Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 25, sentence 100
And, when the Tsar’s feast was over and the _boyárs_[31] and the guests had all separated, the angel who had taken the form of the Tsar Angéy came to him in the palace where Angéy the Tsar was dining with the beggars: “Dost thou know of a proud and mighty Tsar, how he profaned the word of the Gospel?”
Who acts: feast, angel, Angéy, Tsar · What happens: be, separate, take, come, dine, do · To what, where: boyárs, form, Tsar, palace, thou, word
This is a sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. Afanas'ev, Opening, part 25. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (feast, angel, Angéy, Tsar), 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 | _ | 23 separated | cc |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 over | punct |
| 3 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 9 over | mark |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 Tsar | det |
| 5 | Tsar | Tsar | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 feast | nmod:poss |
| 6 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 5 Tsar | case |
| 7 | feast | feast | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 over | nsubj |
| 8 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 over | cop |
| 9 | over | over | ADV | _ | 23 separated | advmod |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 23 separated | cc |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 boyárs | det |
| 12 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 13 boyárs | punct |
| 13 | boyárs | boyár | NOUN | Number=Plur | 23 separated | nsubj:pass |
| 14 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 16 31 | punct |
| 15 | [ | [ | PUNCT | _ | 16 31 | punct |
| 16 | 31 | 31 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 13 boyárs | appos |
| 17 | ] | ] | PUNCT | _ | 16 31 | punct |
| 18 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 20 guests | cc |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 guests | det |
| 20 | guests | guest | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 boyárs | conj |
| 21 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 23 separated | aux |
| 22 | all | all | ADV | _ | 23 separated | advmod |
| 23 | separated | separate | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 36 came | advcl |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 separated | punct |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 angel | det |
| 26 | angel | angel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 came | nsubj |
| 27 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 29 taken | nsubj |
| 28 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 29 taken | aux |
| 29 | taken | take | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 26 angel | acl:relcl |
| 30 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 form | det |
| 31 | form | form | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 taken | obj |
| 32 | of | of | ADP | _ | 35 Angéy | case |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 35 Angéy | det |
| 34 | Tsar | Tsar | PROPN | Number=Sing | 35 Angéy | compound |
| 35 | Angéy | Angéy | PROPN | Number=Sing | 31 form | nmod |
| 36 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 37 | to | to | ADP | _ | 38 him | case |
| 38 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 36 came | obl |
| 39 | in | in | ADP | _ | 41 palace | case |
| 40 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 41 palace | det |
| 41 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 came | obl |
| 42 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 47 dining | advmod |
| 43 | Angéy | Angéy | PROPN | Number=Sing | 47 dining | nsubj |
| 44 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 45 Tsar | det |
| 45 | Tsar | Tsar | PROPN | Number=Sing | 43 Angéy | appos |
| 46 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 47 dining | aux |
| 47 | dining | dine | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 41 palace | acl |
| 48 | with | with | ADP | _ | 50 beggars | case |
| 49 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 50 beggars | det |
| 50 | beggars | beggar | NOUN | Number=Plur | 47 dining | obl |
| 51 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 53 Dost | punct |
| 52 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 53 Dost | punct |
| 53 | Dost | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 36 came | conj |
| 54 | thou | thou | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 53 Dost | obj |
| 55 | know | know | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 53 Dost | xcomp |
| 56 | of | of | ADP | _ | 61 Tsar | case |
| 57 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 61 Tsar | det |
| 58 | proud | proud | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 61 Tsar | amod |
| 59 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 60 mighty | cc |
| 60 | mighty | mighty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 58 proud | conj |
| 61 | Tsar | Tsar | PROPN | Number=Sing | 55 know | obl |
| 62 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 65 profaned | punct |
| 63 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 65 profaned | advmod |
| 64 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 65 profaned | nsubj |
| 65 | profaned | profane | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 61 Tsar | acl:relcl |
| 66 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 67 word | det |
| 67 | word | word | NOUN | Number=Sing | 65 profaned | obj |
| 68 | of | of | ADP | _ | 70 Gospel | case |
| 69 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 70 Gospel | det |
| 70 | Gospel | Gospel | PROPN | Number=Sing | 67 word | nmod |
| 71 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 36 came | punct |
| 72 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 36 came | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | the Tsar's feast | over property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | separate | past · perfect · passive | the boyárs and the guests | all property | vn separate-23.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | ||||
| 3 | take | past · perfect | the angel | the form of the Tsar Angéy | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent form=Theme | ||||
| 4 | come | past | the angel | Tsar | the palace | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to he=Initial_Location | |||
| 5 | dine | past · progressive | Angéy | with the beggars | vn dine-39.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 6 | do in a quote | present | the angel not said here | thou | tree rules | ||||
| 7 | know in a quote | infinitive | the angel not said here | of a proud Tsar | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer of tsar=Stimulus | ||||
| 8 | profane in a quote | past | Tsar | the word of the Gospel | tree rules | ||||
| 9 | form | the Tsar Angéy | nom form «communication transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 10 | word in a quote | the Gospel | nom word «communication transitive»: of=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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