Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 23, sentence 53

When they came to the palace there was a thunderclap, and the roof fell in and the ceiling was cleft in two, and an Eagle flew in, struck the ground and turned himself into a doughty youth, and said, “Hail, Iván Tsarévich! formerly I came to you as a guest, now I come to you as a suitor.”

Who acts: hands, roof, ceiling, Eagle, Hail · What happens: come, fall in, be, fly in, strike, turn · To what, where: palace, two, ground, Eagle, doughty youth, you · 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 (hands, roof, ceiling, Eagle), 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	When	when	ADV	PronType=Int	3 came	advmod
2	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 came	nsubj
3	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 fell	advcl
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 palace	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 palace	det
6	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 came	obl
7	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	8 was	expl
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 palace	acl:relcl
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 thunderclap	det
10	thunderclap	thunderclap	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 was	nsubj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 fell	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 fell	cc
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 roof	det
14	roof	roof	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 fell	nsubj
15	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
16	in	in	ADV	_	15 fell	advmod
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 cleft	cc
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 ceiling	det
19	ceiling	ceiling	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 cleft	nsubj
20	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	21 cleft	cop
21	cleft	cleft	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 fell	conj
22	in	in	ADP	_	23 two	case
23	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	21 cleft	obl
24	,	,	PUNCT	_	28 flew	punct
25	and	and	CCONJ	_	28 flew	cc
26	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	27 Eagle	det
27	Eagle	Eagle	PROPN	Number=Sing	28 flew	nsubj
28	flew	fly	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 fell	conj
29	in	in	ADV	_	28 flew	advmod
30	,	,	PUNCT	_	31 struck	punct
31	struck	strike	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	28 flew	conj
32	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	33 ground	det
33	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	31 struck	obj
34	and	and	CCONJ	_	35 turned	cc
35	turned	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	31 struck	conj
36	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	35 turned	obj
37	into	into	ADP	_	40 youth	case
38	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	40 youth	det
39	doughty	doughty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	40 youth	amod
40	youth	youth	NOUN	Number=Sing	35 turned	obl
41	,	,	PUNCT	_	43 said	punct
42	and	and	CCONJ	_	43 said	cc
43	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 fell	conj
44	,	,	PUNCT	_	46 Hail	punct
45	“	"	PUNCT	_	46 Hail	punct
46	Hail	hail	NOUN	Number=Sing	53 came	nsubj
47	,	,	PUNCT	_	49 Tsarévich	punct
48	Iván	Iván	PROPN	Number=Sing	49 Tsarévich	compound
49	Tsarévich	Tsarévich	PROPN	Number=Sing	46 Hail	appos
50	!	!	PUNCT	_	49 Tsarévich	punct
51	formerly	formerly	ADV	_	53 came	advmod
52	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	53 came	nsubj
53	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	43 said	ccomp
54	to	to	ADP	_	55 you	case
55	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	53 came	obl
56	as	as	ADP	_	58 guest	case
57	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	58 guest	det
58	guest	guest	NOUN	Number=Sing	53 came	obl
59	,	,	PUNCT	_	62 come	punct
60	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	62 come	advmod
61	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	62 come	nsubj
62	come	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	53 came	conj
63	to	to	ADP	_	64 you	case
64	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	62 come	obl
65	as	as	ADP	_	67 suitor	case
66	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	67 suitor	det
67	suitor	suitor	NOUN	Number=Sing	62 come	obl
68	.	.	PUNCT	_	15 fell	punct
69	”	"	PUNCT	_	15 fell	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	past	hands = hand			the palace			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to palace=Initial_Location
2	fall in	past	the roof						vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	is	past	the ceiling			two		cleft property	tree rules
4	fly in	past	a Eagle						vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5	strike	past	a Eagle not said here	the ground					vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ground=Patient
6	turn	past	a Eagle not said here	Eagle		a doughty youth			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent himself=Theme into youth=Trajectory
7	say speech: express	past	the roof not said here						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
8	come in a quote	past	Hail		you			as a guest; I nsubj; formerly property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to you=Initial_Location
9	come in a quote	present	the roof = roof		you		now	as a suitor	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to you=Initial_Location

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.

This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/23/53/

🌲 Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 23, sentence 53

The tree

Pragmatics

Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 23, sentence 53