Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 24, sentence 21

Then they all three met at a single spot and broke up the cask, took out the bits of Iván Tsarévich, washed them, laid them together as was fit: then the Crow sprinkled him with the Water of Death, and the body grew together and was one; and the Hawk sprinkled him with the Water of Life, and Iván Tsarévich shivered, sat up and said, “Oh, what a long sleep I have had!”

Who acts: brothers, Crow, body, Hawk, Iván · What happens: meet, break up, take out, wash, lay, be · To what, where: single spot, cask, bits, brothers, Hawk, one · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. Afanas'ev, Opening, part 24. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (brothers, Crow, body, Hawk), 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	Then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	5 met	advmod
2	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 met	nsubj
3	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 three	det
4	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 met	nsubj
5	met	meet	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	at	at	ADP	_	9 spot	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 spot	det
8	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 spot	amod
9	spot	spot	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 met	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 broke	cc
11	broke	break	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 met	conj
12	up	up	ADP	_	11 broke	compound:prt
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 cask	det
14	cask	cask	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 broke	obj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 took	punct
16	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 met	conj
17	out	out	ADP	_	16 took	compound:prt
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 bits	det
19	bits	bit	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 took	obj
20	of	of	ADP	_	21 Iván	case
21	Iván	Iván	PROPN	Number=Sing	19 bits	nmod
22	Tsarévich	Tsarévich	PROPN	Number=Sing	21 Iván	flat
23	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 washed	punct
24	washed	wash	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 took	conj
25	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	24 washed	obj
26	,	,	PUNCT	_	27 laid	punct
27	laid	lay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	24 washed	conj
28	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	27 laid	obj
29	together	together	ADV	_	27 laid	advmod
30	as	as	ADV	_	32 fit	advmod
31	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	32 fit	cop
32	fit	fit	ADJ	Degree=Pos	27 laid	advcl
33	:	:	PUNCT	_	37 sprinkled	punct
34	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	37 sprinkled	advmod
35	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	36 Crow	det
36	Crow	Crow	PROPN	Number=Sing	37 sprinkled	nsubj
37	sprinkled	sprinkle	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	24 washed	conj
38	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	37 sprinkled	obj
39	with	with	ADP	_	41 Water	case
40	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	41 Water	det
41	Water	Water	PROPN	Number=Sing	37 sprinkled	obl
42	of	of	ADP	_	43 Death	case
43	Death	Death	PROPN	Number=Sing	41 Water	nmod
44	,	,	PUNCT	_	48 grew	punct
45	and	and	CCONJ	_	48 grew	cc
46	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	47 body	det
47	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	48 grew	nsubj
48	grew	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	37 sprinkled	conj
49	together	together	ADV	_	48 grew	advmod
50	and	and	CCONJ	_	52 one	cc
51	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	52 one	cop
52	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	48 grew	conj
53	;	;	PUNCT	_	57 sprinkled	punct
54	and	and	CCONJ	_	57 sprinkled	cc
55	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	56 Hawk	det
56	Hawk	Hawk	PROPN	Number=Sing	57 sprinkled	nsubj
57	sprinkled	sprinkle	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 met	conj
58	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	57 sprinkled	obj
59	with	with	ADP	_	61 Water	case
60	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	61 Water	det
61	Water	Water	PROPN	Number=Sing	57 sprinkled	obl
62	of	of	ADP	_	63 Life	case
63	Life	Life	PROPN	Number=Sing	61 Water	nmod
64	,	,	PUNCT	_	68 shivered	punct
65	and	and	CCONJ	_	68 shivered	cc
66	Iván	Iván	PROPN	Number=Sing	68 shivered	nsubj
67	Tsarévich	Tsarévich	PROPN	Number=Sing	66 Iván	flat
68	shivered	shiver	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 met	conj
69	,	,	PUNCT	_	70 sat	punct
70	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 met	conj
71	up	up	ADP	_	70 sat	compound:prt
72	and	and	CCONJ	_	73 said	cc
73	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	70 sat	conj
74	,	,	PUNCT	_	78 what	punct
75	“	"	PUNCT	_	78 what	punct
76	Oh	oh	INTJ	_	78 what	discourse
77	,	,	PUNCT	_	76 Oh	punct
78	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	73 said	ccomp
79	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	81 sleep	det
80	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	81 sleep	amod
81	sleep	sleep	NOUN	Number=Sing	78 what	nsubj
82	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	84 had	nsubj
83	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	84 had	aux
84	had	have	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	81 sleep	acl:relcl
85	!	!	PUNCT	_	78 what	punct
86	”	"	PUNCT	_	70 sat	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	meet	past	brothers = brother			a single spot	then	all three nsubj	vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	break up	past	brothers = brother not said here	the cask					vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cask=Patient
3	take out	past	brothers = brother not said here	the bits of Iván					vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bit=Theme
4	wash	past	brothers = brother not said here	brothers = brother					vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient
5	lay	past	brothers = brother not said here	brothers = brother				together property	vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Result
6	is	past	brothers = brother not said here					fit property	tree rules
7	sprinkle	past	the Crow		Hawk		then	with the Water of Death	vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent he=Destination with water=Theme
8	grow	past	the body					together property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
9	is a	past	the body not said here	one					tree rules
10	sprinkle	past	the Hawk		Crow			with the Water of Life	vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent he=Destination with water=Theme
11	shiver	past	Iván						vn body_internal_states-40.6 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
12	sit up	past	brothers = brother not said here						vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
13	say speech: express	past	brothers = brother not said here					what a long sleep ccomp	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
14	have in a quote	present · perfect	brothers = brother	a long sleep not said here					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sleep=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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🌲 Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 24, sentence 21

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Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 24, sentence 21