Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 26, sentence 14
At last our doctor arrived, recognised his old acquaintance, called for his little devil, and the little devil never thought of running away, and he would not leave the prince’s palace.
Who acts: last doctor, little devil, devil, youth · What happens: arrive, recognise, call, not think, run away, not leave · To what, where: old acquaintance, palace · 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 (last doctor, little devil, devil, youth), 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 | At | at | ADP | _ | 2 last | case |
| 2 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 doctor | amod |
| 3 | our | our | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 doctor | nmod:poss |
| 4 | doctor | doctor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 arrived | nsubj |
| 5 | arrived | arrive | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 recognised | punct |
| 7 | recognised | recognise | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 arrived | conj |
| 8 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 acquaintance | nmod:poss |
| 9 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 acquaintance | amod |
| 10 | acquaintance | acquaintance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 recognised | obj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 called | punct |
| 12 | called | call | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 10 acquaintance | acl |
| 13 | for | for | ADP | _ | 16 devil | case |
| 14 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 16 devil | nmod:poss |
| 15 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 devil | amod |
| 16 | devil | devil | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 called | obl |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 thought | punct |
| 18 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 23 thought | cc |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 devil | det |
| 20 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 21 devil | amod |
| 21 | devil | devil | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 thought | nsubj |
| 22 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 23 thought | advmod |
| 23 | thought | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 arrived | conj |
| 24 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 25 running | mark |
| 25 | running | run | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 23 thought | advcl |
| 26 | away | away | ADV | _ | 25 running | advmod |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 leave | punct |
| 28 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 32 leave | cc |
| 29 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 32 leave | nsubj |
| 30 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 32 leave | aux |
| 31 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 32 leave | advmod |
| 32 | leave | leave | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 arrived | conj |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 prince | det |
| 34 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 palace | nmod:poss |
| 35 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 34 prince | case |
| 36 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 leave | obj |
| 37 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 arrived | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | arrive | past | our last doctor | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | recognise | past | our last doctor not said here | youth's old acquaintance | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer acquaintance=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | call | participle | youth's old acquaintance not said here | for youth's little devil | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S_INF»: agent=Agent for devil=Recipient | ||||
| 4 | not think speech: other | past | the little devil | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 5 | run away | gerund | the little devil not said here | away property | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 6 | not leave | would | devil | the prince's palace | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent palace=Theme | ||||
| 7 | acquaint | youth | nom acquaintance «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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