Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Magic and Witchcraft., part 7, sentence 151
When the hero has been killed by his brothers, and they have carried off the _Zhar-Ptitsa_, and their victim's golden steed, and his betrothed princess--as long as he lies dead, the princess remains mute and mournful, the horse refuses to eat, the bird is silent, and its cage is lustreless.
Who acts: brothers, king, princess, horse, bird, cage · What happens: kill, carry off, betroth, lie, remain, refuse · To what, where: hero
This is a sentence of «Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore», Magic and Witchcraft., part 7. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (brothers, king, princess, horse), 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 | When | when | SCONJ | _ | 6 killed | mark |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 hero | det |
| 3 | hero | hero | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 killed | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 killed | aux |
| 5 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 6 killed | aux:pass |
| 6 | killed | kill | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 14 carried | advcl |
| 7 | by | by | ADP | _ | 9 brothers | case |
| 8 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 brothers | nmod:poss |
| 9 | brothers | brother | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 killed | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 carried | punct |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 carried | cc |
| 12 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 carried | nsubj:pass |
| 13 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 carried | aux |
| 14 | carried | carry | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 15 | off | off | ADP | _ | 20 Ptitsa | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 Ptitsa | det |
| 17 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 18 Zhar | punct |
| 18 | Zhar | Zhar | PROPN | Number=Sing | 20 Ptitsa | compound |
| 19 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 18 Zhar | punct |
| 20 | Ptitsa | Ptitsa | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 carried | obl |
| 21 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 20 Ptitsa | punct |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 steed | punct |
| 23 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 28 steed | cc |
| 24 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 25 victim | nmod:poss |
| 25 | victim | victim | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 steed | nmod:poss |
| 26 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 25 victim | case |
| 27 | golden | golden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 28 steed | amod |
| 28 | steed | steed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 Ptitsa | conj |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 princess | punct |
| 30 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 33 princess | cc |
| 31 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 33 princess | nmod:poss |
| 32 | betrothed | betroth | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 33 princess | amod |
| 33 | princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 carried | conj |
| 34 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 36 long | punct |
| 35 | as | as | ADV | _ | 36 long | advmod |
| 36 | long | long | ADV | Degree=Pos | 33 princess | advmod |
| 37 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 39 lies | mark |
| 38 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 39 lies | nsubj |
| 39 | lies | lie | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 36 long | advcl |
| 40 | dead | dead | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 39 lies | xcomp |
| 41 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 remains | punct |
| 42 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 43 princess | det |
| 43 | princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 remains | nsubj |
| 44 | remains | remain | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 39 lies | conj |
| 45 | mute | mute | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 44 remains | xcomp |
| 46 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 47 mournful | cc |
| 47 | mournful | mournful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 45 mute | conj |
| 48 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 51 refuses | punct |
| 49 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 50 horse | det |
| 50 | horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 51 refuses | nsubj |
| 51 | refuses | refuse | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 44 remains | conj |
| 52 | to | to | PART | _ | 53 eat | mark |
| 53 | eat | eat | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 51 refuses | xcomp |
| 54 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 58 silent | punct |
| 55 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 56 bird | det |
| 56 | bird | bird | NOUN | Number=Sing | 58 silent | nsubj |
| 57 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 58 silent | cop |
| 58 | silent | silent | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 51 refuses | conj |
| 59 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 64 lustreless | punct |
| 60 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 64 lustreless | cc |
| 61 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 62 cage | nmod:poss |
| 62 | cage | cage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 64 lustreless | nsubj |
| 63 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 64 lustreless | cop |
| 64 | lustreless | lustreless | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 51 refuses | conj |
| 65 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 14 carried | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | kill | present · perfect · passive | king's brothers | the hero | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme | ||||
| 2 | carry off | present · perfect · passive | hero | off the Zhar Ptitsa and hero's victim's golden steed | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Beneficiary ptitsa=Value | ||||
| 3 | betroth | participle | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 4 | lie | present | king | dead property | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 5 | remain | present | the princess | mute property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 6 | refuse | present | the horse | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 7 | not eat | to-infinitive | the horse not said here | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 8 | is | present | the bird | silent property | tree rules | ||||
| 9 | is | present | horse's cage | lustreless property | tree rules |
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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