Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 23, sentence 45
And a clear-eyed Hawk came into the room, struck the ground, and turned himself into a fair, doughty youth: “Hail, Iván Tsarévich! before, I came to you as a guest, now I am coming to ask for your sister’s hand: I wish to marry Márya Tsarévna.”
Who acts: eyed Hawk, Iván · What happens: come, strike, turn, ask, wish, marry · To what, where: room, ground, Hawk, fair doughty youth, you, Márya
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 (eyed Hawk, Iván), 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 | _ | 7 came | cc |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 Hawk | det |
| 3 | clear | clear | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 eyed | amod |
| 4 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 3 clear | punct |
| 5 | eyed | eyed | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 Hawk | amod |
| 6 | Hawk | Hawk | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 came | nsubj |
| 7 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | into | into | ADP | _ | 10 room | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 room | det |
| 10 | room | room | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 came | obl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 struck | punct |
| 12 | struck | strike | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 came | conj |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 ground | det |
| 14 | ground | ground | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 struck | obj |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 turned | punct |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 turned | cc |
| 17 | turned | turn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 came | conj |
| 18 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 17 turned | obj |
| 19 | into | into | ADP | _ | 24 youth | case |
| 20 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 24 youth | det |
| 21 | fair | fair | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 24 youth | amod |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 fair | punct |
| 23 | doughty | doughty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 24 youth | amod |
| 24 | youth | youth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 turned | obl |
| 25 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 27 Hail | punct |
| 26 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 27 Hail | punct |
| 27 | Hail | hail | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 youth | appos |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 Iván | punct |
| 29 | Iván | Iván | PROPN | Number=Sing | 27 Hail | appos |
| 30 | Tsarévich | Tsarévich | PROPN | Number=Sing | 29 Iván | flat |
| 31 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 27 Hail | punct |
| 32 | before | before | ADV | _ | 17 turned | advmod |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 came | punct |
| 34 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 35 came | nsubj |
| 35 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 came | conj |
| 36 | to | to | ADP | _ | 37 you | case |
| 37 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 35 came | obl |
| 38 | as | as | ADP | _ | 40 guest | case |
| 39 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 40 guest | det |
| 40 | guest | guest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 came | obl |
| 41 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 45 coming | punct |
| 42 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 45 coming | advmod |
| 43 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 45 coming | nsubj |
| 44 | am | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 45 coming | aux |
| 45 | coming | come | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 7 came | advcl |
| 46 | to | to | PART | _ | 47 ask | mark |
| 47 | ask | ask | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 45 coming | advcl |
| 48 | for | for | ADP | _ | 52 hand | case |
| 49 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 50 sister | nmod:poss |
| 50 | sister | sister | NOUN | Number=Sing | 52 hand | nmod:poss |
| 51 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 50 sister | case |
| 52 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 ask | obl |
| 53 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 55 wish | punct |
| 54 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 55 wish | nsubj |
| 55 | wish | wish | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 came | conj |
| 56 | to | to | PART | _ | 57 marry | mark |
| 57 | marry | marry | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 55 wish | xcomp |
| 58 | Márya | Márya | PROPN | Number=Sing | 57 marry | obj |
| 59 | Tsarévna | Tsarévna | PROPN | Number=Sing | 58 Márya | flat |
| 60 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 came | punct |
| 61 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 came | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | past | a eyed Hawk | the room | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme into room=Initial_Location | ||||
| 2 | strike | past | a eyed Hawk not said here | the ground | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ground=Patient | ||||
| 3 | turn | past | a eyed Hawk not said here | Hawk | a fair doughty youth | before property | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent himself=Theme into youth=Trajectory | ||
| 4 | come in a quote | past | Iván | you | as a guest | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to you=Initial_Location | |||
| 5 | come in a quote | present · progressive | Iván | now | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 6 | ask speech: ask in a quote | to-infinitive | Iván not said here | for your sister's hand | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 7 | wish in a quote | present | Iván | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 8 | marry not said to happen, in a quote | to-infinitive | Iván not said here | Márya | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent márya=Patient |
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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