Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 30, sentence 84
On the second day, very early, an embassy came from the Sea Tsar to catch the young couple and to summon them into the palace, and they knocked on the door: “Wake up, get up from your sleep; your father is calling you.”
Who acts: embassy, doors, father, your · What happens: come, catch, summon, knock, wake up, get up · To what, where: Sea Tsar, young couple, doors, palace, door, sleep · 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 (embassy, doors, father, your), 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 | On | on | ADP | _ | 4 day | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 day | det |
| 3 | second | second | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 4 day | amod |
| 4 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 came | obl |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 early | punct |
| 6 | very | very | ADV | _ | 7 early | advmod |
| 7 | early | early | ADV | Degree=Pos | 4 day | advmod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 day | punct |
| 9 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 embassy | det |
| 10 | embassy | embassy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 came | nsubj |
| 11 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 12 | from | from | ADP | _ | 15 Tsar | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 Tsar | det |
| 14 | Sea | Sea | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 Tsar | compound |
| 15 | Tsar | Tsar | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 came | obl |
| 16 | to | to | PART | _ | 17 catch | mark |
| 17 | catch | catch | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 11 came | advcl |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 couple | det |
| 19 | young | young | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 20 couple | amod |
| 20 | couple | couple | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 catch | obj |
| 21 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 23 summon | cc |
| 22 | to | to | PART | _ | 23 summon | mark |
| 23 | summon | summon | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 17 catch | conj |
| 24 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 23 summon | obj |
| 25 | into | into | ADP | _ | 27 palace | case |
| 26 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 palace | det |
| 27 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 summon | obl |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 knocked | punct |
| 29 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 31 knocked | cc |
| 30 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 31 knocked | nsubj |
| 31 | knocked | knock | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 came | parataxis |
| 32 | on | on | ADP | _ | 34 door | case |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 door | det |
| 34 | door | door | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 knocked | obl |
| 35 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 37 Wake | punct |
| 36 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 37 Wake | punct |
| 37 | Wake | wake | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 31 knocked | conj |
| 38 | up | up | ADP | _ | 37 Wake | compound:prt |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 get | punct |
| 40 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 37 Wake | conj |
| 41 | up | up | ADV | _ | 40 get | advmod |
| 42 | from | from | ADP | _ | 44 sleep | case |
| 43 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 44 sleep | nmod:poss |
| 44 | sleep | sleep | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 get | obl |
| 45 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 49 calling | punct |
| 46 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 47 father | nmod:poss |
| 47 | father | father | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 calling | nsubj |
| 48 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 49 calling | aux |
| 49 | calling | call | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 11 came | advcl |
| 50 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 49 calling | obj |
| 51 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 49 calling | punct |
| 52 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 49 calling | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | past | a embassy | the Sea Tsar | day | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from tsar=Initial_Location | |||
| 2 | catch | to-infinitive | a embassy not said here | the young couple | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent couple=Theme | ||||
| 3 | summon | to-infinitive | a embassy not said here | doors = door | the palace | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient | |||
| 4 | knock | past | doors = door | the door | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on door=Location | ||||
| 5 | wake up in a quote | infinitive | doors = door not said here | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | |||||
| 6 | get up in a quote | infinitive | doors = door not said here | your sleep | vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme from sleep=Destination | ||||
| 7 | call in a quote | present · progressive | your father | you | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient | ||||
| 8 | sleep in a quote | your | nom sleep «state intransitive»: 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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