Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 26, sentence 101

But the tale tells that, even when our grandfathers had not learned their lessons and our great-great-great-great-grandfathers had not been born, in a certain kingdom, in a certain land, once there lived an old man who had taught his three sons reading and writing.

Who acts: tale · What happens: tell, not learn, not bear, live, teach, read · To what, where: that, grandfathers, great great great great grandfathers, certain land, old man · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. Afanas'ev, Opening, part 26. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (tale), 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	But	but	CCONJ	_	4 tells	cc
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 tale	det
3	tale	tale	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tells	nsubj
4	tells	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 tells	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 learned	punct
7	even	even	ADV	_	13 learned	advmod
8	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	13 learned	advmod
9	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 grandfathers	nmod:poss
10	grandfathers	grandfather	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 learned	nsubj:pass
11	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 learned	aux
12	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 learned	advmod
13	learned	learn	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 tells	conj
14	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 lessons	nmod:poss
15	lessons	lesson	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 learned	obj
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	30 born	cc
17	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	26 grandfathers	nmod:poss
18	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	26 grandfathers	amod
19	-	-	PUNCT	_	18 great	punct
20	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	26 grandfathers	amod
21	-	-	PUNCT	_	20 great	punct
22	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	26 grandfathers	amod
23	-	-	PUNCT	_	22 great	punct
24	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	26 grandfathers	amod
25	-	-	PUNCT	_	24 great	punct
26	grandfathers	grandfather	NOUN	Number=Plur	30 born	nsubj:pass
27	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	30 born	aux
28	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	30 born	advmod
29	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	30 born	aux:pass
30	born	bear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 learned	conj
31	,	,	PUNCT	_	35 kingdom	punct
32	in	in	ADP	_	35 kingdom	case
33	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	35 kingdom	det
34	certain	certain	ADJ	Degree=Pos	35 kingdom	amod
35	kingdom	kingdom	NOUN	Number=Sing	30 born	conj
36	,	,	PUNCT	_	40 land	punct
37	in	in	ADP	_	40 land	case
38	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	40 land	det
39	certain	certain	ADJ	Degree=Pos	40 land	amod
40	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	30 born	obl
41	,	,	PUNCT	_	43 there	punct
42	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	43 there	advmod
43	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	44 lived	advmod
44	lived	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 learned	advcl
45	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	47 man	det
46	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	47 man	amod
47	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	44 lived	obj
48	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	50 taught	nsubj:pass
49	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	50 taught	aux
50	taught	teach	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	47 man	acl:relcl
51	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	54 reading	nmod:poss
52	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	53 sons	nummod
53	sons	son	NOUN	Number=Plur	54 reading	compound
54	reading	reading	NOUN	Number=Sing	50 taught	obj
55	and	and	CCONJ	_	56 writing	cc
56	writing	writing	NOUN	Number=Sing	54 reading	conj
57	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 tells	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	present	the tale	that			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent that=Recipient
2	not learn	past · perfect · passive		our grandfathers		grandfathers's lessons obj	tree rules
3	not bear	past · perfect · passive		our great great great great grandfathers	a certain land	a certain kingdom conj	vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
4	live	past		a old man	there		vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme man=Location
5	teach speech: other	past · perfect · passive		a old man		tale's sons reading and writing obj	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient reading=Topic
6	read		tale				nom reading «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

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 26, sentence 101

The tree

Pragmatics

Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 26, sentence 101