Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 14, sentence 147
Bába Yagá had her supper, and, before she went to sleep, once more commanded Vasilísa: “To-morrow do the same as you did to-day, but also take the hay which is lying on my field, clean it from every trace of soil, every single ear.
Who acts: Bába, you, hay · What happens: have, go, command, do, take, lie · To what, where: supper, sleep, Vasilísa, hay, field, trace · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. Afanas'ev, Opening, part 14. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Bába, you, hay), 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 | Bába | Bába | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 had | nsubj |
| 2 | Yagá | Yagá | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Bába | flat |
| 3 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 supper | nmod:poss |
| 5 | supper | supper | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 had | obj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 went | punct |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 went | cc |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 went | punct |
| 9 | before | before | SCONJ | _ | 11 went | mark |
| 10 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 went | nsubj |
| 11 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 had | parataxis |
| 12 | to | to | ADP | _ | 13 sleep | case |
| 13 | sleep | sleep | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 went | obl |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 commanded | punct |
| 15 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 17 commanded | advmod |
| 16 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 17 commanded | advmod |
| 17 | commanded | command | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 went | conj |
| 18 | Vasilísa | Vasilísa | PROPN | Number=Sing | 17 commanded | obj |
| 19 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 36 take | punct |
| 20 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 24 do | punct |
| 21 | To | to | ADP | _ | 23 morrow | case |
| 22 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 21 To | punct |
| 23 | morrow | morrow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 do | obl |
| 24 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 36 take | aux |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 same | det |
| 26 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 24 do | obj |
| 27 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 29 did | mark |
| 28 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 29 did | nsubj |
| 29 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 24 do | advcl |
| 30 | to | to | ADP | _ | 32 day | case |
| 31 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 30 to | punct |
| 32 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 did | obl |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 take | punct |
| 34 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 36 take | cc |
| 35 | also | also | ADV | _ | 36 take | advmod |
| 36 | take | take | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 17 commanded | parataxis |
| 37 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 38 hay | det |
| 38 | hay | hay | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 take | obj |
| 39 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 41 lying | nsubj |
| 40 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 41 lying | aux |
| 41 | lying | lie | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 38 hay | acl:relcl |
| 42 | on | on | ADP | _ | 44 field | case |
| 43 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 44 field | nmod:poss |
| 44 | field | field | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 lying | obl |
| 45 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 46 clean | punct |
| 46 | clean | clean | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 36 take | parataxis |
| 47 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 46 clean | obj |
| 48 | from | from | ADP | _ | 50 trace | case |
| 49 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 50 trace | det |
| 50 | trace | trace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 clean | obl |
| 51 | of | of | ADP | _ | 52 soil | case |
| 52 | soil | soil | NOUN | Number=Sing | 50 trace | nmod |
| 53 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 56 ear | punct |
| 54 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 56 ear | det |
| 55 | single | single | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 56 ear | amod |
| 56 | ear | ear | NOUN | Number=Sing | 50 trace | conj |
| 57 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 had | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | past | Bába | Bába's supper | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent supper=Patient | ||||
| 2 | go | past | Bába | sleep | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to sleep=Initial_Location | ||||
| 3 | command | past | Bába not said here | Vasilísa | once property | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent vasilísa=Recipient clause=Topic | |||
| 4 | do in a quote | past | you | day | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 5 | take in a quote | present · do-support | the hay | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hay=Theme | |||||
| 6 | lie in a quote | present · progressive | the hay | my field | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on field=Location | ||||
| 7 | clean in a quote | infinitive | hay | every trace of soil and every single ear | vn clear-10.3 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent it=Theme from trace=Source |
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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