Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 12, sentence 59

In the same way he asked for the same implements from the Tsar, shut himself up in the special hut, tied the princess down on the table, took out the curved sabre; and however much the Tsarévna might cry out and wriggle, the pope disregarded all her shrieks, and all her yelpings, poor girl, and cut her to bits like mincemeat.

Who acts: pope, Tsarévna, yelpings, Tsar · What happens: ask, shut up, tie down, take out, curve, cry out · To what, where: same way, pope, special hut, princess, curved sabre, shrieks

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 (pope, Tsarévna, yelpings, Tsar), 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	_	4 way	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 way	det
3	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 way	amod
4	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 asked	obl
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 asked	nsubj
6	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	for	for	ADP	_	10 implements	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 implements	det
9	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 implements	amod
10	implements	implement	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 asked	obl
11	from	from	ADP	_	13 Tsar	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Tsar	det
13	Tsar	Tsar	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 implements	nmod
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 shut	punct
15	shut	shut	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 asked	conj
16	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	15 shut	obj
17	up	up	ADP	_	15 shut	compound:prt
18	in	in	ADP	_	21 hut	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 hut	det
20	special	special	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 hut	amod
21	hut	hut	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 shut	obl
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 tied	punct
23	tied	tie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 asked	conj
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 princess	det
25	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 tied	obj
26	down	down	ADP	_	23 tied	compound:prt
27	on	on	ADP	_	29 table	case
28	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	29 table	det
29	table	table	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 tied	obl
30	,	,	PUNCT	_	31 took	punct
31	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 asked	conj
32	out	out	ADP	_	31 took	compound:prt
33	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	35 sabre	det
34	curved	curve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	35 sabre	amod
35	sabre	sabre	NOUN	Number=Sing	31 took	obj
36	;	;	PUNCT	_	43 cry	punct
37	and	and	CCONJ	_	43 cry	cc
38	however	however	ADV	_	39 much	advmod
39	much	much	ADV	_	43 cry	advmod
40	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	41 Tsarévna	det
41	Tsarévna	Tsarévna	PROPN	Number=Sing	43 cry	nsubj
42	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	43 cry	aux
43	cry	cry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 asked	parataxis
44	out	out	ADP	_	43 cry	compound:prt
45	and	and	CCONJ	_	46 wriggle	cc
46	wriggle	wriggle	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	43 cry	conj
47	,	,	PUNCT	_	49 pope	punct
48	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	49 pope	det
49	pope	pope	NOUN	Number=Sing	43 cry	parataxis
50	disregarded	disregard	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	49 pope	acl
51	all	all	ADV	_	53 shrieks	advmod
52	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	53 shrieks	nmod:poss
53	shrieks	shriek	NOUN	Number=Plur	50 disregarded	obl
54	,	,	PUNCT	_	64 cut	punct
55	and	and	CCONJ	_	64 cut	cc
56	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	58 yelpings	det:predet
57	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	58 yelpings	nmod:poss
58	yelpings	yelping	NOUN	Number=Plur	64 cut	nsubj
59	,	,	PUNCT	_	61 girl	punct
60	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	61 girl	amod
61	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	58 yelpings	conj
62	,	,	PUNCT	_	64 cut	punct
63	and	and	CCONJ	_	64 cut	cc
64	cut	cut	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 asked	parataxis
65	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	64 cut	obj
66	to	to	ADP	_	67 bits	case
67	bits	bit	NOUN	Number=Plur	64 cut	obl
68	like	like	ADP	_	69 mincemeat	case
69	mincemeat	mincemeat	NOUN	Number=Sing	67 bits	nmod
70	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 asked	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	past	pope		the same way	for the same implements from the Tsar	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	shut up	infinitive	pope not said here	pope	the special hut		vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Patient
3	tie down	past	pope not said here	the princess		on the table	vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent princess=Patient on table=Co-Patient
4	take out	past	pope not said here	the curved sabre			vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sabre=Theme
5	curve	participle					vn knead-26.5 «NP.material V PP.product»: agent=Material
6	cry out speech: express	might	the Tsarévna			the pope parataxis	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
7	wriggle	infinitive	the Tsarévna not said here				vn body_internal_motion-49.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
8	disregard	participle	the pope not said here	Tsar's shrieks			vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
9	cut	past	Tsar's yelpings and poor girl	Tsar		to bits like mincemeat result	vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent she=Patient to bit=Result
10	shriek		Tsar				nom shriek «communication transitive»: poss=agent
11	yelp		Tsar				nom yelping «event intransitive»: poss=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 59

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Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 12, sentence 59