Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 29, sentence 110
Many years went by: one day the Tsar wanted to take a walk, and he went to the river; and just then that same man peered up out of the water and said: “You are a very forgetful person, Tsar my master: you should recollect your debts.”
Who acts: Many years, Tsar, garden, same man, You · What happens: go by, want, take, go, peer up, say · To what, where: walk, river, forgetful person, debts · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. Afanas'ev, Opening, part 29. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Many years, Tsar, garden, same man), 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 | Many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 years | amod |
| 2 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 went | nsubj |
| 3 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | by | by | ADP | _ | 3 went | obl |
| 5 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 10 wanted | punct |
| 6 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 7 day | nummod |
| 7 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 wanted | obl:unmarked |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 Tsar | det |
| 9 | Tsar | Tsar | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 wanted | nsubj |
| 10 | wanted | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 went | parataxis |
| 11 | to | to | PART | _ | 12 take | mark |
| 12 | take | take | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 wanted | xcomp |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 walk | det |
| 14 | walk | walk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 take | obj |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 went | punct |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 18 went | cc |
| 17 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 went | nsubj |
| 18 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 wanted | conj |
| 19 | to | to | ADP | _ | 21 river | case |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 river | det |
| 21 | river | river | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 went | obl |
| 22 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 29 peered | punct |
| 23 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 29 peered | cc |
| 24 | just | just | ADV | _ | 29 peered | advmod |
| 25 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 29 peered | advmod |
| 26 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 28 man | det |
| 27 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 28 man | amod |
| 28 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 peered | nsubj |
| 29 | peered | peer | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 went | conj |
| 30 | up | up | ADP | _ | 29 peered | compound:prt |
| 31 | out | out | ADP | _ | 34 water | case |
| 32 | of | of | ADP | _ | 34 water | case |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 water | det |
| 34 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 peered | obl |
| 35 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 36 said | cc |
| 36 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 went | conj |
| 37 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 44 person | punct |
| 38 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 44 person | punct |
| 39 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 44 person | nsubj |
| 40 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 44 person | cop |
| 41 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 44 person | det |
| 42 | very | very | ADV | _ | 43 forgetful | advmod |
| 43 | forgetful | forgetful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 44 person | amod |
| 44 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 said | ccomp |
| 45 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 46 Tsar | punct |
| 46 | Tsar | Tsar | PROPN | Number=Sing | 44 person | appos |
| 47 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 48 master | nmod:poss |
| 48 | master | master | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 said | ccomp |
| 49 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 52 recollect | punct |
| 50 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 52 recollect | nsubj |
| 51 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 52 recollect | aux |
| 52 | recollect | recollect | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 36 said | ccomp |
| 53 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 54 debts | nmod:poss |
| 54 | debts | debt | NOUN | Number=Plur | 52 recollect | obj |
| 55 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 52 recollect | punct |
| 56 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 52 recollect | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go by | past | Many years | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | want | past | the Tsar | day | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | ||||
| 3 | take not said to happen | to-infinitive | the Tsar not said here | a walk | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent walk=Theme | ||||
| 4 | go | past | garden | the river | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to river=Initial_Location | ||||
| 5 | peer up | past | that same man | then | out the water | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent out water=Theme | |||
| 6 | say speech: assert | past | Many years not said here | my master ccomp | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 7 | is a in a quote | present | You | a forgetful person | Tsar appos | tree rules | |||
| 8 | recollect in a quote | should | you | your debts | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent debt=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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