	and	CCONJ	_	34 bang	cc
34	bang	bang	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	32 creak	conj
35	--	--	PUNCT	_	38 pour	punct
36	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	38 pour	nsubj
37	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	38 pour	aux
38	pour	pour	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	32 creak	conj
39	oil	oil	NOUN	Number=Sing	38 pour	obj
40	on	on	ADP	_	42 hinges	case
41	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	42 hinges	nmod:poss
42	hinges	hinge	NOUN	Number=Plur	38 pour	obl
43	;	;	PUNCT	_	45 are	punct
44	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	45 are	expl
45	are	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	64 cat	advcl
46	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	45 are	nsubj
47	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	49 tear	nsubj
48	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	49 tear	aux
49	tear	tear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	46 dogs	acl:relcl
50	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	49 tear	obj
51	in	in	ADP	_	52 pieces	case
52	pieces	piece	NOUN	Number=Plur	49 tear	obl
53	--	--	PUNCT	_	56 throw	punct
54	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	56 throw	nsubj
55	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	56 throw	aux
56	throw	throw	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	45 are	conj
57	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	56 throw	obj
58	these	this	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	59 rolls	det
59	rolls	roll	NOUN	Number=Plur	56 throw	obj
60	;	;	PUNCT	_	62 is	punct
61	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	62 is	expl
62	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	64 cat	cop
63	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	64 cat	det
64	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 is	nsubj
65	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	67 scratch	nsubj
66	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	67 scratch	aux
67	scratch	scratch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	64 cat	acl:relcl
68	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	69 eyes	nmod:poss
69	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	67 scratch	obj
70	out	out	ADV	_	67 scratch	advmod
71	--	--	PUNCT	_	74 give	punct
72	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	74 give	nsubj
73	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	74 give	aux
74	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	67 scratch	conj
75	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	74 give	obj
76	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	77 piece	det
77	piece	piece	NOUN	Number=Sing	74 give	obj
78	of	of	ADP	_	79 bacon	case
79	bacon	bacon	NOUN	Number=Sing	77 piece	nmod
80	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 is	punct
81	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 is	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	be	present	a birch tree		there; there		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	hit	would	niece	you	the eye		vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent you=Theme in eye=Destination
3	tie	must	you	a ribbon		round tree	vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ribbon=Patient
4	does	present	doors		there		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5	creak	would	doors				vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
6	bang	infinitive	doors not said here				vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
7	pour	must	you	oil	doors's hinges		vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent oil=Patient
8	does	present	dogs		there		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
9	tear	would	dogs	you	pieces		vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location you=Theme
10	throw	must	you	doors = door			vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Destination roll=Theme
11	is a	present		a cat			tree rules
12	scratch out	would	a cat	your eyes		out property	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Theme
13	give	must	you	cat			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent it=Recipient piece=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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