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Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Magic and Witchcraft., part 2, sentence 46

When you come into the presence of the Princess, propound a riddle to her in these words: 'As we were coming along, we saw Good lying on the road, and we took up the Good with Good, and placed it in our own Good!'

Who acts: you, we · What happens: come, propound, come along, see, lie, take up · To what, where: presence, riddle, Anna, words, road, Good

This is a sentence of «Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore», Magic and Witchcraft., part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (you, we), 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

advmodnsubjadvclcasedetoblcasedetnmodpunctdetobjcaseoblcasedetoblpunctpunctmarknsubjauxparataxisadvmodpunctnsubjconjxcompxcompcasedetoblpunctccnsubjparataxiscompound:prtdetobjcaseoblpunctccconjobjcasenmod:possamodoblpunctpunctrootWhenADVyouPRONcomeVERBintoADPtheDETpresenceNOUNofADPtheDETPrincessNOUN,PUNCTpropoundVERBaDETriddleNOUNtoADPherPRONinADPtheseDETwordsNOUN:PUNCT'PUNCTAsSCONJwePRONwereAUXcomingVERBalongADV,PUNCTwePRONsawVERBGoodADJlyingVERBonADPtheDETroadNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJwePRONtookVERBupADPtheDETGoodADJwithADPGoodADJ,PUNCTandCCONJplacedVERBitPRONinADPourPRONownADJGoodNOUN!PUNCT'PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhenwhenADVPronType=Int3 comeadvmod
2youyouPRONCase=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs3 comensubj
3comecomeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin11 propoundadvcl
4intointoADP_6 presencecase
5thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art6 presencedet
6presencepresenceNOUNNumber=Sing3 comeobl
7ofofADP_9 Princesscase
8thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art9 Princessdet
9PrincessprincessNOUNNumber=Sing6 presencenmod
10,,PUNCT_11 propoundpunct
11propoundpropoundVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Finrootroot
12aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art13 riddledet
13riddleriddleNOUNNumber=Sing11 propoundobj
14totoADP_15 hercase
15hershePRONCase=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs11 propoundobl
16ininADP_18 wordscase
17thesethisDETNumber=Plur PronType=Dem18 wordsdet
18wordswordNOUNNumber=Plur11 propoundobl
19::PUNCT_24 comingpunct
20''PUNCT_24 comingpunct
21AsasSCONJ_24 comingmark
22wewePRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs24 comingnsubj
23werebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin24 comingaux
24comingcomeVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part11 propoundparataxis
25alongalongADV_24 comingadvmod
26,,PUNCT_28 sawpunct
27wewePRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs28 sawnsubj
28sawseeVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin24 comingconj
29GoodgoodADJDegree=Pos28 sawxcomp
30lyinglieVERBVerbForm=Ger28 sawxcomp
31ononADP_33 roadcase
32thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art33 roaddet
33roadroadNOUNNumber=Sing30 lyingobl
34,,PUNCT_37 tookpunct
35andandCCONJ_37 tookcc
36wewePRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs37 tooknsubj
37tooktakeVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin28 sawparataxis
38upupADP_37 tookcompound:prt
39thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art40 Gooddet
40GoodgoodADJDegree=Pos37 tookobj
41withwithADP_42 Goodcase
42GoodgoodADJDegree=Pos40 Goodobl
43,,PUNCT_45 placedpunct
44andandCCONJ_45 placedcc
45placedplaceVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin37 tookconj
46ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs45 placedobj
47ininADP_50 Goodcase
48ourourPRONCase=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs50 Goodnmod:poss
49ownownADJDegree=Pos50 Goodamod
50GoodgoodNOUNNumber=Sing45 placedobl
51!!PUNCT_11 propoundpunct
52''PUNCT_11 propoundpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1comepresentyouthe presence of the Princessvn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme into presence=Initial_Location
2propoundimperativeyou not said herea riddleAnnathis wordstree rules
3come alongpast · progressivewealong propertyvn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4seepastwegood propertyvn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
5liegerundwe not said herethe roadvn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on road=Location
6take uppastwethe Goodvn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent good=Theme
7placepastwe not said hereriddleour own Goodvn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme in good=Destination

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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