Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 25, sentence 133

He only meant to joke, but she sprang up, pulled his whiskers and said, “Go to the stream and wash the shirts, take the broom and sweep the house, then go and sit by the cradle and rock the child, cook the supper and grill and bake the cakes.”

Who acts: Tsar, wife · What happens: mean, joke, spring up, pull, say, go · To what, where: whiskers, stream, shirts, broom, house, child · Speech: someone speaks here

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 (Tsar, wife), 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	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 meant	nsubj
2	only	only	ADV	_	3 meant	advmod
3	meant	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 joke	mark
5	joke	joke	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 meant	xcomp
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 sprang	punct
7	but	but	CCONJ	_	9 sprang	cc
8	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 sprang	nsubj
9	sprang	spring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 meant	parataxis
10	up	up	ADP	_	9 sprang	compound:prt
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 pulled	punct
12	pulled	pull	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 sprang	conj
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 whiskers	nmod:poss
14	whiskers	whisker	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 pulled	obj
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 said	cc
16	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 meant	conj
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 Go	punct
18	“	"	PUNCT	_	19 Go	punct
19	Go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	16 said	ccomp
20	to	to	ADP	_	22 stream	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 stream	det
22	stream	stream	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 Go	obl
23	and	and	CCONJ	_	24 wash	cc
24	wash	wash	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	19 Go	conj
25	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	26 shirts	det
26	shirts	shirt	NOUN	Number=Plur	24 wash	obj
27	,	,	PUNCT	_	28 take	punct
28	take	take	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	19 Go	parataxis
29	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	30 broom	det
30	broom	broom	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 take	obj
31	and	and	CCONJ	_	32 sweep	cc
32	sweep	sweep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	28 take	conj
33	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	34 house	det
34	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 sweep	obj
35	,	,	PUNCT	_	37 go	punct
36	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	37 go	advmod
37	go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	32 sweep	conj
38	and	and	CCONJ	_	39 sit	cc
39	sit	sit	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	37 go	conj
40	by	by	ADP	_	42 cradle	case
41	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	42 cradle	det
42	cradle	cradle	NOUN	Number=Sing	39 sit	obl
43	and	and	CCONJ	_	44 rock	cc
44	rock	rock	NOUN	Number=Sing	42 cradle	conj
45	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	46 child	det
46	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	39 sit	obj
47	,	,	PUNCT	_	48 cook	punct
48	cook	cook	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	32 sweep	conj
49	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	50 supper	det
50	supper	supper	NOUN	Number=Sing	48 cook	obj
51	and	and	CCONJ	_	52 grill	cc
52	grill	grill	NOUN	Number=Sing	50 supper	conj
53	and	and	CCONJ	_	54 bake	cc
54	bake	bake	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	32 sweep	conj
55	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	56 cakes	det
56	cakes	cake	NOUN	Number=Plur	54 bake	obj
57	.	.	PUNCT	_	19 Go	punct
58	”	"	PUNCT	_	19 Go	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	past	Tsar					vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	joke speech: other not said to happen	to-infinitive	Tsar not said here					vn chit_chat-37.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	spring up	past	wife					vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	pull	past	wife not said here	Tsar's whiskers				vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent whisker=Theme
5	say speech: assert	past	Tsar not said here					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
6	go in a quote	infinitive			the stream			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to stream=Initial_Location
7	wash in a quote	infinitive		the shirts				vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shirt=Patient
8	take in a quote	infinitive		the broom				vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent broom=Theme
9	sweep in a quote	infinitive		the house				vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme house=Trajectory
10	go in a quote	infinitive				then		vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
11	sit in a quote	infinitive		the child			by the cradle and rock	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent child=Theme by cradle=Location
12	cook in a quote	infinitive		the supper and grill				vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent supper=Patient
13	bake in a quote	infinitive		the cakes				vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cake=Product

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 25, sentence 133

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Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 25, sentence 133