Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 10, sentence 51
In the meantime the Tsarítsa got off her throne and arrayed herself as the harpist, went into the courtyard and began to play the _gusli_.
Who acts: Tsarítsa · What happens: get off, array, go, begin, play · To what, where: throne, meantime, Tsarítsa, courtyard, gusli
This is a sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. Afanas'ev, Opening, part 10. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Tsarítsa), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.
Mova's own parse. This tree may be wrong.
The tree
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 meantime | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 meantime | det |
| 3 | meantime | meantime | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 got | obl |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 Tsarítsa | det |
| 5 | Tsarítsa | Tsarítsa | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 got | nsubj |
| 6 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | off | off | ADP | _ | 9 throne | case |
| 8 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 throne | nmod:poss |
| 9 | throne | throne | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 got | obl |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 arrayed | cc |
| 11 | arrayed | array | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 got | conj |
| 12 | herself | herself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 11 arrayed | obj |
| 13 | as | as | ADP | _ | 15 harpist | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 harpist | det |
| 15 | harpist | harpist | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 arrayed | obl |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 went | punct |
| 17 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 got | conj |
| 18 | into | into | ADP | _ | 20 courtyard | case |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 courtyard | det |
| 20 | courtyard | courtyard | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 went | obl |
| 21 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 22 began | cc |
| 22 | began | begin | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 17 went | conj |
| 23 | to | to | PART | _ | 24 play | mark |
| 24 | play | play | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 22 began | xcomp |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 gusli | det |
| 26 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 27 gusli | punct |
| 27 | gusli | gusli | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 play | obj |
| 28 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 24 play | punct |
| 29 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 got | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get off | past | the Tsarítsa | Tsarítsa's throne | the meantime | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer throne=Stimulus | |||
| 2 | array | past | the Tsarítsa not said here | Tsarítsa | as the harpist | tree rules | |||
| 3 | go | past | the Tsarítsa not said here | the courtyard | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme into courtyard=Initial_Location | ||||
| 4 | begin | past | the Tsarítsa not said here | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 5 | play | to-infinitive | the Tsarítsa not said here | the gusli | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gusli=Theme |
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 Folk-Tales» by A. N. Afanas'ev, Project Gutenberg book 62509 (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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