Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 18, sentence 67

At the advice of the old and evil housekeeper he had commanded a sweet pie to be made for supper and pearls to be mixed in it, for the old hag said: “If it is only Vasilísa Vasílyevna, she will take up the pearls; but, if it is Vasíli Vasílyevich, he will throw them under the table.”

Who acts: horse, old hag, hag, VASILÍSA · What happens: command, make, mix, say, be, take up · To what, where: sweet pie, advice, pie, Vasilísa, pearls, Vasíli · Speech: someone speaks here

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 (horse, old hag, hag, VASILÍSA), 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	At	at	ADP	_	3 advice	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 advice	det
3	advice	advice	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 commanded	obl
4	of	of	ADP	_	9 housekeeper	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 housekeeper	det
6	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 housekeeper	amod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 evil	cc
8	evil	evil	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 old	conj
9	housekeeper	housekeeper	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 advice	nmod
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 commanded	nsubj
11	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 commanded	aux
12	commanded	command	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 pie	det
14	sweet	sweet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 pie	amod
15	pie	pie	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 commanded	obj
16	to	to	PART	_	18 made	mark
17	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	18 made	aux:pass
18	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 pie	acl
19	for	for	ADP	_	20 supper	case
20	supper	supper	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 made	obl
21	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 pearls	cc
22	pearls	pearl	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 supper	conj
23	to	to	PART	_	25 mixed	mark
24	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	25 mixed	aux:pass
25	mixed	mix	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	18 made	advcl
26	in	in	ADP	_	27 it	case
27	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	25 mixed	obl
28	,	,	PUNCT	_	33 said	punct
29	for	for	SCONJ	_	33 said	mark
30	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	32 hag	det
31	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	32 hag	amod
32	hag	hag	NOUN	Number=Sing	33 said	nsubj
33	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	25 mixed	conj
34	:	:	PUNCT	_	45 take	punct
35	“	"	PUNCT	_	45 take	punct
36	If	if	SCONJ	_	40 Vasilísa	mark
37	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	40 Vasilísa	nsubj
38	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	40 Vasilísa	cop
39	only	only	ADV	_	40 Vasilísa	advmod
40	Vasilísa	Vasilísa	PROPN	Number=Sing	45 take	advcl
41	Vasílyevna	Vasílyevna	PROPN	Number=Sing	40 Vasilísa	flat
42	,	,	PUNCT	_	40 Vasilísa	punct
43	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	45 take	nsubj
44	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	45 take	aux
45	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	33 said	ccomp
46	up	up	ADP	_	45 take	compound:prt
47	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	48 pearls	det
48	pearls	pearl	NOUN	Number=Plur	45 take	obj
49	;	;	PUNCT	_	60 throw	punct
50	but	but	CCONJ	_	60 throw	cc
51	,	,	PUNCT	_	50 but	punct
52	if	if	SCONJ	_	55 Vasíli	mark
53	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	55 Vasíli	nsubj
54	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	55 Vasíli	cop
55	Vasíli	Vasíli	PROPN	Number=Sing	60 throw	advcl
56	Vasílyevich	Vasílyevich	PROPN	Number=Sing	55 Vasíli	flat
57	,	,	PUNCT	_	55 Vasíli	punct
58	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	60 throw	nsubj
59	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	60 throw	aux
60	throw	throw	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 commanded	parataxis
61	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	60 throw	obj
62	under	under	ADP	_	64 table	case
63	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	64 table	det
64	table	table	NOUN	Number=Sing	60 throw	obl
65	.	.	PUNCT	_	60 throw	punct
66	”	"	PUNCT	_	12 commanded	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	command	past · perfect	horse	a sweet pie	the advice of the old housekeeper		tree rules
2	make	to-infinitive · passive	horse not said here	a sweet pie not said here		for supper and pearls	vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: for supper=Asset
3	mix	to-infinitive · passive	horse not said here		pie		vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V»
4	say speech: assert	past	the old hag				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
5	is a a condition, not said to happen, in a quote	present	hag	Vasilísa			tree rules
6	take up in a quote	future	VASILÍSA = vasilísa	the pearls			vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pearl=Theme
7	is a a condition, not said to happen, in a quote	present	hag	Vasíli			tree rules
8	throw in a quote	future	horse	pearls = pearl	the table		vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent they=Theme under table=Destination

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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🌲 Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 18, sentence 67

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Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 18, sentence 67