Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 18, sentence 55
As soon as ever her father Vasíli received the Tsar’s message he communicated it to his daughter, Vasilísa Vasílyevna, who at once went into the stable and saddled the grey horse with the silver mane, and rode straight out to the courtyard of Tsar Bárkhat.
Who acts: father, message · What happens: receive, communicate, go, saddle, ride · To what, where: message, daughter, stable, grey horse, courtyard
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 (father, message), 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 | As | as | ADV | _ | 2 soon | advmod |
| 2 | soon | soon | ADV | Degree=Pos | 8 received | advmod |
| 3 | as | as | ADP | _ | 4 ever | case |
| 4 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 2 soon | obl |
| 5 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 father | nmod:poss |
| 6 | father | father | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 received | nsubj |
| 7 | Vasíli | Vasíli | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 father | appos |
| 8 | received | receive | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 Tsar | det |
| 10 | Tsar | Tsar | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 message | nmod:poss |
| 11 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 10 Tsar | case |
| 12 | message | message | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 received | obj |
| 13 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 communicated | nsubj |
| 14 | communicated | communicate | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 message | acl:relcl |
| 15 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 communicated | obj |
| 16 | to | to | ADP | _ | 18 daughter | case |
| 17 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 18 daughter | nmod:poss |
| 18 | daughter | daughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 communicated | obl |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 Vasilísa | punct |
| 20 | Vasilísa | Vasilísa | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 message | appos |
| 21 | Vasílyevna | Vasílyevna | PROPN | Number=Sing | 20 Vasilísa | flat |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 went | punct |
| 23 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 26 went | nsubj |
| 24 | at | at | SCONJ | _ | 26 went | mark |
| 25 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 26 went | advmod |
| 26 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 message | parataxis |
| 27 | into | into | ADP | _ | 29 stable | case |
| 28 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 29 stable | det |
| 29 | stable | stable | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 went | obl |
| 30 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 31 saddled | cc |
| 31 | saddled | saddle | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 26 went | conj |
| 32 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 horse | det |
| 33 | grey | grey | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 34 horse | amod |
| 34 | horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 saddled | obj |
| 35 | with | with | ADP | _ | 38 mane | case |
| 36 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 38 mane | det |
| 37 | silver | silver | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 38 mane | amod |
| 38 | mane | mane | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 saddled | obl |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 41 rode | punct |
| 40 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 41 rode | cc |
| 41 | rode | ride | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 received | conj |
| 42 | straight | straight | ADV | _ | 43 out | advmod |
| 43 | out | out | ADV | _ | 41 rode | advmod |
| 44 | to | to | ADP | _ | 46 courtyard | case |
| 45 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 46 courtyard | det |
| 46 | courtyard | courtyard | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 rode | obl |
| 47 | of | of | ADP | _ | 48 Tsar | case |
| 48 | Tsar | Tsar | PROPN | Number=Sing | 46 courtyard | nmod |
| 49 | Bárkhat | Bárkhat | PROPN | Number=Sing | 48 Tsar | flat |
| 50 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 received | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | receive | past | Tsar's father | the Tsar's message | ever | soon property | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent message=Theme | ||
| 2 | communicate | past | Father | message | Father's daughter | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Topic to daughter=Recipient | |||
| 3 | go | past | the Tsar's message | the stable | once property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme into stable=Initial_Location | |||
| 4 | saddle | past | the Tsar's message not said here | the grey horse | with the silver mane | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent horse=Destination with mane=Theme | |||
| 5 | ride | past | Tsar's father not said here | the courtyard of Tsar | out property | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent to courtyard=Trajectory |
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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