Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 30, sentence 73
Vasilísa the Wise learned of this, chose her opportunity, and said to the Tsarévich, “The first time I will wave my dress, the second time I will smooth my dress, and the third time there shall be a fly buzzing round my head.”
Who acts: Vasilísa, I, third time, fly · What happens: learn, choose, say, wave, smooth, be · To what, where: opportunity, Tsarévich, dress, fly · Speech: someone speaks here
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 (Vasilísa, I, third time, fly), 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 | Vasilísa | Vasilísa | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 learned | nsubj |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 Wise | det |
| 3 | Wise | Wise | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Vasilísa | flat |
| 4 | learned | learn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 this | case |
| 6 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 learned | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 chose | punct |
| 8 | chose | choose | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 learned | conj |
| 9 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 opportunity | nmod:poss |
| 10 | opportunity | opportunity | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 chose | obj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 said | punct |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 said | cc |
| 13 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 learned | parataxis |
| 14 | to | to | ADP | _ | 16 Tsarévich | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 Tsarévich | det |
| 16 | Tsarévich | Tsarévich | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 said | obl |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 wave | punct |
| 18 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 24 wave | punct |
| 19 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 time | det |
| 20 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 21 time | amod |
| 21 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 wave | obl:unmarked |
| 22 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 24 wave | nsubj |
| 23 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 24 wave | aux |
| 24 | wave | wave | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 13 said | conj |
| 25 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 26 dress | nmod:poss |
| 26 | dress | dress | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 wave | obj |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 smooth | punct |
| 28 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 30 time | det |
| 29 | second | second | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 30 time | amod |
| 30 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 smooth | obl:unmarked |
| 31 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 33 smooth | nsubj |
| 32 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 33 smooth | aux |
| 33 | smooth | smooth | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 24 wave | conj |
| 34 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 35 dress | nmod:poss |
| 35 | dress | dress | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 smooth | obj |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 45 fly | punct |
| 37 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 45 fly | cc |
| 38 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 40 time | det |
| 39 | third | third | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 40 time | amod |
| 40 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 fly | nsubj |
| 41 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 43 be | expl |
| 42 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 43 be | aux |
| 43 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 45 fly | cop |
| 44 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 45 fly | det |
| 45 | fly | fly | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 learned | parataxis |
| 46 | buzzing | buzz | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 45 fly | acl |
| 47 | round | round | ADP | _ | 49 head | case |
| 48 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 49 head | nmod:poss |
| 49 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 buzzing | obl |
| 50 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 45 fly | punct |
| 51 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 45 fly | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | learn | past | Vasilísa | of this | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | choose | past | Vasilísa not said here | Vasilísa's opportunity | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent opportunity=Theme | ||||
| 3 | say speech: assert | past | the Tsarévich | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to tsarévich=Recipient | |||||
| 4 | wave in a quote | future | I | my dress | time | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dress=Patient | |||
| 5 | smooth in a quote | future | I | my dress | time | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent dress=Patient | |||
| 6 | is a in a quote | infinitive | the third time | a fly | tree rules | ||||
| 7 | buzz in a quote | gerund | a fly not said here | round my head | vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=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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