Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 12, sentence 158

So the soldier marched into the palace, and settled himself down in the biggest saloon, took his knapsack off and his sabre, put the knapsack in a corner and the sabre on a hand-peg, sat down on a chair, put his hand into his pocket for his tobacco-pouch, lit his pipe, and smoked at his ease.

Who acts: soldier, sabre · What happens: march, settle down, take off, put, sit down, light · To what, where: palace, two, biggest saloon, knapsack, corner, chair

This is a sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. Afanas'ev, Opening, part 12. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (soldier, sabre), 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	So	so	ADV	_	4 marched	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 soldier	det
3	soldier	soldier	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 marched	nsubj
4	marched	march	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	into	into	ADP	_	7 palace	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 palace	det
7	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 marched	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 settled	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 settled	cc
10	settled	settle	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 marched	conj
11	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	10 settled	obj
12	down	down	ADP	_	10 settled	compound:prt
13	in	in	ADP	_	16 saloon	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 saloon	det
15	biggest	big	ADJ	Degree=Sup	16 saloon	amod
16	saloon	saloon	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 settled	obl
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 took	punct
18	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 marched	conj
19	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	20 knapsack	nmod:poss
20	knapsack	knapsack	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 took	obj
21	off	off	ADP	_	18 took	compound:prt
22	and	and	CCONJ	_	26 put	cc
23	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	24 sabre	nmod:poss
24	sabre	sabre	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 put	nsubj
25	,	,	PUNCT	_	26 put	punct
26	put	put	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	18 took	conj
27	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	28 knapsack	det
28	knapsack	knapsack	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 put	obj
29	in	in	ADP	_	31 corner	case
30	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	31 corner	det
31	corner	corner	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 put	obl
32	and	and	CCONJ	_	34 sabre	cc
33	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	34 sabre	det
34	sabre	sabre	NOUN	Number=Sing	31 corner	conj
35	on	on	ADP	_	39 peg	case
36	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	39 peg	det
37	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	39 peg	compound
38	-	-	PUNCT	_	37 hand	punct
39	peg	peg	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 sabre	nmod
40	,	,	PUNCT	_	41 sat	punct
41	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 marched	conj
42	down	down	ADP	_	41 sat	compound:prt
43	on	on	ADP	_	45 chair	case
44	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	45 chair	det
45	chair	chair	NOUN	Number=Sing	41 sat	obl
46	,	,	PUNCT	_	47 put	punct
47	put	put	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	41 sat	advcl
48	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	49 hand	nmod:poss
49	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	47 put	obj
50	into	into	ADP	_	52 pocket	case
51	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	52 pocket	nmod:poss
52	pocket	pocket	NOUN	Number=Sing	47 put	obl
53	for	for	ADP	_	57 pouch	case
54	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	57 pouch	nmod:poss
55	tobacco	tobacco	NOUN	Number=Sing	57 pouch	compound
56	-	-	PUNCT	_	55 tobacco	punct
57	pouch	pouch	NOUN	Number=Sing	47 put	obl
58	,	,	PUNCT	_	59 lit	punct
59	lit	light	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 marched	conj
60	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	61 pipe	nmod:poss
61	pipe	pipe	NOUN	Number=Sing	59 lit	obj
62	,	,	PUNCT	_	64 smoked	punct
63	and	and	CCONJ	_	64 smoked	cc
64	smoked	smoke	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 marched	conj
65	at	at	ADP	_	67 ease	case
66	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	67 ease	nmod:poss
67	ease	ease	NOUN	Number=Sing	64 smoked	obl
68	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 marched	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	march	past	the soldier			into the palace result	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into palace=Result
2	settle down	past	the soldier not said here	two	the biggest saloon		tree rules
3	take off	past	the soldier not said here	two's knapsack			vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent knapsack=Theme
4	put	infinitive	two's sabre	the knapsack	a corner and the sabre on a hand peg		vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent knapsack=Theme in corner=Destination
5	sit down	past	the soldier not said here		a chair		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on chair=Location
6	put	infinitive	the soldier not said here	two's hand	two's pocket	for two's tobacco pouch	vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent hand=Goal
7	light	past	the soldier not said here	two's pipe			vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pipe=Product
8	smoke	participle	the soldier not said here		two's ease		vn eat-39.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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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🌲 Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 12, sentence 158

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Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 12, sentence 158