Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 11, sentence 69
And he gave these to the grey Wolf; and the grey Wolf took the phials, cut the nestling into two, sprinkled him with the dead water, and the nestling grew together; then he sprinkled him with the water of Life, and the nestling shook himself and flew away.
Who acts: Vóron, grey Wolf, nestling · What happens: give, take, cut, sprinkle, grow, shake · To what, where: these, grey Wolf, phials, nestling, two, Vóron
This is a sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. Afanas'ev, Opening, part 11. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Vóron, grey Wolf, nestling), 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 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 3 gave | cc |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 gave | nsubj |
| 3 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | these | this | PRON | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 3 gave | obj |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 Wolf | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 Wolf | det |
| 7 | grey | grey | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 Wolf | amod |
| 8 | Wolf | Wolf | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 gave | obl |
| 9 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 14 took | punct |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 took | cc |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 Wolf | det |
| 12 | grey | grey | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 Wolf | amod |
| 13 | Wolf | Wolf | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 took | nsubj |
| 14 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 gave | conj |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 phials | det |
| 16 | phials | phial | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 took | obj |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 cut | punct |
| 18 | cut | cut | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 14 took | advcl |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 nestling | det |
| 20 | nestling | nestling | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 cut | obj |
| 21 | into | into | ADP | _ | 22 two | case |
| 22 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 18 cut | obl |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 sprinkled | punct |
| 24 | sprinkled | sprinkle | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 took | conj |
| 25 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 24 sprinkled | obj |
| 26 | with | with | ADP | _ | 29 water | case |
| 27 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 29 water | det |
| 28 | dead | dead | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 29 water | amod |
| 29 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 sprinkled | obl |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 grew | punct |
| 31 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 34 grew | cc |
| 32 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 33 nestling | det |
| 33 | nestling | nestling | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 grew | nsubj |
| 34 | grew | grow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 took | conj |
| 35 | together | together | ADV | _ | 34 grew | advmod |
| 36 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 39 sprinkled | punct |
| 37 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 39 sprinkled | advmod |
| 38 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 39 sprinkled | nsubj |
| 39 | sprinkled | sprinkle | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 took | conj |
| 40 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 39 sprinkled | obj |
| 41 | with | with | ADP | _ | 43 water | case |
| 42 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 43 water | det |
| 43 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 sprinkled | obl |
| 44 | of | of | ADP | _ | 45 Life | case |
| 45 | Life | Life | PROPN | Number=Sing | 43 water | nmod |
| 46 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 50 shook | punct |
| 47 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 50 shook | cc |
| 48 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 49 nestling | det |
| 49 | nestling | nestling | NOUN | Number=Sing | 50 shook | nsubj |
| 50 | shook | shake | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 took | conj |
| 51 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 50 shook | obj |
| 52 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 53 flew | cc |
| 53 | flew | fly | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 50 shook | conj |
| 54 | away | away | ADV | _ | 53 flew | advmod |
| 55 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 gave | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | past | Vóron | these | the grey Wolf | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent this=Theme to wolf=Recipient | |||
| 2 | take | past | the grey Wolf | the phials | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent phial=Theme | ||||
| 3 | cut | infinitive | the grey Wolf not said here | the nestling | two | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: agent=Agent nestling=Material into two=Product | |||
| 4 | sprinkle | past | the grey Wolf not said here | Vóron | with the dead water | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent he=Destination with water=Theme | |||
| 5 | grow | past | the nestling | together property | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 6 | sprinkle | past | Vóron | death | then | with the water of Life | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent he=Destination with water=Theme | ||
| 7 | shake | past | the nestling | death | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent himself=Patient | ||||
| 8 | fly away | past | the nestling not said here | away property | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=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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