Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 22, sentence 34
So Iván went to the ship, and he told the old man all that had happened, and the old man said: “Ivánushka, fear nothing, take Olyóna Korólyevna[28] as your wife, only for the first three nights do not go to sleep until the cock has crowed three times, and then she will never more oppress you.”
Who acts: Iván, that, old man, Ivánushka, first three nights · What happens: go, tell, happen, say, fear, take · To what, where: ship, old man, nothing, Olyóna, cock, you · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. Afanas'ev, Opening, part 22. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Iván, that, old man, Ivánushka), 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 | So | so | ADV | _ | 3 went | advmod |
| 2 | Iván | Iván | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 went | nsubj |
| 3 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 ship | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 ship | det |
| 6 | ship | ship | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 went | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 told | punct |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 told | cc |
| 9 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 told | nsubj |
| 10 | told | tell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 went | conj |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 man | det |
| 12 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 man | amod |
| 13 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 told | obj |
| 14 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 17 happened | det:predet |
| 15 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 17 happened | nsubj |
| 16 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 17 happened | aux |
| 17 | happened | happen | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 10 told | ccomp |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 said | punct |
| 19 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 23 said | cc |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 man | det |
| 21 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 22 man | amod |
| 22 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 said | nsubj |
| 23 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 went | conj |
| 24 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 28 fear | punct |
| 25 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 28 fear | punct |
| 26 | Ivánushka | Ivánushka | PROPN | Number=Sing | 28 fear | nsubj |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 Ivánushka | punct |
| 28 | fear | fear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 31 take | advcl |
| 29 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 28 fear | obj |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 take | punct |
| 31 | take | take | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 23 said | ccomp |
| 32 | Olyóna | Olyóna | PROPN | Number=Sing | 31 take | obj |
| 33 | Korólyevna | Korólyevna | PROPN | Number=Sing | 32 Olyóna | flat |
| 34 | [ | [ | PUNCT | _ | 35 28 | punct |
| 35 | 28 | 28 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 32 Olyóna | appos |
| 36 | ] | ] | PUNCT | _ | 35 28 | punct |
| 37 | as | as | ADP | _ | 39 wife | case |
| 38 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 39 wife | nmod:poss |
| 39 | wife | wife | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 take | obl |
| 40 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 49 go | punct |
| 41 | only | only | ADV | _ | 49 go | advmod |
| 42 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 49 go | mark |
| 43 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 46 nights | det |
| 44 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 46 nights | amod |
| 45 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 46 nights | nummod |
| 46 | nights | night | NOUN | Number=Plur | 49 go | nsubj |
| 47 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 49 go | aux |
| 48 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 49 go | advmod |
| 49 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 31 take | conj |
| 50 | to | to | PART | _ | 51 sleep | mark |
| 51 | sleep | sleep | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 49 go | xcomp |
| 52 | until | until | SCONJ | _ | 56 crowed | mark |
| 53 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 54 cock | det |
| 54 | cock | cock | NOUN | Number=Sing | 56 crowed | nsubj:pass |
| 55 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 56 crowed | aux |
| 56 | crowed | crow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 51 sleep | advcl |
| 57 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 58 times | nummod |
| 58 | times | time | NOUN | Number=Plur | 56 crowed | obl:unmarked |
| 59 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 66 oppress | punct |
| 60 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 66 oppress | cc |
| 61 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 66 oppress | advmod |
| 62 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 66 oppress | nsubj |
| 63 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 66 oppress | aux |
| 64 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 66 oppress | advmod |
| 65 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 66 oppress | advmod |
| 66 | oppress | oppress | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 went | conj |
| 67 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 66 oppress | obj |
| 68 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 went | punct |
| 69 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 went | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | past | Iván | the ship | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to ship=Initial_Location | ||||
| 2 | tell speech: assert | past | Iván | the old man | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent man=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 3 | happen | past · perfect | that | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 4 | say speech: assert | past | the old man | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 5 | fear in a quote | present | Ivánushka | nothing | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer nothing=Stimulus | ||||
| 6 | take in a quote | infinitive | Olyóna | as your wife | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent olyóna=Theme as wife=Attribute | ||||
| 7 | not go in a quote | present · do-support | the first three nights | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 8 | sleep in a quote | to-infinitive | the first three nights not said here | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 9 | crow in a quote | present · perfect · passive | the cock | time | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic | ||||
| 10 | not oppress in a quote | future | Ivánushka | you | then | tree rules |
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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