Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 17, sentence 33
Instantly he was taken into the palace, and the workman stood in the imperial presence, a youth such as never was: then the Tsar kept his princely word and gave what he had promised.
Who acts: workman, Tsar, King · What happens: take, stand, be, keep, give, promise · To what, where: King, palace, youth, imperial presence, princely word
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, Tsar, King), 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 | Instantly | instantly | ADV | _ | 4 taken | advmod |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 taken | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 taken | aux:pass |
| 4 | taken | take | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | into | into | ADP | _ | 7 palace | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 palace | det |
| 7 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 taken | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 stood | punct |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 stood | cc |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 workman | det |
| 11 | workman | workman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 stood | nsubj |
| 12 | stood | stand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 taken | conj |
| 13 | in | in | ADP | _ | 16 presence | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 presence | det |
| 15 | imperial | imperial | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 presence | amod |
| 16 | presence | presence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 stood | obl |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 youth | punct |
| 18 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 19 youth | det |
| 19 | youth | youth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 stood | obl |
| 20 | such | such | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 youth | amod |
| 21 | as | as | ADP | _ | 20 such | fixed |
| 22 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 23 was | advmod |
| 23 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 20 such | cop |
| 24 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 28 kept | punct |
| 25 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 28 kept | advmod |
| 26 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 Tsar | det |
| 27 | Tsar | Tsar | PROPN | Number=Sing | 28 kept | nsubj |
| 28 | kept | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 taken | parataxis |
| 29 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 31 word | nmod:poss |
| 30 | princely | princely | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 31 word | amod |
| 31 | word | word | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 kept | obj |
| 32 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 33 gave | cc |
| 33 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 28 kept | conj |
| 34 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 37 promised | obj |
| 35 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 37 promised | nsubj |
| 36 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 37 promised | aux |
| 37 | promised | promise | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 33 gave | ccomp |
| 38 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 taken | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | past · passive | King | the palace | instantly property | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme into palace=Destination | |||
| 2 | stand | past | the workman | a youth | the imperial presence | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in presence=Location | |||
| 3 | is | past | such property | tree rules | |||||
| 4 | keep | past | the Tsar | King's princely word | then | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Theme | |||
| 5 | give | past | the Tsar not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 6 | promise speech: promise | past · perfect | Tsar | what obj | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent what=Theme | ||||
| 7 | word | King | nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
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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