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Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 16, sentence 53

When a holy feast-day came by, he went into the church and lit a taper in front of the saints; but, as he approached the devil he spat on him.

Who acts: holy feast day, man · What happens: come by, go, light, approach, spat · To what, where: church, taper, front, devil

This is a sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. Afanas'ev, Opening, part 16. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (holy feast day, man), 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

advmoddetamodcompoundpunctnsubjadvcloblpunctnsubjcasedetoblccconjdetobjcasenmodcasedetnmodpunctccpunctmarknsubjconjdetobjnsubjacl:relclcaseoblpunctrootWhenADVaDETholyADJfeastNOUN-PUNCTdayNOUNcameVERBbyADP,PUNCThePRONwentVERBintoADPtheDETchurchNOUNandCCONJlitVERBaDETtaperNOUNinADPfrontNOUNofADPtheDETsaintsNOUN;PUNCTbutCCONJ,PUNCTasSCONJhePRONapproachedVERBtheDETdevilNOUNhePRONspatVERBonADPhimPRON.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhenwhenADVPronType=Int7 cameadvmod
2aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art6 daydet
3holyholyADJDegree=Pos6 dayamod
4feastfeastNOUNNumber=Sing6 daycompound
5--PUNCT_4 feastpunct
6daydayNOUNNumber=Sing7 camensubj
7camecomeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin11 wentadvcl
8bybyADP_7 cameobl
9,,PUNCT_7 camepunct
10hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs11 wentnsubj
11wentgoVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
12intointoADP_14 churchcase
13thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art14 churchdet
14churchchurchNOUNNumber=Sing11 wentobl
15andandCCONJ_16 litcc
16litlightVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin11 wentconj
17aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art18 taperdet
18tapertaperNOUNNumber=Sing16 litobj
19ininADP_20 frontcase
20frontfrontNOUNNumber=Sing18 tapernmod
21ofofADP_23 saintscase
22thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art23 saintsdet
23saintssaintNOUNNumber=Plur20 frontnmod
24;;PUNCT_29 approachedpunct
25butbutCCONJ_29 approachedcc
26,,PUNCT_25 butpunct
27asasSCONJ_29 approachedmark
28hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs29 approachednsubj
29approachedapproachVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin11 wentconj
30thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art31 devildet
31devildevilNOUNNumber=Sing29 approachedobj
32hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs33 spatnsubj
33spatspatVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres Typo=Yes VerbForm=Fin31 devilacl:relcl
34ononADP_35 himcase
35himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs33 spatobl
36..PUNCT_11 wentpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1come bypasta holy feast dayvn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2gopastmanthe churchvn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme into church=Initial_Location
3lightpastman not said herea taperfront of the saintsvn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent taper=Product
4approachpastmanthe devilvn confront-98 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent devil=Theme
5spatpresentmanthe devil not said hereon DEVILtree rules

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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