Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 18, sentence 12
But the Tsarévna saw the evil thing that had been done, through her magic mirror; and she quickly summoned her carriage and drove to the sea, and on the shore there the Woodsprite sat weaving a great net.
Who acts: Tsarévna, servant, Woodsprite · What happens: see, do, summon, drive, sit, weave · To what, where: evil thing, magic mirror, carriage, sea, shore, great net
This is a sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. Afanas'ev, Opening, part 18. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Tsarévna, servant, Woodsprite), 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 | But | but | CCONJ | _ | 4 saw | cc |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 Tsarévna | det |
| 3 | Tsarévna | Tsarévna | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 saw | nsubj |
| 4 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 thing | det |
| 6 | evil | evil | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 thing | amod |
| 7 | thing | thing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 saw | obj |
| 8 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 11 done | obj |
| 9 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 done | aux |
| 10 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 11 done | aux:pass |
| 11 | done | do | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 thing | acl:relcl |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 mirror | punct |
| 13 | through | through | ADP | _ | 16 mirror | case |
| 14 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 16 mirror | nmod:poss |
| 15 | magic | magic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 mirror | amod |
| 16 | mirror | mirror | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 done | obl |
| 17 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 21 summoned | punct |
| 18 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 21 summoned | cc |
| 19 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 21 summoned | nsubj |
| 20 | quickly | quickly | ADV | _ | 21 summoned | advmod |
| 21 | summoned | summon | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 saw | conj |
| 22 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 23 carriage | nmod:poss |
| 23 | carriage | carriage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 summoned | obj |
| 24 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 25 drove | cc |
| 25 | drove | drive | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 21 summoned | conj |
| 26 | to | to | ADP | _ | 28 sea | case |
| 27 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 28 sea | det |
| 28 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 drove | obl |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 sat | punct |
| 30 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 37 sat | cc |
| 31 | on | on | ADP | _ | 33 shore | case |
| 32 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 33 shore | det |
| 33 | shore | shore | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 sat | obl |
| 34 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 33 shore | advmod |
| 35 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 36 Woodsprite | det |
| 36 | Woodsprite | Woodsprite | PROPN | Number=Sing | 37 sat | nsubj |
| 37 | sat | sit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 saw | conj |
| 38 | weaving | weave | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 37 sat | advcl |
| 39 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 41 net | det |
| 40 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 41 net | amod |
| 41 | net | net | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 weaving | obj |
| 42 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 saw | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | past | the Tsarévna | the evil thing | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer thing=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | do | past · perfect · passive | the evil thing | servant's magic mirror | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: that=Eventuality | ||||
| 3 | summon | past | servant | servant's carriage | quickly property | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent carriage=Recipient | |||
| 4 | drive | past | servant not said here | the sea | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent to sea=Trajectory | ||||
| 5 | sit | past | the Woodsprite | the shore | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on shore=Location | ||||
| 6 | weave | gerund | the Woodsprite not said here | a great net | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent net=Product |
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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