Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 3, sentence 36
He stayed in his country, stayed there until he was satisfied, and then with his money returned to the imperial service: he served his term, went on the retired list, and then lived out his life, living happily, loving the good things and shunning the ill.
Who acts: peasant · What happens: stay, be, return, serve, go, live out · To what, where: country, money, term, retired list, life, good things
This is a sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. Afanas'ev, Opening, part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (peasant), 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 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 stayed | nsubj |
| 2 | stayed | stay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 country | case |
| 4 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 country | nmod:poss |
| 5 | country | country | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 stayed | obl |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 stayed | punct |
| 7 | stayed | stay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 stayed | conj |
| 8 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 7 stayed | advmod |
| 9 | until | until | SCONJ | _ | 12 satisfied | mark |
| 10 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 satisfied | nsubj |
| 11 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 satisfied | cop |
| 12 | satisfied | satisfied | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 stayed | advcl |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 served | punct |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 26 served | cc |
| 15 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 26 served | advmod |
| 16 | with | with | ADP | _ | 18 money | case |
| 17 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 18 money | nmod:poss |
| 18 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 then | obl |
| 19 | returned | return | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 18 money | acl |
| 20 | to | to | ADP | _ | 23 service | case |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 service | det |
| 22 | imperial | imperial | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 23 service | amod |
| 23 | service | service | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 returned | obl |
| 24 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 26 served | punct |
| 25 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 26 served | nsubj |
| 26 | served | serve | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 stayed | parataxis |
| 27 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 28 term | nmod:poss |
| 28 | term | term | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 served | obj |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 went | punct |
| 30 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 26 served | conj |
| 31 | on | on | ADP | _ | 34 list | case |
| 32 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 list | det |
| 33 | retired | retired | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 34 list | amod |
| 34 | list | list | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 went | obl |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 lived | punct |
| 36 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 38 lived | cc |
| 37 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 38 lived | advmod |
| 38 | lived | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 stayed | conj |
| 39 | out | out | ADP | _ | 38 lived | compound:prt |
| 40 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 41 life | nmod:poss |
| 41 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 lived | obj |
| 42 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 43 living | punct |
| 43 | living | live | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 38 lived | advcl |
| 44 | happily | happily | ADV | _ | 43 living | advmod |
| 45 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 46 loving | punct |
| 46 | loving | love | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 43 living | conj |
| 47 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 49 things | det |
| 48 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 49 things | amod |
| 49 | things | thing | NOUN | Number=Plur | 46 loving | obj |
| 50 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 51 shunning | cc |
| 51 | shunning | shun | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 46 loving | conj |
| 52 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 53 ill | det |
| 53 | ill | ill | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 51 shunning | obj |
| 54 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 stayed | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stay | past | peasant | peasant's country | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in country=Location | ||||
| 2 | stay | past | peasant not said here | there | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | is | past | peasant | satisfied property | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | return | participle | peasant's money not said here | to the imperial service result | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to service=Result | ||||
| 5 | serve | past | peasant | peasant's term | then | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent term=Attribute | |||
| 6 | go | past | peasant not said here | the retired list | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on list=Location | ||||
| 7 | live out | past | peasant not said here | peasant's life | then | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme life=Location | |||
| 8 | live | gerund | peasant not said here | happily property | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 9 | love | gerund | peasant not said here | the good things | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer thing=Stimulus | ||||
| 10 | shun | gerund | peasant not said here | the ill | vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent ill=Location | ||||
| 11 | term | peasant | nom term «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
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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