Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 20, sentence 47

Alyósha Popóvich was lying on the brick stove, and spake in this wise to Túgarin Zmyéyevich: “My old father, León the pope, had a little cow which was a great glutton: it used to eat up all the beer vats with all the lees; and then the little cow, the glutton, came to the lake, and it drank and lapped all the water out of the lake, took it all up and it burst, and so it would also have torn Túgarin to bits after his feed.”

Who acts: Alyósha, old father, little cow, glutton, beer · What happens: lie, have, be, use, eat up, vat · To what, where: spake, brick stove, little cow, great glutton, lake, water · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. Afanas'ev, Opening, part 20. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Alyósha, old father, little cow, glutton), 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	Alyósha	Alyósha	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 lying	nsubj
2	Popóvich	Popóvich	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Alyósha	flat
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 lying	aux
4	lying	lie	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	on	on	ADP	_	8 stove	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 stove	det
7	brick	brick	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 stove	compound
8	stove	stove	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 lying	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 spake	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 spake	cc
11	spake	speak	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 lying	obl
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 wise	case
13	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	14 wise	nsubj
14	wise	wise	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 spake	acl:relcl
15	to	to	ADP	_	16 Túgarin	case
16	Túgarin	Túgarin	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 wise	obl
17	Zmyéyevich	Zmyéyevich	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 Túgarin	flat
18	:	:	PUNCT	_	28 had	punct
19	“	"	PUNCT	_	28 had	punct
20	My	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	22 father	nmod:poss
21	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 father	amod
22	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 had	nsubj
23	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 León	punct
24	León	León	PROPN	Number=Sing	22 father	appos
25	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	26 pope	det
26	pope	pope	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 father	conj
27	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 father	punct
28	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 lying	parataxis
29	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	31 cow	det
30	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	31 cow	amod
31	cow	cow	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 had	obj
32	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	36 glutton	nsubj
33	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	36 glutton	cop
34	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	36 glutton	det
35	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	36 glutton	amod
36	glutton	glutton	NOUN	Number=Sing	31 cow	acl:relcl
37	:	:	PUNCT	_	39 used	punct
38	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	39 used	nsubj
39	used	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	28 had	conj
40	to	to	PART	_	41 eat	mark
41	eat	eat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	39 used	xcomp
42	up	up	ADP	_	41 eat	compound:prt
43	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	45 beer	det:predet
44	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	45 beer	det
45	beer	beer	NOUN	Number=Sing	46 vats	nsubj
46	vats	vat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	41 eat	parataxis
47	with	with	ADP	_	50 lees	case
48	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	50 lees	det:predet
49	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	50 lees	det
50	lees	lee	NOUN	Number=Plur	46 vats	obl
51	;	;	PUNCT	_	61 came	punct
52	and	and	CCONJ	_	61 came	cc
53	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	61 came	advmod
54	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	56 cow	det
55	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	56 cow	amod
56	cow	cow	NOUN	Number=Sing	61 came	nsubj
57	,	,	PUNCT	_	59 glutton	punct
58	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	59 glutton	det
59	glutton	glutton	NOUN	Number=Sing	56 cow	conj
60	,	,	PUNCT	_	56 cow	punct
61	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	39 used	conj
62	to	to	ADP	_	64 lake	case
63	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	64 lake	det
64	lake	lake	NOUN	Number=Sing	61 came	obl
65	,	,	PUNCT	_	68 drank	punct
66	and	and	CCONJ	_	68 drank	cc
67	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	68 drank	nsubj
68	drank	drink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	39 used	parataxis
69	and	and	CCONJ	_	70 lapped	cc
70	lapped	lap	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	68 drank	conj
71	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	73 water	det:predet
72	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	73 water	det
73	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	70 lapped	obj
74	out	out	ADP	_	77 lake	case
75	of	of	ADP	_	77 lake	case
76	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	77 lake	det
77	lake	lake	NOUN	Number=Sing	70 lapped	obl
78	,	,	PUNCT	_	79 took	punct
79	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	68 drank	conj
80	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	79 took	obj
81	all	all	ADV	_	82 up	advmod
82	up	up	ADV	_	79 took	advmod
83	and	and	CCONJ	_	85 burst	cc
84	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	85 burst	nsubj
85	burst	burst	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	79 took	conj
86	,	,	PUNCT	_	93 torn	punct
87	and	and	CCONJ	_	93 torn	cc
88	so	so	ADV	_	93 torn	advmod
89	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	93 torn	nsubj:pass
90	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	93 torn	aux
91	also	also	ADV	_	93 torn	advmod
92	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	93 torn	aux
93	torn	tear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	94 Túgarin	amod
94	Túgarin	Túgarin	PROPN	Number=Sing	85 burst	obj
95	to	to	ADP	_	96 bits	case
96	bits	bit	NOUN	Number=Plur	85 burst	obl
97	after	after	ADP	_	99 feed	case
98	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	99 feed	nmod:poss
99	feed	feed	NOUN	Number=Sing	85 burst	obl
100	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 lying	punct
101	”	"	PUNCT	_	4 lying	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lie	past · progressive	Alyósha	spake	the brick stove			tree rules
2	have in a quote	past	My old father and the pope	a little cow				vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cow=Patient
3	is a in a quote	past	a little cow	a great glutton				tree rules
4	use in a quote	past	glutton					vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
5	eat up in a quote	to-infinitive	glutton not said here					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
6	vat in a quote	present	all beer				with all lees	tree rules
7	come in a quote	past	the little cow and the glutton		the lake	then		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to lake=Initial_Location
8	drink in a quote	past	beer					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
9	lap in a quote	past	beer not said here	all water	the lake			vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Patient
10	take in a quote	past	beer not said here	water				vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
11	burst in a quote	past	beer	torn Túgarin		after Prince's feed	to bits	vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location túgarin=Theme
12	tear in a quote	would · perfect · passive		beer				vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: subject=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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🌲 Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 20, sentence 47

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Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 20, sentence 47