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Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 30, sentence 126

The eagle wanted to smite them to death, and it might well have been; but, as soon as ever he struck at the drake, it dived into the water, and whenever he struck at the duck the duck dived into the water, and whatever he might do was all in vain.

Who acts: eagle, Tsar, duck · What happens: want, smite, strike, dive, do, be · To what, where: horses, water, duck

This is a sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. Afanas'ev, Opening, part 30. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (eagle, Tsar, duck), 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

detnsubjmarkxcompobjcaseoblpunctccnsubjauxadvmodauxparataxispunctccpunctadvmodadvmodmarkadvmodnsubjadvclcasedetoblpunctnsubjparataxiscasedetoblpunctccadvmodnsubjconjcasedetobldetnsubjacl:relclcasedetoblpunctccadvclnsubjauxacl:relclcopadvmodcaseparataxispunctrootTheDETeagleNOUNwantedVERBtoPARTsmiteVERBthemPRONtoADPdeathNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJitPRONmightAUXwellADVhaveAUXbeenAUX;PUNCTbutCCONJ,PUNCTasADVsoonADVasSCONJeverADVhePRONstruckVERBatADPtheDETdrakeNOUN,PUNCTitPRONdivedVERBintoADPtheDETwaterNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJwheneverADVhePRONstruckVERBatADPtheDETduckNOUNtheDETduckNOUNdivedVERBintoADPtheDETwaterNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJwhateverPRONhePRONmightAUXdoVERBwasAUXallADVinADPvainADJ.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art2 eagledet
2eagleeagleNOUNNumber=Sing3 wantednsubj
3wantedwantVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
4totoPART_5 smitemark
5smitesmiteVERBVerbForm=Inf3 wantedxcomp
6themtheyPRONCase=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs5 smiteobj
7totoADP_8 deathcase
8deathdeathNOUNNumber=Sing5 smiteobl
9,,PUNCT_15 beenpunct
10andandCCONJ_15 beencc
11ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs15 beennsubj
12mightmightAUXVerbForm=Fin15 beenaux
13wellwellADVDegree=Pos15 beenadvmod
14havehaveAUXVerbForm=Inf15 beenaux
15beenbeAUXTense=Past VerbForm=Part3 wantedparataxis
16;;PUNCT_30 divedpunct
17butbutCCONJ_30 divedcc
18,,PUNCT_17 butpunct
19asasADV_20 soonadvmod
20soonsoonADVDegree=Pos30 divedadvmod
21asasSCONJ_24 struckmark
22evereverADVPronType=Ind24 struckadvmod
23hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs24 strucknsubj
24struckstrikeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin30 divedadvcl
25atatADP_27 drakecase
26thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art27 drakedet
27drakedrakeNOUNNumber=Sing24 struckobl
28,,PUNCT_24 struckpunct
29ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs30 divednsubj
30diveddiveVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin3 wantedparataxis
31intointoADP_33 watercase
32thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art33 waterdet
33waterwaterNOUNNumber=Sing30 divedobl
34,,PUNCT_38 struckpunct
35andandCCONJ_38 struckcc
36wheneverwheneverADVPronType=Rel38 struckadvmod
37hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs38 strucknsubj
38struckstrikeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin30 divedconj
39atatADP_41 duckcase
40thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art41 duckdet
41duckduckNOUNNumber=Sing38 struckobl
42thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art43 duckdet
43duckduckNOUNNumber=Sing44 divednsubj
44diveddiveVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin41 duckacl:relcl
45intointoADP_47 watercase
46thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art47 waterdet
47waterwaterNOUNNumber=Sing44 divedobl
48,,PUNCT_50 whateverpunct
49andandCCONJ_50 whatevercc
50whateverwhateverPRONPronType=Rel57 vainadvcl
51hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs53 donsubj
52mightmightAUXVerbForm=Fin53 doaux
53dodoVERBVerbForm=Inf50 whateveracl:relcl
54wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin57 vaincop
55allallADV_57 vainadvmod
56ininADP_57 vaincase
57vainvainADJDegree=Pos38 struckparataxis
58..PUNCT_3 wantedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1wantpastthe eaglevn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2smite not said to happento-infinitivethe eagle not said herehorses = horseto death resultvn hit-18.1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent they=Patient to death=Result
3strikepastTsareverat the drakevn hit-18.1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent at drake=Patient
4divepasteaglethe watersoon propertyvn meander-47.7 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into water=Location
5strikepastTsarat the duck; whenever propertyvn hit-18.1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent at duck=Patient
6divepastthe duckthe duck not said herethe watertree rules
7domightTsarvn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
8ispastwhatever advcl; all, vain propertytree 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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