Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 29, sentence 35
One day the Tsar went out hunting, and saw a young eagle sitting on an oak; and he was just going to shoot him down, when the eagle begged him, “Do not shoot me, Tsar my master, rather take me to yourself; and at some time or other I shall be of service to you.”
Who acts: Tsar, young eagle, eagle · What happens: go out, see, sit, go, shoot down, beg · To what, where: hunting, young eagle, oak, eagle, VASILÍSA, master · 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 (Tsar, young eagle, eagle), 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 | One | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 day | nummod |
| 2 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 went | obl:unmarked |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 Tsar | det |
| 4 | Tsar | Tsar | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 went | nsubj |
| 5 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | out | out | ADP | _ | 5 went | compound:prt |
| 7 | hunting | hunting | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 went | obl:unmarked |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 saw | punct |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 saw | cc |
| 10 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 went | conj |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 eagle | det |
| 12 | young | young | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 eagle | amod |
| 13 | eagle | eagle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 saw | obj |
| 14 | sitting | sit | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 13 eagle | acl |
| 15 | on | on | ADP | _ | 17 oak | case |
| 16 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 17 oak | det |
| 17 | oak | oak | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 sitting | obl |
| 18 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 23 going | punct |
| 19 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 23 going | cc |
| 20 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 23 going | nsubj |
| 21 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 23 going | aux |
| 22 | just | just | ADV | _ | 23 going | advmod |
| 23 | going | go | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 10 saw | conj |
| 24 | to | to | PART | _ | 25 shoot | mark |
| 25 | shoot | shoot | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 23 going | xcomp |
| 26 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 25 shoot | obj |
| 27 | down | down | ADP | _ | 25 shoot | compound:prt |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 begged | punct |
| 29 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 32 begged | advmod |
| 30 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 eagle | det |
| 31 | eagle | eagle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 begged | nsubj |
| 32 | begged | beg | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 23 going | conj |
| 33 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 32 begged | obj |
| 34 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 shoot | punct |
| 35 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 38 shoot | punct |
| 36 | Do | do | AUX | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 38 shoot | aux |
| 37 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 38 shoot | advmod |
| 38 | shoot | shoot | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 32 begged | parataxis |
| 39 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 38 shoot | obj |
| 40 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 41 Tsar | punct |
| 41 | Tsar | Tsar | PROPN | Number=Sing | 38 shoot | vocative |
| 42 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 43 master | nmod:poss |
| 43 | master | master | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 shoot | obj |
| 44 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 46 take | punct |
| 45 | rather | rather | ADV | _ | 46 take | advmod |
| 46 | take | take | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 38 shoot | conj |
| 47 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 46 take | obj |
| 48 | to | to | ADP | _ | 49 yourself | case |
| 49 | yourself | yourself | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 46 take | obl |
| 50 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 61 service | punct |
| 51 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 61 service | cc |
| 52 | at | at | ADP | _ | 54 time | case |
| 53 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 54 time | det |
| 54 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 61 service | obl |
| 55 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 56 other | cc |
| 56 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 54 time | conj |
| 57 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 61 service | nsubj |
| 58 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 61 service | aux |
| 59 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 61 service | cop |
| 60 | of | of | ADP | _ | 61 service | case |
| 61 | service | service | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 went | obl |
| 62 | to | to | ADP | _ | 63 you | case |
| 63 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 61 service | nmod |
| 64 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 went | punct |
| 65 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 went | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go out | past | the Tsar | hunting | day | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||
| 2 | see | past | the Tsar not said here | a young eagle | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer eagle=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | sit | gerund | a young eagle not said here | a oak | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on oak=Location | ||||
| 4 | go | past · progressive | eagle | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 5 | shoot down | to-infinitive | eagle not said here | eagle | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | ||||
| 6 | beg speech: request | past | the eagle | VASILÍSA = vasilísa | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 7 | not shoot in a quote | infinitive · do-support | my master | the eagle = eagle | Tsar vocative | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Destination master=Theme | |||
| 8 | take in a quote | infinitive | the eagle = eagle | VASILÍSA = vasilísa | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent i=Theme to yourself=Destination | ||||
| 9 | is in a quote | shall | the eagle = eagle | VASILÍSA = vasilísa | time | of service | tree rules |
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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