Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 23, sentence 125
“Now,” he said, “for the first time I will let you go for your doughtyhood, as you fed me with water; for the second time I will let you go; for the third time, take care: I will tear you to morsels.”
Who acts: Iván, you · What happens: say, let, go, feed, take, tear · To what, where: you, Iván, care · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. Afanas'ev, Opening, part 23. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Iván, you), 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 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 said | punct |
| 2 | Now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 6 said | advmod |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 Now | punct |
| 4 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 Now | punct |
| 5 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 said | nsubj |
| 6 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 let | punct |
| 8 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 15 let | punct |
| 9 | for | for | ADP | _ | 12 time | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 time | det |
| 11 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 12 time | amod |
| 12 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 let | obl |
| 13 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 15 let | nsubj |
| 14 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 15 let | aux |
| 15 | let | let | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 said | ccomp |
| 16 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 15 let | obj |
| 17 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 15 let | xcomp |
| 18 | for | for | ADP | _ | 20 doughtyhood | case |
| 19 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 20 doughtyhood | nmod:poss |
| 20 | doughtyhood | doughtyhood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 go | obl |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 fed | punct |
| 22 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 24 fed | mark |
| 23 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 24 fed | nsubj |
| 24 | fed | feed | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 17 go | parataxis |
| 25 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 24 fed | obj |
| 26 | with | with | ADP | _ | 27 water | case |
| 27 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 fed | obl |
| 28 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 35 let | punct |
| 29 | for | for | ADP | _ | 32 time | case |
| 30 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 32 time | det |
| 31 | second | second | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 32 time | amod |
| 32 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 let | obl |
| 33 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 35 let | nsubj |
| 34 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 35 let | aux |
| 35 | let | let | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 15 let | parataxis |
| 36 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 35 let | obj |
| 37 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 35 let | xcomp |
| 38 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 44 take | punct |
| 39 | for | for | ADP | _ | 42 time | case |
| 40 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 42 time | det |
| 41 | third | third | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 42 time | amod |
| 42 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 take | obl |
| 43 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 42 time | punct |
| 44 | take | take | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 said | ccomp |
| 45 | care | care | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 take | obj |
| 46 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 49 tear | punct |
| 47 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 49 tear | nsubj |
| 48 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 49 tear | aux |
| 49 | tear | tear | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 said | conj |
| 50 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 49 tear | obj |
| 51 | to | to | ADP | _ | 52 morsels | case |
| 52 | morsels | morsel | NOUN | Number=Plur | 49 tear | obl |
| 53 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 said | punct |
| 54 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 said | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | Iván | now | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | let in a quote | future | Iván | you | time | tree rules | |||
| 3 | go in a quote | infinitive | you not said here | for your doughtyhood | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for doughtyhood=Beneficiary | ||||
| 4 | feed in a quote | past | you | Iván | with water | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient | |||
| 5 | let in a quote | future | Iván | you | time | tree rules | |||
| 6 | go in a quote | infinitive | you not said here | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 7 | take in a quote | infinitive | care | time | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent care=Theme | ||||
| 8 | tear in a quote | future | Iván | you | to morsels result | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent you=Patient to morsel=Result |
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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