Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 27, sentence 82
Then they went on and on together, until they reached the silver realm, where they took the maiden who was there; and they went on and on and on from there to the copper realm, and took this maiden with them as well.
Who acts: others, maiden · What happens: go, reach, take, be · To what, where: silver realm, maiden, copper realm
This is a sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. Afanas'ev, Opening, part 27. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (others, maiden), 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 | Then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 3 went | advmod |
| 2 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 went | nsubj |
| 3 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | on | on | ADV | _ | 3 went | advmod |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 together | cc |
| 6 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 together | case |
| 7 | together | together | ADV | _ | 4 on | conj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 reached | punct |
| 9 | until | until | SCONJ | _ | 11 reached | mark |
| 10 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 reached | nsubj |
| 11 | reached | reach | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 went | conj |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 realm | det |
| 13 | silver | silver | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 realm | amod |
| 14 | realm | realm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 reached | obj |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 took | punct |
| 16 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 18 took | advmod |
| 17 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 took | nsubj |
| 18 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 realm | acl:relcl |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 maiden | det |
| 20 | maiden | maiden | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 took | obj |
| 21 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 23 there | nsubj |
| 22 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 23 there | cop |
| 23 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 20 maiden | acl:relcl |
| 24 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 27 went | punct |
| 25 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 27 went | cc |
| 26 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 27 went | nsubj |
| 27 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 went | conj |
| 28 | on | on | ADV | _ | 27 went | advmod |
| 29 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 30 on | cc |
| 30 | on | on | ADV | _ | 28 on | conj |
| 31 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 32 on | cc |
| 32 | on | on | ADV | _ | 28 on | conj |
| 33 | from | from | ADP | _ | 34 there | case |
| 34 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 27 went | obl |
| 35 | to | to | ADP | _ | 38 realm | case |
| 36 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 38 realm | det |
| 37 | copper | copper | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 realm | compound |
| 38 | realm | realm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 went | obl |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 41 took | punct |
| 40 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 41 took | cc |
| 41 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 went | conj |
| 42 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 43 maiden | det |
| 43 | maiden | maiden | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 took | obj |
| 44 | with | with | ADP | _ | 45 them | case |
| 45 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 41 took | obl |
| 46 | as | as | ADV | ExtPos=ADV | 41 took | advmod |
| 47 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 46 as | fixed |
| 48 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 went | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | past | others = other | then | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | reach | past | others = other | the silver realm | vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent realm=Theme | ||||
| 3 | take | past | others = other | the maiden | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent maiden=Theme | ||||
| 4 | is | past | the maiden | there property | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | go | past | others = other | the copper realm | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme from there=Initial_Location to realm=Destination | ||||
| 6 | take | past | others = other not said here | this maiden | with REALMS = realm | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent maiden=Theme |
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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