Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 21, sentence 14
The judge believed that the poor man was offering him a hundred roubles so as to prove his case, and he gave judgment that the rich man must leave the horse in the poor peasant’s possession until the tail grew again.
Who acts: judge, poor man, man, rich man, tail, poor peasant · What happens: believe, offer, prove, give, leave, grow · To what, where: hundred roubles, Judge, case, judgment, horse, possession · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. Afanas'ev, Opening, part 21. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (judge, poor man, man, rich man), 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 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 judge | det |
| 2 | judge | judge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 believed | nsubj |
| 3 | believed | believe | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 9 offering | mark |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 man | det |
| 6 | poor | poor | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 man | amod |
| 7 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 offering | nsubj |
| 8 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 offering | aux |
| 9 | offering | offer | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 believed | ccomp |
| 10 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 offering | obj |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 hundred | det |
| 12 | hundred | hundred | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 13 roubles | nummod |
| 13 | roubles | rouble | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 offering | obj |
| 14 | so | so | ADV | _ | 17 prove | cc |
| 15 | as | as | ADP | _ | 14 so | fixed |
| 16 | to | to | PART | _ | 17 prove | mark |
| 17 | prove | prove | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 offering | conj |
| 18 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 19 case | nmod:poss |
| 19 | case | case | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 prove | obj |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 gave | punct |
| 21 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 23 gave | cc |
| 22 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 23 gave | nsubj |
| 23 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 believed | conj |
| 24 | judgment | judgment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 gave | obj |
| 25 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 30 leave | mark |
| 26 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 28 man | det |
| 27 | rich | rich | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 28 man | amod |
| 28 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 leave | nsubj |
| 29 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 30 leave | aux |
| 30 | leave | leave | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 23 gave | advcl |
| 31 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 32 horse | det |
| 32 | horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 leave | obj |
| 33 | in | in | ADP | _ | 38 possession | case |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 36 peasant | det |
| 35 | poor | poor | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 36 peasant | amod |
| 36 | peasant | peasant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 possession | nmod:poss |
| 37 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 36 peasant | case |
| 38 | possession | possession | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 leave | obl |
| 39 | until | until | SCONJ | _ | 42 grew | mark |
| 40 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 41 tail | det |
| 41 | tail | tail | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 grew | nsubj |
| 42 | grew | grow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 30 leave | advcl |
| 43 | again | again | ADV | _ | 42 grew | advmod |
| 44 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 believed | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | believe | past | the judge | vn admire-31.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | offer | past · progressive | the poor man | hundred roubles | Judge | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent he=Goal rouble=Theme | |||
| 3 | prove | to-infinitive | the poor man not said here | man's case | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent case=Theme | ||||
| 4 | give | past | man | judgment | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent judgment=Theme | ||||
| 5 | leave | must | the rich man | the horse | the poor peasant's possession | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent horse=Theme in possession=Location | |||
| 6 | grow | past | the tail | again | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 7 | possess | the poor peasant | nom possession «act transitive»: poss=agent |
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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