Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 25, sentence 42

And, in course of time, it came upon him to stand in the church at the Divine Service at the reading of the sacred Gospel by the priest, when the priest was reading those verses in the Gospel in which it is said: _He hath put down the mighty from their seat, and hath exalted the humble and meek_.

Who acts: course, priest, Tsar · What happens: come, stand, read, say, have, put down · To what, where: course, church, verses, Gospel, priest, humble · 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 (course, priest, 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	_	9 came	cc
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 course	punct
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 course	case
4	course	course	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 came	obl
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 time	case
6	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 came	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 time	punct
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 came	nsubj
9	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	upon	upon	ADP	_	11 him	case
11	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 came	obl
12	to	to	PART	_	13 stand	mark
13	stand	stand	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 came	advcl
14	in	in	ADP	_	16 church	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 church	det
16	church	church	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 stand	obl
17	at	at	ADP	_	20 Service	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 Service	det
19	Divine	Divine	PROPN	Number=Sing	20 Service	compound
20	Service	Service	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 stand	obl
21	at	at	ADP	_	23 reading	case
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 reading	det
23	reading	reading	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 stand	obl
24	of	of	ADP	_	27 Gospel	case
25	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 Gospel	det
26	sacred	sacred	ADJ	Degree=Pos	27 Gospel	amod
27	Gospel	Gospel	PROPN	Number=Sing	23 reading	nmod
28	by	by	ADP	_	30 priest	case
29	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	30 priest	det
30	priest	priest	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 stand	obl
31	,	,	PUNCT	_	36 reading	punct
32	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	36 reading	advmod
33	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	34 priest	det
34	priest	priest	NOUN	Number=Sing	36 reading	nsubj
35	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	36 reading	aux
36	reading	read	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 came	advcl
37	those	that	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	38 verses	det
38	verses	verse	NOUN	Number=Plur	36 reading	obj
39	in	in	ADP	_	41 Gospel	case
40	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	41 Gospel	det
41	Gospel	Gospel	PROPN	Number=Sing	38 verses	nmod
42	in	in	ADP	_	43 which	case
43	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	46 said	obl
44	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	46 said	nsubj
45	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	46 said	aux:pass
46	said	say	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	38 verses	acl:relcl
47	:	:	PUNCT	_	50 hath	punct
48	_	_	PUNCT	_	50 hath	punct
49	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	50 hath	nsubj
50	hath	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	36 reading	conj
51	put	put	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	50 hath	xcomp
52	down	down	ADP	_	51 put	compound:prt
53	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	54 mighty	det
54	mighty	mighty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	51 put	conj
55	from	from	ADP	_	57 seat	case
56	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	57 seat	nmod:poss
57	seat	seat	NOUN	Number=Sing	54 mighty	obl
58	,	,	PUNCT	_	60 hath	punct
59	and	and	CCONJ	_	60 hath	cc
60	hath	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	50 hath	conj
61	exalted	exalt	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	60 hath	ccomp
62	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	63 humble	det
63	humble	humble	ADJ	Degree=Pos	61 exalted	obj
64	and	and	CCONJ	_	65 meek	cc
65	meek	meek	ADJ	Degree=Pos	63 humble	conj
66	_	_	PUNCT	_	61 exalted	punct
67	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 came	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	past	course		course	time	upon Tsar	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in course=Location
2	stand	to-infinitive	course not said here		the church		at the Divine Service; at the reading of the sacred Gospel; by the priest	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in church=Location
3	read	past · progressive	the priest	that verses	the Gospel			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent verse=Topic
4	say speech: assert	present · passive		priest	that verses			vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: subject=Theme in which=Manner
5	have	present	Tsar					tree rules
6	put down	participle	Tsar not said here					vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent
7	have	present	Tsar not said here					tree rules
8	exalt	past	Tsar not said here	the humble				vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer humble=Stimulus
9	read			the sacred Gospel				nom reading «cognition 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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🌲 Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 25, sentence 42

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Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 25, sentence 42