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Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter VI. LEGENDS, part 2, sentence 28

But on the eve of the festival, when he was sitting at home in sadness, he suddenly rose and drew near to the sacred painting which hung in the corner, and sighed heavily, and said,

Who acts: story, sacred painting · What happens: sit, rise, draw, hang, sigh, say · To what, where: home, eve, sacred painting, corner · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore», Chapter VI. LEGENDS, 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 (story, sacred painting), 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

cccasedetoblcasedetnmodpunctmarknsubjauxaclcaseoblcaseoblpunctnsubjadvmodadvclccconjadvmodcasedetamodoblnsubjacl:relclcasedetoblpunctccconjadvmodpunctccpunctrootButCCONJonADPtheDETeveNOUNofADPtheDETfestivalNOUN,PUNCTwhenSCONJhePRONwasAUXsittingVERBatADPhomeNOUNinADPsadnessNOUN,PUNCThePRONsuddenlyADVroseVERBandCCONJdrewVERBnearADVtoADPtheDETsacredADJpaintingNOUNwhichPRONhungVERBinADPtheDETcornerNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJsighedVERBheavilyADV,PUNCTandCCONJsaidVERB,PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ButbutCCONJ_20 rosecc
2ononADP_4 evecase
3thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art4 evedet
4eveeveNOUNNumber=Sing20 roseobl
5ofofADP_7 festivalcase
6thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art7 festivaldet
7festivalfestivalNOUNNumber=Sing4 evenmod
8,,PUNCT_12 sittingpunct
9whenwhenSCONJ_12 sittingmark
10hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs12 sittingnsubj
11wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin12 sittingaux
12sittingsitVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part7 festivalacl
13atatADP_14 homecase
14homehomeNOUNNumber=Sing12 sittingobl
15ininADP_16 sadnesscase
16sadnesssadnessNOUNNumber=Sing12 sittingobl
17,,PUNCT_4 evepunct
18hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs20 rosensubj
19suddenlysuddenlyADV_20 roseadvmod
20roseriseVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin39 saidadvcl
21andandCCONJ_22 drewcc
22drewdrawVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin20 roseconj
23nearnearADV_22 drewadvmod
24totoADP_27 paintingcase
25thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art27 paintingdet
26sacredsacredADJDegree=Pos27 paintingamod
27paintingpaintingNOUNNumber=Sing22 drewobl
28whichwhichPRONPronType=Rel29 hungnsubj
29hunghangVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin27 paintingacl:relcl
30ininADP_32 cornercase
31thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art32 cornerdet
32cornercornerNOUNNumber=Sing29 hungobl
33,,PUNCT_35 sighedpunct
34andandCCONJ_35 sighedcc
35sighedsighVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin20 roseconj
36heavilyheavilyADV_35 sighedadvmod
37,,PUNCT_39 saidpunct
38andandCCONJ_39 saidcc
39saidsayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
40,,PUNCT_39 saidpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1sitpast · progressivestoryhomein sadnessvn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at home=Location
2risepaststorythe eve of the festivalsuddenly propertyvn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on eve=Location
3drawpaststory not said herethe sacred paintingnear propertyvn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to painting=Destination
4hangpastthe sacred paintingthe cornervn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in corner=Location
5sighpaststory not said hereheavily propertyvn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
6say speech: assertpastvn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

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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