Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 11, sentence 7
In return for this I will forgive you, and give you what you sought as an honour: but if you do not do me this service I will proclaim throughout all the realms of the world that you are a dishonourable thief.”
Who acts: I, you, that · What happens: forgive, give, seek, not do, proclaim, be · To what, where: you, return, service, me, realms, dishonourable thief
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 (I, you, that), 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 | _ | 2 return | case |
| 2 | return | return | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 forgive | obl |
| 3 | for | for | ADP | _ | 4 this | case |
| 4 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 2 return | nmod |
| 5 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 7 forgive | nsubj |
| 6 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 forgive | aux |
| 7 | forgive | forgive | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 8 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 7 forgive | obj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 give | punct |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 give | cc |
| 11 | give | give | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 forgive | conj |
| 12 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 11 give | iobj |
| 13 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 15 sought | obj |
| 14 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 15 sought | nsubj |
| 15 | sought | seek | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 give | ccomp |
| 16 | as | as | ADP | _ | 18 honour | case |
| 17 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 18 honour | det |
| 18 | honour | honour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 sought | obl |
| 19 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 31 proclaim | punct |
| 20 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 31 proclaim | cc |
| 21 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 25 do | mark |
| 22 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 25 do | nsubj |
| 23 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 25 do | aux |
| 24 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 25 do | advmod |
| 25 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 31 proclaim | advcl |
| 26 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 25 do | iobj |
| 27 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 28 service | det |
| 28 | service | service | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 do | obj |
| 29 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 31 proclaim | nsubj |
| 30 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 31 proclaim | aux |
| 31 | proclaim | proclaim | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 forgive | parataxis |
| 32 | throughout | throughout | ADP | _ | 35 realms | case |
| 33 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 35 realms | det:predet |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 35 realms | det |
| 35 | realms | realm | NOUN | Number=Plur | 31 proclaim | obj |
| 36 | of | of | ADP | _ | 38 world | case |
| 37 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 38 world | det |
| 38 | world | world | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 realms | nmod |
| 39 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 44 thief | nsubj |
| 40 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 44 thief | nsubj |
| 41 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 44 thief | cop |
| 42 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 44 thief | det |
| 43 | dishonourable | dishonourable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 44 thief | amod |
| 44 | thief | thief | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 realms | parataxis |
| 45 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 31 proclaim | punct |
| 46 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 31 proclaim | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | forgive | future | I | you | return for this | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme | |||
| 2 | give | infinitive | I not said here | you | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | seek | past | you | as a honour; what obj | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme | ||||
| 4 | not do a condition, not said to happen | present · do-support | you | this service | me | tree rules | |||
| 5 | proclaim | future | I | all realms of the world | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent realm=Theme | ||||
| 6 | is a | present | that | a dishonourable thief | you nsubj | 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 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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