Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Magic and Witchcraft., part 4, sentence 100
[342] The usual youngest brother is carried towards her so forcibly by his magic steed that, at the first trial, he breaks through six of the sheets of glass; at the second, says the story, "he smashed all twelve of the sheets of glass, and he kissed the Princess Priceless-Beauty, and she immediately stamped a mark upon his forehead."
Who acts: magic steed, brother, daughter · What happens: carry, break, say, smash, kiss, stamp · To what, where: usual youngest brother, first trial, story, twelve, Priceless Beauty, mark · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore», Magic and Witchcraft., part 4. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (magic steed, brother, daughter), 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 | [ | [ | PUNCT | _ | 2 342 | punct |
| 2 | 342 | 342 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 9 carried | obl |
| 3 | ] | ] | PUNCT | _ | 2 342 | punct |
| 4 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 brother | det |
| 5 | usual | usual | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 brother | amod |
| 6 | youngest | young | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 7 brother | amod |
| 7 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 carried | nsubj:pass |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 carried | aux:pass |
| 9 | carried | carry | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 10 | towards | towards | ADP | _ | 11 her | case |
| 11 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 carried | obl |
| 12 | so | so | ADV | _ | 13 forcibly | advmod |
| 13 | forcibly | forcibly | ADV | _ | 9 carried | advmod |
| 14 | by | by | ADP | _ | 17 steed | case |
| 15 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 17 steed | nmod:poss |
| 16 | magic | magic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 steed | amod |
| 17 | steed | steed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 carried | obl |
| 18 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 26 breaks | nsubj |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 that | punct |
| 20 | at | at | ADP | _ | 23 trial | case |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 trial | det |
| 22 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 23 trial | amod |
| 23 | trial | trial | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 breaks | obl |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 trial | punct |
| 25 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 26 breaks | nsubj |
| 26 | breaks | break | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 17 steed | acl:relcl |
| 27 | through | through | ADP | _ | 28 six | case |
| 28 | six | six | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 26 breaks | obl |
| 29 | of | of | ADP | _ | 31 sheets | case |
| 30 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 sheets | det |
| 31 | sheets | sheet | NOUN | Number=Plur | 28 six | nmod |
| 32 | of | of | ADP | _ | 33 glass | case |
| 33 | glass | glass | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 sheets | nmod |
| 34 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 39 says | punct |
| 35 | at | at | ADP | _ | 37 second | case |
| 36 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 37 second | det |
| 37 | second | second | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 39 says | obl |
| 38 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 second | punct |
| 39 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 carried | parataxis |
| 40 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 41 story | det |
| 41 | story | story | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 says | obj |
| 42 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 45 smashed | punct |
| 43 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 45 smashed | punct |
| 44 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 45 smashed | nsubj |
| 45 | smashed | smash | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 39 says | conj |
| 46 | all | all | ADV | _ | 47 twelve | advmod |
| 47 | twelve | twelve | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 45 smashed | obj |
| 48 | of | of | ADP | _ | 50 sheets | case |
| 49 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 50 sheets | det |
| 50 | sheets | sheet | NOUN | Number=Plur | 47 twelve | nmod |
| 51 | of | of | ADP | _ | 52 glass | case |
| 52 | glass | glass | NOUN | Number=Sing | 50 sheets | nmod |
| 53 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 56 kissed | punct |
| 54 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 56 kissed | cc |
| 55 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 56 kissed | nsubj |
| 56 | kissed | kiss | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 45 smashed | conj |
| 57 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 61 Beauty | det |
| 58 | Princess | Princess | PROPN | Number=Sing | 59 Priceless | compound |
| 59 | Priceless | Priceless | PROPN | Number=Sing | 61 Beauty | compound |
| 60 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 59 Priceless | punct |
| 61 | Beauty | beauty | NOUN | Number=Sing | 56 kissed | obj |
| 62 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 66 stamped | punct |
| 63 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 66 stamped | cc |
| 64 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 66 stamped | nsubj |
| 65 | immediately | immediately | ADV | _ | 66 stamped | advmod |
| 66 | stamped | stamp | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 56 kissed | conj |
| 67 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 68 mark | det |
| 68 | mark | mark | NOUN | Number=Sing | 66 stamped | obj |
| 69 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 71 forehead | case |
| 70 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 71 forehead | nmod:poss |
| 71 | forehead | forehead | NOUN | Number=Sing | 66 stamped | obl |
| 72 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 carried | punct |
| 73 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 carried | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | carry | present · passive | brother's magic steed | the usual youngest brother | towards daughter; 342 obl; forcibly property | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent subject=Theme towards she=Destination | |||
| 2 | break | present | brother's magic steed | the first trial | through six of the sheets of glass | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at trial=Location | |||
| 3 | say speech: assert | present | the story | at the second | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent story=Topic | ||||
| 4 | smash in a quote | past | brother | twelve of the sheets of glass | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent twelve=Theme | ||||
| 5 | kiss in a quote | past | brother | the Priceless Beauty | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent beauty=Co-Agent | ||||
| 6 | stamp in a quote | past | daughter | a mark | brother's forehead | immediately property | vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme PP.destination»: agent=Agent mark=Theme upon forehead=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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