Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 21, sentence 54
Later on he built a second shop, and every day he gave much money in alms, and amongst others, to one old man who every day repaired to him.
Who acts: Himself, one old man · What happens: build, give, day, repair · To what, where: second shop, much money, alms, day, Himself
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 (Himself, one old 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 | Later | late | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 4 built | advmod |
| 2 | on | on | SCONJ | _ | 4 built | mark |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 built | nsubj |
| 4 | built | build | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 shop | det |
| 6 | second | second | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 7 shop | amod |
| 7 | shop | shop | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 built | obj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 gave | punct |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 gave | cc |
| 10 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 11 day | det |
| 11 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 gave | obl:unmarked |
| 12 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 gave | nsubj |
| 13 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 built | conj |
| 14 | much | much | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 money | amod |
| 15 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 gave | obj |
| 16 | in | in | ADP | _ | 17 alms | case |
| 17 | alms | alm | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 gave | obl |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 others | punct |
| 19 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 21 others | cc |
| 20 | amongst | amongst | ADP | _ | 21 others | case |
| 21 | others | other | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 built | obl |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 man | punct |
| 23 | to | to | ADP | _ | 26 man | case |
| 24 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 26 man | nummod |
| 25 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 26 man | amod |
| 26 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 built | conj |
| 27 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 29 day | nsubj |
| 28 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 29 day | det |
| 29 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 man | obl:unmarked |
| 30 | repaired | repair | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 29 day | acl |
| 31 | to | to | ADP | _ | 32 him | case |
| 32 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 30 repaired | obl |
| 33 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 built | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | build | past | Himself | a second shop | amongst others; one old man conj; late property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shop=Product | |||
| 2 | give | past | Himself | much money | alms | day | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Theme | ||
| 3 | day | one old man | tree rules | ||||||
| 4 | repair | participle | every day not said here | Himself | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=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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