Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 11, sentence 75
Iván Tsarévich sat on the grey Wolf, and the Wolf ran with him into the kingdom of Tsar Výslav Andrónovich, and, whether it be long or whether it be far or whether it be near, they reached the town.
Who acts: Iván, Wolf, kingdom, brothers · What happens: sit, run, be, reach · To what, where: grey Wolf, kingdom, town
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 (Iván, Wolf, kingdom, brothers), 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 | Iván | Iván | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 sat | nsubj |
| 2 | Tsarévich | Tsarévich | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Iván | flat |
| 3 | sat | sit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 Wolf | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 Wolf | det |
| 6 | grey | grey | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 Wolf | amod |
| 7 | Wolf | Wolf | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 sat | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 ran | punct |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 ran | cc |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 Wolf | det |
| 11 | Wolf | Wolf | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 ran | nsubj |
| 12 | ran | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 sat | conj |
| 13 | with | with | ADP | _ | 14 him | case |
| 14 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 ran | obl |
| 15 | into | into | ADP | _ | 17 kingdom | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 kingdom | det |
| 17 | kingdom | kingdom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 ran | obl |
| 18 | of | of | ADP | _ | 20 Výslav | case |
| 19 | Tsar | Tsar | PROPN | Number=Sing | 20 Výslav | compound |
| 20 | Výslav | Výslav | PROPN | Number=Sing | 17 kingdom | nmod |
| 21 | Andrónovich | Andrónovich | PROPN | Number=Sing | 20 Výslav | flat |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 41 reached | punct |
| 23 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 41 reached | cc |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 and | punct |
| 25 | whether | whether | SCONJ | _ | 28 long | mark |
| 26 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 28 long | nsubj |
| 27 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 28 long | cop |
| 28 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 41 reached | advcl |
| 29 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 33 far | cc |
| 30 | whether | whether | SCONJ | _ | 33 far | mark |
| 31 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 33 far | nsubj |
| 32 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 33 far | cop |
| 33 | far | far | ADV | Degree=Pos | 28 long | conj |
| 34 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 38 near | cc |
| 35 | whether | whether | SCONJ | _ | 38 near | mark |
| 36 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 38 near | nsubj |
| 37 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 38 near | cop |
| 38 | near | near | ADV | _ | 33 far | conj |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 long | punct |
| 40 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 41 reached | nsubj |
| 41 | reached | reach | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 sat | conj |
| 42 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 43 town | det |
| 43 | town | town | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 reached | obj |
| 44 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 sat | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sit | past | Iván | the grey Wolf | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on wolf=Location | ||||
| 2 | run | past | the Wolf | into the kingdom of Tsar Výslav result; with Iván | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into kingdom=Result | ||||
| 3 | is | infinitive | kingdom | long property | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | is | infinitive | kingdom | far property | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | is | infinitive | kingdom | near property | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | reach | past | brothers = brother | the town | vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent town=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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