Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 19, sentence 96
And the Tsar went on the broad road into his capital, and without delay he ordered all the staffs and the watches and the sentries to keep their eyes open, and as soon as a certain soldier came to give him the honour due to a general.
Who acts: Tsar · What happens: go, order, keep, come, give · To what, where: broad road, staffs, eyes, honour, TSAR
This is a sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. Afanas'ev, Opening, part 19. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Tsar), 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 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 went | cc |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 Tsar | det |
| 3 | Tsar | Tsar | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 went | nsubj |
| 4 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 road | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 road | det |
| 7 | broad | broad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 road | amod |
| 8 | road | road | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 went | obl |
| 9 | into | into | ADP | _ | 11 capital | case |
| 10 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 capital | nmod:poss |
| 11 | capital | capital | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 went | obl |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 ordered | punct |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 ordered | cc |
| 14 | without | without | ADP | _ | 15 delay | case |
| 15 | delay | delay | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 ordered | obl |
| 16 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 ordered | nsubj |
| 17 | ordered | order | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 went | parataxis |
| 18 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 20 staffs | det:predet |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 staffs | det |
| 20 | staffs | staff | NOUN | Number=Plur | 17 ordered | obj |
| 21 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 23 watches | cc |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 watches | det |
| 23 | watches | watch | NOUN | Number=Plur | 20 staffs | conj |
| 24 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 26 sentries | cc |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 sentries | det |
| 26 | sentries | sentry | NOUN | Number=Plur | 20 staffs | conj |
| 27 | to | to | PART | _ | 28 keep | mark |
| 28 | keep | keep | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 17 ordered | advcl |
| 29 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 30 eyes | nmod:poss |
| 30 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 28 keep | obj |
| 31 | open | open | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 28 keep | xcomp |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 came | punct |
| 33 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 40 came | cc |
| 34 | as | as | ADV | _ | 35 soon | advmod |
| 35 | soon | soon | ADV | Degree=Pos | 40 came | advmod |
| 36 | as | as | ADP | _ | 39 soldier | case |
| 37 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 39 soldier | det |
| 38 | certain | certain | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 39 soldier | amod |
| 39 | soldier | soldier | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 came | obl |
| 40 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 went | conj |
| 41 | to | to | PART | _ | 42 give | mark |
| 42 | give | give | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 40 came | xcomp |
| 43 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 42 give | iobj |
| 44 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 45 honour | det |
| 45 | honour | honour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 give | obj |
| 46 | due | due | ADJ | Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP | 49 general | case |
| 47 | to | to | ADP | _ | 46 due | fixed |
| 48 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 49 general | det |
| 49 | general | general | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 give | obl |
| 50 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 went | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | past | the Tsar | the broad road | into TSAR's capital | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme into capital=Initial_Location | |||
| 2 | order | past | TSAR | all staffs and the watches and the sentries | without delay | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent staff=Theme | |||
| 3 | keep | to-infinitive | TSAR not said here | staffs's eyes | open property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Theme | |||
| 4 | come | past | the Tsar not said here | as a certain soldier; soon property | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | give | to-infinitive | the Tsar not said here | the honour | TSAR | due a general | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient honour=Theme |
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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