Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 18, sentence 8
“Father,” he said to the Tsar, “give me a ship, I will go and get drugs for my bride; and see that your herdsman comes with me, as I am so well accustomed to him.”
Who acts: Father, herdsman · What happens: say, give, go, get, see, come · To what, where: Tsar, ship, Father, drugs, herdsman · 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 (Father, herdsman), 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 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 Father | punct |
| 2 | Father | Father | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 said | nsubj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 Father | punct |
| 4 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 Father | punct |
| 5 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 said | nsubj |
| 6 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 Tsar | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 Tsar | det |
| 9 | Tsar | Tsar | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 said | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 give | punct |
| 11 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 12 give | punct |
| 12 | give | give | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 said | ccomp |
| 13 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 12 give | iobj |
| 14 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 ship | det |
| 15 | ship | ship | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 give | obj |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 go | punct |
| 17 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 19 go | nsubj |
| 18 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 19 go | aux |
| 19 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 12 give | parataxis |
| 20 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 21 get | cc |
| 21 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 19 go | conj |
| 22 | drugs | drug | NOUN | Number=Plur | 21 get | obj |
| 23 | for | for | ADP | _ | 25 bride | case |
| 24 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 25 bride | nmod:poss |
| 25 | bride | bride | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 get | obl |
| 26 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 28 see | punct |
| 27 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 28 see | cc |
| 28 | see | see | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 6 said | parataxis |
| 29 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 32 comes | mark |
| 30 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 31 herdsman | nmod:poss |
| 31 | herdsman | herdsman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 comes | nsubj |
| 32 | comes | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 28 see | ccomp |
| 33 | with | with | ADP | _ | 34 me | case |
| 34 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 32 comes | obl |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 41 accustomed | punct |
| 36 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 41 accustomed | mark |
| 37 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 41 accustomed | nsubj |
| 38 | am | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 41 accustomed | aux |
| 39 | so | so | ADV | _ | 41 accustomed | advmod |
| 40 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 41 accustomed | advmod |
| 41 | accustomed | accustom | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 32 comes | conj |
| 42 | to | to | ADP | _ | 43 him | case |
| 43 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 41 accustomed | obl |
| 44 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 28 see | punct |
| 45 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 28 see | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | Father | the Tsar | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to tsar=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | give in a quote | infinitive | a ship | Father | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient ship=Theme | ||||
| 3 | go in a quote | future | Father | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 4 | get in a quote | infinitive | Father not said here | drugs | for my bride | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent drug=Theme for bride=Beneficiary | |||
| 5 | see in a quote | infinitive | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | ||||||
| 6 | come in a quote | present | your herdsman | with Father | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 7 | accustom in a quote | present · passive | Father | herdsman | well property | tree rules |
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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