Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 2, sentence 79
When you come to the house where the lads have died, scatter hot sparks into a pot and put the piece of my shirt there, then close the door and at the breath of it they will revive at once.”
Who acts: you, lads · What happens: come, die, scatter, put, close, revive · To what, where: house, hot sparks, pot, shirt, door, breath
This is a sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. Afanas'ev, Opening, part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (you, lads), 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 | When | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 3 come | advmod |
| 2 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 3 come | nsubj |
| 3 | come | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 scatter | advcl |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 house | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 house | det |
| 6 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 come | obl |
| 7 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 11 died | advmod |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 lads | det |
| 9 | lads | lad | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 died | nsubj |
| 10 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 died | aux |
| 11 | died | die | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 6 house | acl:relcl |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 scatter | punct |
| 13 | scatter | scatter | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 14 | hot | hot | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 sparks | amod |
| 15 | sparks | spark | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 scatter | obj |
| 16 | into | into | ADP | _ | 18 pot | case |
| 17 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 18 pot | det |
| 18 | pot | pot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 scatter | obl |
| 19 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 20 put | cc |
| 20 | put | put | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 13 scatter | conj |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 piece | det |
| 22 | piece | piece | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 put | obj |
| 23 | of | of | ADP | _ | 25 shirt | case |
| 24 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 25 shirt | nmod:poss |
| 25 | shirt | shirt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 piece | nmod |
| 26 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 20 put | advmod |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 close | punct |
| 28 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 29 close | advmod |
| 29 | close | close | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 13 scatter | conj |
| 30 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 door | det |
| 31 | door | door | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 close | obj |
| 32 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 40 revive | cc |
| 33 | at | at | ADP | _ | 35 breath | case |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 35 breath | det |
| 35 | breath | breath | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 revive | obl |
| 36 | of | of | ADP | _ | 37 it | case |
| 37 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 35 breath | nmod |
| 38 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 40 revive | nsubj |
| 39 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 40 revive | aux |
| 40 | revive | revive | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 29 close | conj |
| 41 | at | at | ADP | _ | 42 once | case |
| 42 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 40 revive | obl |
| 43 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 13 scatter | punct |
| 44 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 13 scatter | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | present | you | the house | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to house=Initial_Location | ||||
| 2 | die | present · perfect | the lads | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | |||||
| 3 | scatter | imperative | you not said here | hot sparks | a pot | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent spark=Theme into pot=Destination | |||
| 4 | put | infinitive | you not said here | my shirt | there | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent piece=Goal | |||
| 5 | close | infinitive | you not said here | the door | then | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent door=Patient | |||
| 6 | revive | future | lads = lad | the breath of breath | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
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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