Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 3, sentence 69

So they agreed, and the bear ran up to the hut himself and stole the child out of the cradle: the child cried, and the woman burst out, hunted him, hunted him, but could not catch him; so they came back, and the mother wept, and the other women were afflicted; from somewhere or other the dog appeared, and he drove the bear away, took the child and brought it back.

Who acts: eyes, bear, child, woman, mother, dog · What happens: agree, run up, steal, cry, burst out, hunt · To what, where: hut, child, cradle, mistress, other women, bear

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 (eyes, bear, child, woman), 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	So	so	ADV	_	3 agreed	advmod
2	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 agreed	nsubj
3	agreed	agree	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 ran	punct
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 ran	cc
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 bear	det
7	bear	bear	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 ran	nsubj
8	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 agreed	conj
9	up	up	ADP	_	8 ran	compound:prt
10	to	to	ADP	_	12 hut	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 hut	det
12	hut	hut	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 ran	obl
13	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Emp Reflex=Yes	12 hut	nmod:unmarked
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 stole	cc
15	stole	steal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 agreed	conj
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 child	det
17	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 stole	obj
18	out	out	ADP	_	21 cradle	case
19	of	of	ADP	_	21 cradle	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 cradle	det
21	cradle	cradle	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 stole	obl
22	:	:	PUNCT	_	25 cried	punct
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 child	det
24	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 cried	nsubj
25	cried	cry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 agreed	parataxis
26	,	,	PUNCT	_	30 burst	punct
27	and	and	CCONJ	_	30 burst	cc
28	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	29 woman	det
29	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	30 burst	nsubj
30	burst	burst	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	25 cried	conj
31	out	out	ADP	_	30 burst	compound:prt
32	,	,	PUNCT	_	33 hunted	punct
33	hunted	hunt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	25 cried	conj
34	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	33 hunted	obj
35	,	,	PUNCT	_	36 hunted	punct
36	hunted	hunt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	25 cried	conj
37	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	36 hunted	obj
38	,	,	PUNCT	_	42 catch	punct
39	but	but	CCONJ	_	42 catch	cc
40	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	42 catch	aux
41	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	42 catch	advmod
42	catch	catch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	36 hunted	advcl
43	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	42 catch	obj
44	;	;	PUNCT	_	47 came	punct
45	so	so	ADV	_	47 came	advmod
46	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	47 came	nsubj
47	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 agreed	parataxis
48	back	back	ADV	_	47 came	advmod
49	,	,	PUNCT	_	53 wept	punct
50	and	and	CCONJ	_	53 wept	cc
51	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	52 mother	det
52	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	53 wept	nsubj
53	wept	weep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	47 came	conj
54	,	,	PUNCT	_	60 afflicted	punct
55	and	and	CCONJ	_	60 afflicted	cc
56	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	58 women	det
57	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	58 women	amod
58	women	woman	NOUN	Number=Plur	60 afflicted	nsubj:pass
59	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	60 afflicted	aux:pass
60	afflicted	afflict	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	53 wept	conj
61	;	;	PUNCT	_	68 appeared	punct
62	from	from	ADP	_	63 somewhere	case
63	somewhere	somewhere	ADV	PronType=Ind	68 appeared	advmod
64	or	or	CCONJ	_	65 other	cc
65	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	63 somewhere	conj
66	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	67 dog	det
67	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	68 appeared	nsubj
68	appeared	appear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 agreed	parataxis
69	,	,	PUNCT	_	72 drove	punct
70	and	and	CCONJ	_	72 drove	cc
71	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	72 drove	nsubj
72	drove	drive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	68 appeared	advcl
73	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	74 bear	det
74	bear	bear	NOUN	Number=Sing	72 drove	obj
75	away	away	ADV	_	72 drove	advmod
76	,	,	PUNCT	_	77 took	punct
77	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	68 appeared	conj
78	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	79 child	det
79	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	77 took	obj
80	and	and	CCONJ	_	81 brought	cc
81	brought	bring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	77 took	conj
82	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	81 brought	obj
83	back	back	ADV	_	81 brought	advmod
84	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 agreed	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	agree speech: agree	past	eyes = eye					vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	run up	past	the bear			the hut mistress		vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to hut=Destination
3	steal	past	eyes = eye not said here	the child		the cradle		vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent child=Theme out cradle=Source
4	cry speech: express	past	the child					vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	burst out	past	the woman					vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
6	hunt	past	the child not said here	mistress				vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
7	hunt	past	the child not said here	mistress				vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
8	not catch	could	the child not said here	mistress				vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
9	come back	past	BEAR					vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
10	weep	past	the mother					vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
11	afflict	past · passive		the other women				vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer
12	appear	past	the dog				somewhere property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
13	drive away	past	mistress	the bear			away property	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bear=Theme
14	take	past	the dog not said here		the child			vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument child=Destination
15	bring back	past	the dog not said here	DOG				vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent it=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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Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 3, sentence 69