Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 23, sentence 88
“Now you will never again see Márya Moryévna any more!” and with a fearful flash of lightning he flew into the country, gathered up Márya Moryévna on the road, the fair Queen, snatched her up and took her to himself.
Who acts: you, Koshchéy, lightning · What happens: see, fly, gather up, snatch up, take, flash · To what, where: Márya, country, road, MÁRYA, Koshchéy · 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 (you, Koshchéy, lightning), 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 | _ | 7 see | punct |
| 2 | Now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 7 see | advmod |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 7 see | nsubj |
| 4 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 see | aux |
| 5 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 6 again | advmod |
| 6 | again | again | ADV | _ | 7 see | advmod |
| 7 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 22 flew | ccomp |
| 8 | Márya | Márya | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 see | obj |
| 9 | Moryévna | Moryévna | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 Márya | flat |
| 10 | any | any | ADV | _ | 11 more | advmod |
| 11 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 7 see | advmod |
| 12 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 7 see | punct |
| 13 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 see | punct |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 22 flew | cc |
| 15 | with | with | ADP | _ | 18 flash | case |
| 16 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 18 flash | det |
| 17 | fearful | fearful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 flash | amod |
| 18 | flash | flash | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 flew | obl |
| 19 | of | of | ADP | _ | 20 lightning | case |
| 20 | lightning | lightning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 flash | nmod |
| 21 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 22 flew | nsubj |
| 22 | flew | fly | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 23 | into | into | ADP | _ | 25 country | case |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 country | det |
| 25 | country | country | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 flew | obl |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 gathered | punct |
| 27 | gathered | gather | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 22 flew | conj |
| 28 | up | up | ADP | _ | 27 gathered | compound:prt |
| 29 | Márya | Márya | PROPN | Number=Sing | 27 gathered | obl |
| 30 | Moryévna | Moryévna | PROPN | Number=Sing | 29 Márya | flat |
| 31 | on | on | ADP | _ | 33 road | case |
| 32 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 33 road | det |
| 33 | road | road | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 gathered | obl |
| 34 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 Queen | punct |
| 35 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 37 Queen | det |
| 36 | fair | fair | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 37 Queen | amod |
| 37 | Queen | Queen | PROPN | Number=Sing | 33 road | appos |
| 38 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 snatched | punct |
| 39 | snatched | snatch | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 22 flew | conj |
| 40 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 39 snatched | obj |
| 41 | up | up | ADP | _ | 39 snatched | compound:prt |
| 42 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 43 took | cc |
| 43 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 39 snatched | conj |
| 44 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 43 took | obj |
| 45 | to | to | ADP | _ | 46 himself | case |
| 46 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 43 took | obl |
| 47 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 22 flew | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see in a quote | future | you | Márya | now; again; never | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer márya=Stimulus | |||
| 2 | fly | past | Koshchéy | the country | with a fearful flash of lightning | tree rules | |||
| 3 | gather up | participle | Koshchéy not said here | Márya | the road | vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||
| 4 | snatch up | past | Koshchéy not said here | MÁRYA = márya | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | ||||
| 5 | take | past | Koshchéy not said here | MÁRYA = márya | Koshchéy | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme to himself=Destination | |||
| 6 | flash | lightning | nom flash «event intransitive»: of=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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