Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 23, sentence 97
So he went on one day and a second day, and at the dawning of the third day he saw a palace fairer than the first, and in front of the palace there was an oak, and an eagle sat on the oak: the Eagle flew down from the tree, struck the earth, turned into a doughty youth and cried: “Rise, Ólga Tsarévna, our dear brother has arrived.”
Who acts: Iván, oak, eagle, dear brother · What happens: go, see, be, sit, fly down, strike · To what, where: dawning, front, oak, tree, earth, doughty youth · 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, oak, eagle, dear brother), 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 | So | so | ADV | _ | 3 went | advmod |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 went | nsubj |
| 3 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 6 day | case |
| 5 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 6 day | nummod |
| 6 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 went | obl |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 day | cc |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 day | det |
| 9 | second | second | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 10 day | amod |
| 10 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 day | conj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 saw | punct |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 21 saw | cc |
| 13 | at | at | ADP | _ | 15 dawning | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 dawning | det |
| 15 | dawning | dawning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 saw | obl |
| 16 | of | of | ADP | _ | 19 day | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 day | det |
| 18 | third | third | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 19 day | amod |
| 19 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 dawning | nmod |
| 20 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 21 saw | nsubj |
| 21 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 went | conj |
| 22 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 23 palace | det |
| 23 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 fairer | obl:unmarked |
| 24 | fairer | fair | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 21 saw | xcomp |
| 25 | than | than | ADP | _ | 27 first | case |
| 26 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 first | det |
| 27 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 24 fairer | obl |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 was | punct |
| 29 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 36 was | cc |
| 30 | in | in | ADP | _ | 31 front | case |
| 31 | front | front | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 was | obl |
| 32 | of | of | ADP | _ | 34 palace | case |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 palace | det |
| 34 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 front | nmod |
| 35 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 36 was | expl |
| 36 | was | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 went | parataxis |
| 37 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 38 oak | det |
| 38 | oak | oak | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 was | nsubj |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 43 sat | punct |
| 40 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 43 sat | cc |
| 41 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 42 eagle | det |
| 42 | eagle | eagle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 sat | nsubj |
| 43 | sat | sit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 went | conj |
| 44 | on | on | ADP | _ | 46 oak | case |
| 45 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 46 oak | det |
| 46 | oak | oak | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 sat | obl |
| 47 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 50 flew | punct |
| 48 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 49 Eagle | det |
| 49 | Eagle | Eagle | PROPN | Number=Sing | 50 flew | nsubj |
| 50 | flew | fly | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 went | parataxis |
| 51 | down | down | ADV | _ | 50 flew | advmod |
| 52 | from | from | ADP | _ | 54 tree | case |
| 53 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 54 tree | det |
| 54 | tree | tree | NOUN | Number=Sing | 50 flew | obl |
| 55 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 56 struck | punct |
| 56 | struck | strike | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 50 flew | conj |
| 57 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 58 earth | det |
| 58 | earth | earth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 56 struck | obj |
| 59 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 60 turned | punct |
| 60 | turned | turn | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 58 earth | acl |
| 61 | into | into | ADP | _ | 64 youth | case |
| 62 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 64 youth | det |
| 63 | doughty | doughty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 64 youth | amod |
| 64 | youth | youth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 60 turned | obl |
| 65 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 66 cried | cc |
| 66 | cried | cry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 56 struck | conj |
| 67 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 69 Rise | punct |
| 68 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 69 Rise | punct |
| 69 | Rise | rise | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 66 cried | xcomp |
| 70 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 71 Ólga | punct |
| 71 | Ólga | Ólga | PROPN | Number=Sing | 69 Rise | obj |
| 72 | Tsarévna | Tsarévna | PROPN | Number=Sing | 71 Ólga | flat |
| 73 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 78 arrived | punct |
| 74 | our | our | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 76 brother | nmod:poss |
| 75 | dear | dear | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 76 brother | amod |
| 76 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 78 arrived | nsubj |
| 77 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 78 arrived | aux |
| 78 | arrived | arrive | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 69 Rise | advcl |
| 79 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 went | punct |
| 80 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 went | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | past | Iván | day | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | see | past | Iván | the dawning of the third day | fair property | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||
| 3 | be | past | a oak | front of the palace; there | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in front=Location | ||||
| 4 | sit | past | a eagle | the oak | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on oak=Location | ||||
| 5 | fly down | past | the Eagle | the tree | down property | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from tree=Trajectory | |||
| 6 | strike | past | the Eagle not said here | the earth | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent earth=Patient | ||||
| 7 | turn | participle | the earth not said here | a doughty youth | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into youth=Trajectory | ||||
| 8 | cry speech: express | past | the Eagle not said here | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 9 | rise in a quote | infinitive | the Eagle not said here | Ólga | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location ólga=Theme | ||||
| 10 | arrive in a quote | present · perfect | our dear brother | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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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