Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 17, sentence 11
Once more the workman took a single coin, went to the well for a drink of water and looked, and the lost money floated up to the surface: so he took them, and he then felt sure that God had rewarded him for his labour.
Who acts: workman, lost money, money, God · What happens: take, go, look, lose, float up, feel · To what, where: single coin, well, lost money, surface, men, money
This is a sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. Afanas'ev, Opening, part 17. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (workman, lost money, money, God), 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 | Once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 2 more | advmod |
| 2 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 5 took | advmod |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 workman | det |
| 4 | workman | workman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 took | nsubj |
| 5 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 coin | det |
| 7 | single | single | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 coin | amod |
| 8 | coin | coin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 took | obj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 went | punct |
| 10 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 took | conj |
| 11 | to | to | ADP | _ | 13 well | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 well | det |
| 13 | well | well | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 went | obl |
| 14 | for | for | ADP | _ | 16 drink | case |
| 15 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 16 drink | det |
| 16 | drink | drink | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 went | obl |
| 17 | of | of | ADP | _ | 18 water | case |
| 18 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 drink | nmod |
| 19 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 20 looked | cc |
| 20 | looked | look | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 went | conj |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 took | punct |
| 22 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 34 took | cc |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 money | det |
| 24 | lost | lose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 25 money | amod |
| 25 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 took | nsubj |
| 26 | floated | float | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 25 money | acl |
| 27 | up | up | ADP | _ | 26 floated | compound:prt |
| 28 | to | to | ADP | _ | 30 surface | case |
| 29 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 30 surface | det |
| 30 | surface | surface | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 floated | obl |
| 31 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 34 took | punct |
| 32 | so | so | ADV | _ | 34 took | advmod |
| 33 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 34 took | nsubj |
| 34 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 took | conj |
| 35 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 34 took | obj |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 felt | punct |
| 37 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 40 felt | cc |
| 38 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 40 felt | nsubj |
| 39 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 40 felt | advmod |
| 40 | felt | feel | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 took | conj |
| 41 | sure | sure | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 40 felt | xcomp |
| 42 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 45 rewarded | mark |
| 43 | God | God | PROPN | Number=Sing | 45 rewarded | nsubj |
| 44 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 45 rewarded | aux |
| 45 | rewarded | reward | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 41 sure | ccomp |
| 46 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 45 rewarded | obj |
| 47 | for | for | ADP | _ | 49 labour | case |
| 48 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 49 labour | nmod:poss |
| 49 | labour | labour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 rewarded | obl |
| 50 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 took | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | past | the workman | a single coin | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent coin=Theme | ||||
| 2 | go | past | the workman not said here | the well | for a drink of water | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to well=Initial_Location | |||
| 3 | look | past | the workman not said here | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | |||||
| 4 | lose | participle | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 5 | float up | participle | the lost money not said here | the surface | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to surface=Destination | ||||
| 6 | take | past | the lost money | men = man | money nsubj | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | |||
| 7 | feel | past | money | then | sure property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | |||
| 8 | reward | past · perfect | God | money | for money's labour | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent he=Theme for labour=Attribute |
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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