Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 22, sentence 38
And the king said: “My beloved son, Iván, the merchant’s son, I will not withstand your wish, but do return hither.
Who acts: king, your · What happens: say, not withstand, return, wish · To what, where: wish · 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 (king, your), 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 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 said | cc |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 king | det |
| 3 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 said | nsubj |
| 4 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 9 son | punct |
| 6 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 son | punct |
| 7 | My | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 son | nmod:poss |
| 8 | beloved | beloved | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 son | amod |
| 9 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 said | ccomp |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 Iván | punct |
| 11 | Iván | Iván | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 son | appos |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 son | punct |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 merchant | det |
| 14 | merchant | merchant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 son | nmod:poss |
| 15 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 14 merchant | case |
| 16 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 Iván | appos |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 withstand | punct |
| 18 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 21 withstand | nsubj |
| 19 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 21 withstand | aux |
| 20 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 21 withstand | advmod |
| 21 | withstand | withstand | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 said | ccomp |
| 22 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 23 wish | nmod:poss |
| 23 | wish | wish | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 withstand | obj |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 return | punct |
| 25 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 27 return | cc |
| 26 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 27 return | aux |
| 27 | return | return | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 21 withstand | conj |
| 28 | hither | hither | ADV | _ | 27 return | advmod |
| 29 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 said | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | the king | My beloved son ccomp | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | not withstand in a quote | future | the king = king | your wish | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | return in a quote | present · do-support | the king = king not said here | hither property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 4 | wish in a quote | your | nom wish «feeling intransitive»: 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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