Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 26, sentence 106
Just about then a decree was issued by the Tsar that his daughter, Eléna Tsarévna the Fair, had ordered a temple to be built for her, with twelve columns and twelve wreaths.
Who acts: Tsar · What happens: issue, order, build · To what, where: decree, temple
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 (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 | Just | just | ADV | _ | 2 about | advmod |
| 2 | about | about | ADV | _ | 7 issued | advmod |
| 3 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 7 issued | advmod |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 decree | det |
| 5 | decree | decree | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 issued | nsubj:pass |
| 6 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 issued | aux:pass |
| 7 | issued | issue | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 8 | by | by | ADP | _ | 10 Tsar | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 Tsar | det |
| 10 | Tsar | Tsar | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 issued | obl |
| 11 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 13 daughter | mark |
| 12 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 daughter | nmod:poss |
| 13 | daughter | daughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 ordered | advcl |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 Eléna | punct |
| 15 | Eléna | Eléna | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 daughter | appos |
| 16 | Tsarévna | Tsarévna | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 Eléna | flat |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 Fair | det |
| 18 | Fair | Fair | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 Eléna | flat |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 daughter | punct |
| 20 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 21 ordered | aux |
| 21 | ordered | order | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 7 issued | advcl |
| 22 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 23 temple | det |
| 23 | temple | temple | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 ordered | obj |
| 24 | to | to | PART | _ | 26 built | mark |
| 25 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 26 built | aux:pass |
| 26 | built | build | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 21 ordered | advcl |
| 27 | for | for | ADP | _ | 28 her | case |
| 28 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 26 built | obl |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 columns | punct |
| 30 | with | with | ADP | _ | 32 columns | case |
| 31 | twelve | twelve | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 32 columns | nummod |
| 32 | columns | column | NOUN | Number=Plur | 26 built | obl |
| 33 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 35 wreaths | cc |
| 34 | twelve | twelve | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 35 wreaths | nummod |
| 35 | wreaths | wreath | NOUN | Number=Plur | 32 columns | conj |
| 36 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 issued | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | issue | past · passive | the Tsar | a decree | then | about property | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location subject=Theme | ||
| 2 | order | past · perfect | the Tsar not said here | a temple | Father's daughter advcl | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent temple=Theme | |||
| 3 | build | to-infinitive · passive | the Tsar not said here | for Eléna; with twelve columns and twelve wreaths | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: for she=Beneficiary |
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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