Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 20, sentence 80
He who is riding is not the pagan Túgarin, but Alyósha Popóvich, the son of the old prebendary, the pope León, who is bringing the head of the pagan Túgarin Zmyéyevich.”
Who acts: Marýshko, pope · What happens: ride, not be, bring · To what, where: pagan Túgarin, head
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 (Marýshko, pope), 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 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 riding | nsubj |
| 2 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 4 riding | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 riding | aux |
| 4 | riding | ride | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 Túgarin | cop |
| 6 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 9 Túgarin | advmod |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 Túgarin | det |
| 8 | pagan | pagan | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 Túgarin | amod |
| 9 | Túgarin | Túgarin | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 riding | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 Alyósha | punct |
| 11 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 12 Alyósha | cc |
| 12 | Alyósha | Alyósha | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 Túgarin | conj |
| 13 | Popóvich | Popóvich | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 Alyósha | flat |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 son | punct |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 son | det |
| 16 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 Túgarin | appos |
| 17 | of | of | ADP | _ | 20 prebendary | case |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 prebendary | det |
| 19 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 20 prebendary | amod |
| 20 | prebendary | prebendary | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 son | nmod |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 pope | punct |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 pope | det |
| 23 | pope | pope | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 Túgarin | appos |
| 24 | León | León | PROPN | Number=Sing | 23 pope | appos |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 bringing | punct |
| 26 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 28 bringing | nsubj |
| 27 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 28 bringing | aux |
| 28 | bringing | bring | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 23 pope | conj |
| 29 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 30 head | det |
| 30 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 bringing | obj |
| 31 | of | of | ADP | _ | 34 Túgarin | case |
| 32 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 Túgarin | det |
| 33 | pagan | pagan | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 34 Túgarin | amod |
| 34 | Túgarin | Túgarin | PROPN | Number=Sing | 30 head | nmod |
| 35 | Zmyéyevich | Zmyéyevich | PROPN | Number=Sing | 34 Túgarin | flat |
| 36 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 riding | punct |
| 37 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 riding | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ride | present · progressive | Marýshko | who nsubj | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | not is a | present | the pagan Túgarin but Alyósha | Alyósha conj; the son of the old prebendary appos; the pope appos | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | bring | present · progressive | the pope | the head of the pagan Túgarin | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent head=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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