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Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 29, sentence 71

So they flew straight to the courtyard, and the sister came to meet them and received her brother, seated him on an oaken table; but she would not look on the Tsar—she left him outside in the courtyard and she let the fleet dogs out to feed on him.

Who acts: sides, sister, fleet dogs · What happens: fly, come, meet, receive, seat, not look · To what, where: courtyard, sides, brother, eagle, oaken table, fleet dogs

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 (sides, sister, fleet dogs), 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

advmodnsubjadvmodcasedetobjpunctccdetnsubjconjmarkxcompobjccconjnmod:possobjpunctconjobjcasedetamodoblpunctccnsubjauxadvmodconjcasedetoblpunctnsubjconjobjadvmodcasedetoblccnsubjconjdetcompoundobjadvmodmarkxcompcaseoblpunctrootSoADVtheyPRONflewVERBstraightADVtoADPtheDETcourtyardNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJtheDETsisterNOUNcameVERBtoPARTmeetVERBthemPRONandCCONJreceivedVERBherPRONbrotherNOUN,PUNCTseatedVERBhimPRONonADPanDEToakenADJtableNOUN;PUNCTbutCCONJshePRONwouldAUXnotPARTlookVERBonADPtheDETTsarPROPN—PUNCTshePRONleftVERBhimPRONoutsideADVinADPtheDETcourtyardNOUNandCCONJshePRONletVERBtheDETfleetNOUNdogsNOUNoutADVtoPARTfeedVERBonADPhimPRON.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1SosoADV_3 flewadvmod
2theytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs3 flewnsubj
3flewflyVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
4straightstraightADV_7 courtyardadvmod
5totoADP_7 courtyardcase
6thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art7 courtyarddet
7courtyardcourtyardNOUNNumber=Sing3 flewobj
8,,PUNCT_12 camepunct
9andandCCONJ_12 camecc
10thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art11 sisterdet
11sistersisterNOUNNumber=Sing12 camensubj
12camecomeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin3 flewconj
13totoPART_14 meetmark
14meetmeetVERBVerbForm=Inf12 camexcomp
15themtheyPRONCase=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs14 meetobj
16andandCCONJ_17 receivedcc
17receivedreceiveVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin3 flewconj
18herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs19 brothernmod:poss
19brotherbrotherNOUNNumber=Sing17 receivedobj
20,,PUNCT_21 seatedpunct
21seatedseatVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin3 flewconj
22himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs21 seatedobj
23ononADP_26 tablecase
24anaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art26 tabledet
25oakenoakenADJDegree=Pos26 tableamod
26tabletableNOUNNumber=Sing21 seatedobl
27;;PUNCT_32 lookpunct
28butbutCCONJ_32 lookcc
29sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs32 looknsubj
30wouldwouldAUXVerbForm=Fin32 lookaux
31notnotPARTPolarity=Neg32 lookadvmod
32looklookVERBVerbForm=Inf3 flewconj
33ononADP_35 Tsarcase
34thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art35 Tsardet
35TsarTsarPROPNNumber=Sing32 lookobl
36—-PUNCT_38 leftpunct
37sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs38 leftnsubj
38leftleaveVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin3 flewconj
39himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs38 leftobj
40outsideoutsideADV_38 leftadvmod
41ininADP_43 courtyardcase
42thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art43 courtyarddet
43courtyardcourtyardNOUNNumber=Sing38 leftobl
44andandCCONJ_46 letcc
45sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs46 letnsubj
46letletVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin3 flewconj
47thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art49 dogsdet
48fleetfleetNOUNNumber=Sing49 dogscompound
49dogsdogNOUNNumber=Plur46 letobj
50outoutADV_46 letadvmod
51totoPART_52 feedmark
52feedfeedVERBVerbForm=Inf46 letxcomp
53ononADP_54 himcase
54himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs52 feedobl
55..PUNCT_3 flewpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1flypastsides = sidethe courtyardvn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location courtyard=Theme
2comepastthe sistertree rules
3meetto-infinitivethe sister not said heresides = sidevn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Co-Agent
4receivepastsides = side not said heresister's brothervn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent brother=Theme
5seatpastsides = side not said hereeaglea oaken tablevn fit-54.3 «NP.location V NP»: agent=Location he=Value
6not lookwouldsisteron the Tsarvn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent on tsar=Theme
7leavepastsistereaglethe courtyardoutside propertyvn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent he=Theme in courtyard=Location
8letpastsisterthe fleet dogsout propertytree rules
9feedto-infinitivethe fleet dogs not said hereon eaglevn gorge-39.6 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Agent on he=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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