Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 13, sentence 109

And he went on: may-be near, may-be far, may-be downhill, may-be uphill, may-be short, may-be long; and he at last arrived in the abyss, and he looked, and all round the burning cauldron there stood watchmen.

Who acts: sin · What happens: go on, be, arrive, look, burn, stand · To what, where: abyss, watchmen

This is a sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. Afanas'ev, Opening, part 13. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (sin), 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 went	cc
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 went	nsubj
3	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	on	on	ADV	_	3 went	advmod
5	:	:	PUNCT	_	9 near	punct
6	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 near	aux
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	9 near	punct
8	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	9 near	cop
9	near	near	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 went	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 far	punct
11	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 far	aux
12	-	-	PUNCT	_	14 far	punct
13	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	14 far	cop
14	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	9 near	advmod
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 far	punct
16	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 near	aux
17	-	-	PUNCT	_	19 downhill	punct
18	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	19 downhill	cop
19	downhill	downhill	ADV	_	16 may	advmod
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 uphill	punct
21	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	24 uphill	aux
22	-	-	PUNCT	_	24 uphill	punct
23	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	24 uphill	cop
24	uphill	uphill	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 went	parataxis
25	,	,	PUNCT	_	29 short	punct
26	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	29 short	aux
27	-	-	PUNCT	_	29 short	punct
28	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	29 short	cop
29	short	short	ADJ	Degree=Pos	24 uphill	conj
30	,	,	PUNCT	_	34 long	punct
31	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	34 long	aux
32	-	-	PUNCT	_	34 long	punct
33	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	34 long	cop
34	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	24 uphill	conj
35	;	;	PUNCT	_	40 arrived	punct
36	and	and	CCONJ	_	40 arrived	cc
37	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	40 arrived	nsubj
38	at	at	SCONJ	_	40 arrived	mark
39	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	40 arrived	amod
40	arrived	arrive	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	3 went	parataxis
41	in	in	ADP	_	43 abyss	case
42	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	43 abyss	det
43	abyss	abyss	NOUN	Number=Sing	40 arrived	obl
44	,	,	PUNCT	_	47 looked	punct
45	and	and	CCONJ	_	47 looked	cc
46	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	47 looked	nsubj
47	looked	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	40 arrived	parataxis
48	,	,	PUNCT	_	56 stood	punct
49	and	and	CCONJ	_	56 stood	cc
50	all	all	ADV	_	56 stood	advmod
51	round	round	ADP	_	54 cauldron	case
52	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	54 cauldron	det
53	burning	burn	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	54 cauldron	amod
54	cauldron	cauldron	NOUN	Number=Sing	56 stood	obl
55	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	56 stood	advmod
56	stood	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	47 looked	conj
57	watchmen	watchman	NOUN	Number=Plur	56 stood	obj
58	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 went	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	go on	past	sin				vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	may				near property	tree rules
3	is	may				far property	tree rules
4	is	infinitive				downhill property	tree rules
5	is	may				uphill property	tree rules
6	is	may				short property	tree rules
7	is	may				long property	tree rules
8	arrive	participle	sin		the abyss		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
9	look	past	sin				vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
10	burn	gerund					vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
11	stand	past	sin not said here	watchmen	there	round the burning cauldron; all property	vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer watchman=Stimulus

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 13, sentence 109

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Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 13, sentence 109