Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 15, sentence 36

Vasilísa set herself to work, and the work went merrily along, and the skein was as smooth and as fine as hair, and when she had a great deal of yarn, no one would undertake the weaving, so she turned to her doll, who said: “Bring me some old comb from somewhere, some old spindle, some old shuttle, and some horse mane; and I will do it for you.”

Who acts: Vasilísa, work, skein, one, doll · What happens: set, work, go, be, have, undertake · To what, where: Vasilísa, great deal, weaving, horse mane, doll, old comb · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. Afanas'ev, Opening, part 15. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Vasilísa, work, skein, one), 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	Vasilísa	Vasilísa	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 set	nsubj
2	set	set	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	herself	herself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	2 set	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 work	mark
5	work	work	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 set	xcomp
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 went	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 went	cc
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 work	det
9	work	work	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 went	nsubj
10	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 set	parataxis
11	merrily	merrily	ADV	_	10 went	advmod
12	along	along	ADV	_	10 went	advmod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 smooth	punct
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 smooth	cc
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 skein	det
16	skein	skein	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 smooth	nsubj
17	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 smooth	cop
18	as	as	ADP	_	19 smooth	case
19	smooth	smooth	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 went	conj
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 fine	cc
21	as	as	ADV	_	22 fine	advmod
22	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 smooth	conj
23	as	as	ADP	_	24 hair	case
24	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 fine	obl
25	,	,	PUNCT	_	29 had	punct
26	and	and	CCONJ	_	29 had	cc
27	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	29 had	advmod
28	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	29 had	nsubj
29	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 set	parataxis
30	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	32 deal	det
31	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	32 deal	amod
32	deal	deal	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 had	obj
33	of	of	ADP	_	34 yarn	case
34	yarn	yarn	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 deal	nmod
35	,	,	PUNCT	_	39 undertake	punct
36	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	37 one	det
37	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	39 undertake	nsubj
38	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	39 undertake	aux
39	undertake	undertake	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	29 had	parataxis
40	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	41 weaving	det
41	weaving	weaving	NOUN	Number=Sing	39 undertake	obj
42	,	,	PUNCT	_	45 turned	punct
43	so	so	ADV	_	45 turned	advmod
44	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	45 turned	nsubj
45	turned	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	39 undertake	conj
46	to	to	ADP	_	48 doll	case
47	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	48 doll	nmod:poss
48	doll	doll	NOUN	Number=Sing	45 turned	obl
49	,	,	PUNCT	_	51 said	punct
50	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	51 said	nsubj
51	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	48 doll	acl:relcl
52	:	:	PUNCT	_	54 Bring	punct
53	“	"	PUNCT	_	54 Bring	punct
54	Bring	bring	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	51 said	ccomp
55	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	54 Bring	obj
56	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	58 comb	det
57	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	58 comb	amod
58	comb	comb	NOUN	Number=Sing	54 Bring	obj
59	from	from	ADP	_	60 somewhere	case
60	somewhere	somewhere	ADV	PronType=Ind	54 Bring	obl
61	,	,	PUNCT	_	64 spindle	punct
62	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	64 spindle	det
63	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	64 spindle	amod
64	spindle	spindle	NOUN	Number=Sing	54 Bring	parataxis
65	,	,	PUNCT	_	68 shuttle	punct
66	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	68 shuttle	det
67	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	68 shuttle	amod
68	shuttle	shuttle	NOUN	Number=Sing	64 spindle	conj
69	,	,	PUNCT	_	73 mane	punct
70	and	and	CCONJ	_	73 mane	cc
71	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	73 mane	det
72	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	73 mane	compound
73	mane	mane	NOUN	Number=Sing	45 turned	obl
74	;	;	PUNCT	_	78 do	punct
75	and	and	CCONJ	_	78 do	cc
76	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	78 do	nsubj
77	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	78 do	aux
78	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 set	parataxis
79	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	78 do	obj
80	for	for	ADP	_	81 you	case
81	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	78 do	obl
82	.	.	PUNCT	_	78 do	punct
83	”	"	PUNCT	_	78 do	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	set	past	Vasilísa	Vasilísa				tree rules
2	work	to-infinitive	Vasilísa not said here					vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	go	past	the work				along, merrily property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	is	past	the skein				smooth property	tree rules
5	be		the skein not said here				as hair	tree rules
6	have	past	work	a great deal of yarn				vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent deal=Patient
7	undertake	would	no one	the weaving				vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent weaving=Eventuality
8	turn	past	work	some horse mane		Vasilísa's doll		vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme to doll=Trajectory
9	say speech: assert	past	Vasilísa's doll					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
10	bring in a quote	infinitive		some old comb	Vasilísa's doll = doll		some old spindle and some old shuttle parataxis	vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent i=Destination comb=Theme
11	do in a quote	future	Vasilísa's doll = doll	comb			for you	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality
12	deal			yarn				nom deal «act transitive»: of=patient

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 15, sentence 36

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Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 15, sentence 36