Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 26, sentence 73
So the peasant set to threshing, and he got six gallons out of every sheaf; all his granaries and lofts were full up with rye, and still there was much left over; he built new storehouses, and filled them full to the flush.
Who acts: peasant set, set, granaries · What happens: thresh, get, be, leave over, build, fill · To what, where: six gallons, sheaf, new storehouses, gallons
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 (peasant set, set, granaries), 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 | So | so | ADV | _ | 6 threshing | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 set | det |
| 3 | peasant | peasant | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 set | amod |
| 4 | set | set | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 threshing | nsubj |
| 5 | to | to | SCONJ | _ | 6 threshing | mark |
| 6 | threshing | thresh | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 38 built | advcl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 got | punct |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 got | cc |
| 9 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 got | nsubj |
| 10 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 threshing | parataxis |
| 11 | six | six | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 12 gallons | nummod |
| 12 | gallons | gallon | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 got | obj |
| 13 | out | out | ADP | _ | 16 sheaf | case |
| 14 | of | of | ADP | _ | 16 sheaf | case |
| 15 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 16 sheaf | det |
| 16 | sheaf | sheaf | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 got | obl |
| 17 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 24 full | punct |
| 18 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 20 granaries | det:predet |
| 19 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 20 granaries | nmod:poss |
| 20 | granaries | granary | NOUN | Number=Plur | 24 full | nsubj |
| 21 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 22 lofts | cc |
| 22 | lofts | loft | NOUN | Number=Plur | 20 granaries | conj |
| 23 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 24 full | cop |
| 24 | full | full | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 got | conj |
| 25 | up | up | ADP | _ | 24 full | compound:prt |
| 26 | with | with | ADP | _ | 27 rye | case |
| 27 | rye | rye | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 full | obl |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 left | punct |
| 29 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 34 left | cc |
| 30 | still | still | ADV | _ | 32 was | advmod |
| 31 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 32 was | expl |
| 32 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 34 left | aux:pass |
| 33 | much | much | ADV | _ | 34 left | advmod |
| 34 | left | leave | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 24 full | conj |
| 35 | over | over | ADV | _ | 34 left | advmod |
| 36 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 6 threshing | punct |
| 37 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 38 built | nsubj |
| 38 | built | build | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 39 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 40 storehouses | amod |
| 40 | storehouses | storehouse | NOUN | Number=Plur | 38 built | obj |
| 41 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 43 filled | punct |
| 42 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 43 filled | cc |
| 43 | filled | fill | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 38 built | conj |
| 44 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 43 filled | obj |
| 45 | full | full | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 43 filled | xcomp |
| 46 | to | to | ADP | _ | 48 flush | case |
| 47 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 48 flush | det |
| 48 | flush | flush | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 full | obl |
| 49 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 38 built | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | thresh | gerund | the peasant set | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | get | past | set | six gallons | every sheaf | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer gallon=Stimulus | |||
| 3 | is | past | set's granaries and lofts | with rye; full property | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | leave over | past · passive | set's granaries and lofts not said here | over property | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V» | ||||
| 5 | build | past | set | new storehouses | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent storehouse=Product | ||||
| 6 | fill | past | set not said here | gallons = gallon | full property | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent they=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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