Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 21, sentence 23

Then the judge felt sure he would get altogether three hundred roubles in the case, and he commanded the son to go to the bridge, “and you, poor man, go there; stop under the bridge; and the son is to jump into the water plump on to you and to kill you.”

Who acts: judge, you, son · What happens: feel, get, command, go, stop, be · To what, where: hundred roubles, case, son, bridge, you, water · 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, you, son), 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	Then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	4 felt	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 judge	det
3	judge	judge	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 felt	nsubj
4	felt	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	sure	sure	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 felt	xcomp
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 get	nsubj
7	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 get	aux
8	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 sure	ccomp
9	altogether	altogether	ADV	_	11 hundred	advmod
10	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	11 hundred	compound
11	hundred	hundred	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	12 roubles	nummod
12	roubles	rouble	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 get	obj
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 case	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 case	det
15	case	case	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 get	obl
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 commanded	punct
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 commanded	cc
18	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 commanded	nsubj
19	commanded	command	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 felt	conj
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 son	det
21	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 commanded	obj
22	to	to	PART	_	23 go	mark
23	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	19 commanded	xcomp
24	to	to	ADP	_	26 bridge	case
25	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	26 bridge	det
26	bridge	bridge	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 go	obl
27	,	,	PUNCT	_	35 go	punct
28	“	"	PUNCT	_	35 go	punct
29	and	and	CCONJ	_	35 go	cc
30	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	35 go	nsubj
31	,	,	PUNCT	_	33 man	punct
32	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	33 man	amod
33	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	30 you	appos
34	,	,	PUNCT	_	33 man	punct
35	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	23 go	conj
36	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	35 go	advmod
37	;	;	PUNCT	_	38 stop	punct
38	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	19 commanded	advcl
39	under	under	ADP	_	41 bridge	case
40	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	41 bridge	det
41	bridge	bridge	NOUN	Number=Sing	38 stop	obl
42	;	;	PUNCT	_	48 jump	punct
43	and	and	CCONJ	_	48 jump	cc
44	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	45 son	det
45	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	48 jump	nsubj
46	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	48 jump	cop
47	to	to	PART	_	48 jump	mark
48	jump	jump	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 felt	conj
49	into	into	ADP	_	51 water	case
50	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	51 water	det
51	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	52 plump	obl
52	plump	plump	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	48 jump	parataxis
53	on	on	ADV	_	52 plump	advmod
54	to	to	ADP	_	55 you	case
55	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	52 plump	obl
56	and	and	CCONJ	_	58 kill	cc
57	to	to	PART	_	58 kill	mark
58	kill	kill	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	52 plump	conj
59	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	58 kill	obj
60	.	.	PUNCT	_	48 jump	punct
61	”	"	PUNCT	_	48 jump	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	feel	past	the judge				then	sure property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
2	get	would	Judge	hundred roubles		the case			vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer rouble=Stimulus
3	command	past	Judge	the son					vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent son=Recipient clause=Topic
4	go not said to happen	to-infinitive	Judge not said here			the bridge			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to bridge=Initial_Location
5	go in a quote	infinitive	you			there			vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
6	stop in a quote	infinitive	Judge not said here			the bridge			vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
7	is in a quote	present	the son					jump property	tree rules
8	plump in a quote	present			you	the water			vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
9	kill in a quote	to-infinitive		you					vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=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 21, sentence 23

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Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 21, sentence 23