Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter III. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 1, sentence 124
But "the princess went into the open field, bowed down before the cow's right foot, and got plenty to eat and to drink, and fine clothes to put on; all day long she followed the cow about dressed like a great lady--when the day came to a close, she again bowed down to the cow's right foot, took off her fine clothes, went home and laid on the table the crust of bread she had brought back with her."
Who acts: princess, day, cow · What happens: go, bow down, get, eat, drink, put on · To what, where: open field, right foot, plenty, cow, close, fine clothes
This is a sentence of «Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore», Chapter III. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (princess, day, cow), 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 | But | but | CCONJ | _ | 5 went | cc |
| 2 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 went | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 princess | det |
| 4 | princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 went | nsubj |
| 5 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | into | into | ADP | _ | 9 field | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 field | det |
| 8 | open | open | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 field | amod |
| 9 | field | field | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 went | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 bowed | punct |
| 11 | bowed | bow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 field | acl |
| 12 | down | down | ADP | _ | 11 bowed | compound:prt |
| 13 | before | before | ADP | _ | 18 foot | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 cow | det |
| 15 | cow | cow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 foot | nmod:poss |
| 16 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 15 cow | case |
| 17 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 foot | amod |
| 18 | foot | foot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 bowed | obl |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 got | punct |
| 20 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 21 got | cc |
| 21 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 went | conj |
| 22 | plenty | plenty | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 got | obj |
| 23 | to | to | PART | _ | 24 eat | mark |
| 24 | eat | eat | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 22 plenty | acl |
| 25 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 27 drink | cc |
| 26 | to | to | PART | _ | 27 drink | mark |
| 27 | drink | drink | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 24 eat | conj |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 clothes | punct |
| 29 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 31 clothes | cc |
| 30 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 31 clothes | amod |
| 31 | clothes | clothes | NOUN | Number=Ptan | 21 got | obl |
| 32 | to | to | PART | _ | 33 put | mark |
| 33 | put | put | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 31 clothes | acl |
| 34 | on | on | ADP | _ | 33 put | compound:prt |
| 35 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 40 followed | punct |
| 36 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 37 day | det |
| 37 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 followed | obl:unmarked |
| 38 | long | long | ADV | Degree=Pos | 40 followed | advmod |
| 39 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 40 followed | nsubj |
| 40 | followed | follow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 went | conj |
| 41 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 42 cow | det |
| 42 | cow | cow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 followed | obj |
| 43 | about | about | SCONJ | _ | 44 dressed | mark |
| 44 | dressed | dress | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 42 cow | acl |
| 45 | like | like | ADP | _ | 48 lady | case |
| 46 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 48 lady | det |
| 47 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 48 lady | amod |
| 48 | lady | lady | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 dressed | obl |
| 49 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 53 came | punct |
| 50 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 53 came | mark |
| 51 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 52 day | det |
| 52 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 53 came | nsubj |
| 53 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 40 followed | parataxis |
| 54 | to | to | ADP | _ | 56 close | case |
| 55 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 56 close | det |
| 56 | close | close | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 53 came | obl |
| 57 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 60 bowed | punct |
| 58 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 60 bowed | nsubj |
| 59 | again | again | ADV | _ | 60 bowed | advmod |
| 60 | bowed | bow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 53 came | conj |
| 61 | down | down | ADV | _ | 60 bowed | advmod |
| 62 | to | to | ADP | _ | 67 foot | case |
| 63 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 64 cow | det |
| 64 | cow | cow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 67 foot | nmod:poss |
| 65 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 64 cow | case |
| 66 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 67 foot | amod |
| 67 | foot | foot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 60 bowed | obl |
| 68 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 69 took | punct |
| 69 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 53 came | conj |
| 70 | off | off | ADP | _ | 69 took | compound:prt |
| 71 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 73 clothes | nmod:poss |
| 72 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 73 clothes | amod |
| 73 | clothes | clothes | NOUN | Number=Ptan | 69 took | obj |
| 74 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 75 went | punct |
| 75 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 69 took | parataxis |
| 76 | home | home | ADV | _ | 75 went | advmod |
| 77 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 78 laid | cc |
| 78 | laid | lay | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 75 went | conj |
| 79 | on | on | ADP | _ | 81 table | case |
| 80 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 81 table | det |
| 81 | table | table | NOUN | Number=Sing | 78 laid | obl |
| 82 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 83 crust | det |
| 83 | crust | crust | NOUN | Number=Sing | 81 table | appos |
| 84 | of | of | ADP | _ | 85 bread | case |
| 85 | bread | bread | NOUN | Number=Sing | 83 crust | nmod |
| 86 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 88 brought | nsubj |
| 87 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 88 brought | aux |
| 88 | brought | bring | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 85 bread | acl:relcl |
| 89 | back | back | ADV | _ | 88 brought | advmod |
| 90 | with | with | ADP | _ | 91 her | case |
| 91 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 88 brought | obl |
| 92 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 went | punct |
| 93 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 went | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go in a quote | past | the princess | the open field | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme into field=Initial_Location | ||||
| 2 | bow down in a quote | participle | the open field not said here | the cow's right foot | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent before foot=Location | ||||
| 3 | get in a quote | past | the princess not said here | plenty | fine clothes obl | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer plenty=Stimulus | |||
| 4 | eat in a quote | to-infinitive | the princess not said here | plenty not said here | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 5 | drink in a quote | to-infinitive | the princess not said here | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 6 | put on in a quote | to-infinitive | the princess not said here | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 7 | follow in a quote | past | princess | the cow | day | long property | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cow=Theme | ||
| 8 | dress in a quote | participle | the cow not said here | like a great lady | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 9 | come in a quote | past | the day | a close | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to close=Initial_Location | ||||
| 10 | bow down in a quote | past | cow | again | to the cow's right foot; down property | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to foot=Theme | |||
| 11 | take off in a quote | past | the day not said here | cow's fine clothes | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent clothes=Theme | ||||
| 12 | go in a quote | past | home property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 13 | lay in a quote | participle | the table | vn put_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent on table=Destination | |||||
| 14 | bring back in a quote | past · perfect | cow | bread not said here | with princess | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent bread=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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