Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Magic and Witchcraft., part 1, sentence 58
His sons go forth in search of this youth-giving liquid, and, after many adventures, the youngest is directed to the golden castle in which lives the "fair maiden," whom his father has seen in his vision.
Who acts: sons, golden castle, father · What happens: go, give, direct, live, see, search · To what, where: search, youngest, fair maiden, vision, giving liquid
This is a sentence of «Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore», Magic and Witchcraft., 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 (sons, golden castle, father), 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 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 sons | nmod:poss |
| 2 | sons | son | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 go | nsubj |
| 3 | go | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | forth | forth | ADV | _ | 3 go | advmod |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 search | case |
| 6 | search | search | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 go | obl |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 liquid | case |
| 8 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 12 liquid | det |
| 9 | youth | youth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 giving | compound |
| 10 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 9 youth | punct |
| 11 | giving | give | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 12 liquid | amod |
| 12 | liquid | liquid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 search | nmod |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 directed | punct |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 23 directed | cc |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 and | punct |
| 16 | after | after | ADP | _ | 18 adventures | case |
| 17 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 adventures | amod |
| 18 | adventures | adventure | NOUN | Number=Plur | 23 directed | obl |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 adventures | punct |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 youngest | det |
| 21 | youngest | young | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 23 directed | nsubj:pass |
| 22 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 23 directed | aux:pass |
| 23 | directed | direct | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 go | conj |
| 24 | to | to | ADP | _ | 27 castle | case |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 castle | det |
| 26 | golden | golden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 27 castle | amod |
| 27 | castle | castle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 directed | obl |
| 28 | in | in | ADP | _ | 29 which | case |
| 29 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 30 lives | nsubj |
| 30 | lives | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 27 castle | acl:relcl |
| 31 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 maiden | det |
| 32 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 34 maiden | punct |
| 33 | fair | fair | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 34 maiden | amod |
| 34 | maiden | maiden | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 lives | obj |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 41 seen | punct |
| 36 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 41 seen | punct |
| 37 | whom | whom | PRON | PronType=Rel | 41 seen | obl |
| 38 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 39 father | nmod:poss |
| 39 | father | father | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 seen | nsubj |
| 40 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 41 seen | aux |
| 41 | seen | see | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 23 directed | conj |
| 42 | in | in | ADP | _ | 44 vision | case |
| 43 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 44 vision | nmod:poss |
| 44 | vision | vision | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 seen | obl |
| 45 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 go | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | present | king's sons | search of this giving liquid | forth property | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in search=Location | |||
| 2 | give | gerund | vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient | ||||||
| 3 | direct | present · passive | the youngest | after many adventures | to the golden castle | vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.predicate»: subject=Eventuality | |||
| 4 | live | present | the golden castle | the fair maiden | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme maiden=Location | ||||
| 5 | see | present · perfect | king's father | king's vision | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 6 | search | this giving liquid | nom search «act transitive»: of=patient |
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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