Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 26, sentence 107
She was going to sit in this temple on a lofty throne, and was going to wait for the bridegroom—the valiant man who should on a flying horse, at a single spring, kiss her on the lips.
Who acts: decree · What happens: go, sit, wait, fly, kiss · To what, where: temple, decree, lips
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 (decree), 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 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 going | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 going | aux |
| 3 | going | go | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 sit | mark |
| 5 | sit | sit | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 going | xcomp |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 temple | case |
| 7 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 8 temple | det |
| 8 | temple | temple | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 sit | obl |
| 9 | on | on | ADP | _ | 12 throne | case |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 throne | det |
| 11 | lofty | lofty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 throne | amod |
| 12 | throne | throne | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 sit | obl |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 going | punct |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 going | cc |
| 15 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 going | aux |
| 16 | going | go | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 going | conj |
| 17 | to | to | PART | _ | 18 wait | mark |
| 18 | wait | wait | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 16 going | xcomp |
| 19 | for | for | ADP | _ | 21 bridegroom | case |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 bridegroom | det |
| 21 | bridegroom | bridegroom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 wait | obl |
| 22 | — | - | PUNCT | _ | 25 man | punct |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 man | det |
| 24 | valiant | valiant | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 25 man | amod |
| 25 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 bridegroom | appos |
| 26 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 27 should | nsubj |
| 27 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 25 man | acl:relcl |
| 28 | on | on | ADP | _ | 31 horse | case |
| 29 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 31 horse | det |
| 30 | flying | fly | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 31 horse | amod |
| 31 | horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 man | nmod |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 spring | punct |
| 33 | at | at | ADP | _ | 36 spring | case |
| 34 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 36 spring | det |
| 35 | single | single | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 36 spring | amod |
| 36 | spring | spring | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 wait | obl |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 kiss | punct |
| 38 | kiss | kiss | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 18 wait | conj |
| 39 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 38 kiss | obj |
| 40 | on | on | ADP | _ | 42 lips | case |
| 41 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 42 lips | det |
| 42 | lips | lip | NOUN | Number=Plur | 38 kiss | obl |
| 43 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 going | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | past · progressive | decree | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | sit | to-infinitive | decree not said here | this temple | on a lofty throne | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in temple=Location | |||
| 3 | go | past · progressive | decree not said here | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 4 | wait | to-infinitive | decree not said here | spring | for the bridegroom | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||
| 5 | fly | gerund | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 6 | kiss | infinitive | decree not said here | decree | the lips | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Co-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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