Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 15, sentence 55
Then there came a henchman of the Tsar’s, entered the room and said: “The Tsar would fain see the artist who has sewn him the shirts, and he wants to reward her with his own hands.”
Who acts: Tsar, artist, maiden · What happens: come, enter, say, fain, see, sew · To what, where: henchman, room, artist, shirts, maiden, Vasilísa · 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 (Tsar, artist, maiden), 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 | Then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 3 came | advmod |
| 2 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 3 came | expl |
| 3 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 henchman | det |
| 5 | henchman | henchman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 came | obj |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 Tsar | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 Tsar | det |
| 8 | Tsar | Tsar | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 henchman | nmod |
| 9 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 8 Tsar | case |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 entered | punct |
| 11 | entered | enter | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 came | conj |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 room | det |
| 13 | room | room | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 entered | obj |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 said | cc |
| 15 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 entered | conj |
| 16 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 21 fain | punct |
| 17 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 21 fain | punct |
| 18 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 Tsar | det |
| 19 | Tsar | Tsar | PROPN | Number=Sing | 21 fain | nsubj |
| 20 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 21 fain | aux |
| 21 | fain | fain | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 15 said | ccomp |
| 22 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 21 fain | xcomp |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 artist | det |
| 24 | artist | artist | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 see | obj |
| 25 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 27 sewn | nsubj |
| 26 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 27 sewn | aux |
| 27 | sewn | sew | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 24 artist | acl:relcl |
| 28 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 27 sewn | obj |
| 29 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 30 shirts | det |
| 30 | shirts | shirt | NOUN | Number=Plur | 27 sewn | obj |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 wants | punct |
| 32 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 34 wants | cc |
| 33 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 34 wants | nsubj |
| 34 | wants | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 came | parataxis |
| 35 | to | to | PART | _ | 36 reward | mark |
| 36 | reward | reward | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 34 wants | xcomp |
| 37 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 36 reward | obj |
| 38 | with | with | ADP | _ | 41 hands | case |
| 39 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 41 hands | nmod:poss |
| 40 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 41 hands | amod |
| 41 | hands | hand | NOUN | Number=Plur | 36 reward | obl |
| 42 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 34 wants | punct |
| 43 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 34 wants | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | past | a henchman of the Tsar | there | then | tree rules | |||
| 2 | enter | past | the room | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme room=Destination | |||||
| 3 | say speech: assert | past | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||||
| 4 | fain in a quote | would | the Tsar | tree rules | |||||
| 5 | see in a quote | infinitive | the Tsar not said here | the artist | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer artist=Stimulus | ||||
| 6 | sew in a quote | present · perfect | the artist | the shirts | maiden | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP PP»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary shirt=Product | |||
| 7 | want in a quote | present | maiden | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 8 | reward not said to happen, in a quote | to-infinitive | maiden not said here | Vasilísa | with maiden's own hands | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient with hand=Theme |
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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