Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 10, sentence 62
Tsar Výslav Andrónovich was deeply afflicted, and he called to him his three sons and said to them: “My beloved children, which of you will go into my garden and catch the Bird of Light?
Who acts: reward, beloved children · What happens: afflict, call, say, go, catch · To what, where: Tsar, three sons, LIGHT, garden, Bird · Speech: someone speaks here
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 (reward, beloved children), 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 | Tsar | Tsar | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 afflicted | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | Výslav | Výslav | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Tsar | flat |
| 3 | Andrónovich | Andrónovich | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Tsar | flat |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 afflicted | aux:pass |
| 5 | deeply | deeply | ADV | _ | 6 afflicted | advmod |
| 6 | afflicted | afflict | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 called | punct |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 called | cc |
| 9 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 called | nsubj |
| 10 | called | call | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 afflicted | parataxis |
| 11 | to | to | ADP | _ | 12 him | case |
| 12 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 called | obl |
| 13 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 15 sons | nmod:poss |
| 14 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 15 sons | nummod |
| 15 | sons | son | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 called | obj |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 said | cc |
| 17 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 called | conj |
| 18 | to | to | ADP | _ | 19 them | case |
| 19 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 said | obl |
| 20 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 24 children | punct |
| 21 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 24 children | punct |
| 22 | My | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 24 children | nmod:poss |
| 23 | beloved | beloved | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 24 children | amod |
| 24 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 17 said | ccomp |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 go | punct |
| 26 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 30 go | nsubj |
| 27 | of | of | ADP | _ | 28 you | case |
| 28 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 30 go | nsubj |
| 29 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 30 go | aux |
| 30 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 24 children | parataxis |
| 31 | into | into | ADP | _ | 33 garden | case |
| 32 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 33 garden | nmod:poss |
| 33 | garden | garden | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 go | obl |
| 34 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 35 catch | cc |
| 35 | catch | catch | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 30 go | conj |
| 36 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 37 Bird | det |
| 37 | Bird | bird | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 catch | obj |
| 38 | of | of | ADP | _ | 39 Light | case |
| 39 | Light | light | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 Bird | nmod |
| 40 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 afflicted | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | afflict | past · passive | Tsar | deeply property | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | ||||
| 2 | call | past | reward | reward's three sons | LIGHT | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent son=Topic to he=Recipient | |||
| 3 | say speech: ask | past | reward not said here | Tsar | My beloved children ccomp | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to they=Recipient | |||
| 4 | go in a quote | future | My beloved children | my garden | you nsubj | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme into garden=Initial_Location | |||
| 5 | catch in a quote | infinitive | My beloved children not said here | the Bird of Light | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bird=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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