Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 31, sentence 104

Ilyá Múromets put the Prince and Princess into a sable _shúba_, seized them under the arm, called in the Nightingale Robber and bade him whistle like a nightingale with only half his whistle; but the Nightingale Robber whistled with all his robber’s whistle, and he deafened all of the knights, so that they fell to the ground, and as a punishment for this was slain by Ilyá Múromets.

Who acts: Ilyá Múromets, prince, Nightingale Robber, MÚROMETS, robber · What happens: put, seize, call, whistle, deafen, fall · To what, where: Prince, sable _ shúba, MÚROMETS, arm, all, this · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. Afanas'ev, Opening, part 31. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Ilyá Múromets, prince, Nightingale Robber, MÚROMETS), 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	Ilyá	Ilyá	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Múromets	compound
2	Múromets	múromet	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 put	nsubj
3	put	put	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Prince	det
5	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 put	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 Princess	cc
7	Princess	Princess	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 Prince	conj
8	into	into	ADP	_	12 shúba	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 shúba	det
10	sable	sable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 shúba	amod
11	_	_	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 shúba	compound
12	shúba	shúba	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 put	obl
13	_	_	PUNCT	_	3 put	punct
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 seized	punct
15	seized	seize	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 put	parataxis
16	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 seized	obj
17	under	under	ADP	_	19 arm	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 arm	det
19	arm	arm	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 seized	obl
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 called	punct
21	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 seized	conj
22	in	in	ADP	_	25 Robber	case
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 Robber	det
24	Nightingale	Nightingale	PROPN	Number=Sing	25 Robber	compound
25	Robber	Robber	PROPN	Number=Sing	29 whistle	obl
26	and	and	CCONJ	_	27 bade	cc
27	bade	bade	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 Robber	conj
28	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	29 whistle	nsubj
29	whistle	whistle	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	21 called	parataxis
30	like	like	ADP	_	32 nightingale	case
31	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	32 nightingale	det
32	nightingale	nightingale	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 whistle	obl
33	with	with	ADP	_	37 whistle	case
34	only	only	ADV	_	35 half	advmod
35	half	half	DET	NumForm=Word NumType=Frac PronType=Ind	37 whistle	det:predet
36	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	37 whistle	nmod:poss
37	whistle	whistle	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 nightingale	nmod
38	;	;	PUNCT	_	43 whistled	punct
39	but	but	CCONJ	_	43 whistled	cc
40	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	42 Robber	det
41	Nightingale	Nightingale	PROPN	Number=Sing	42 Robber	compound
42	Robber	Robber	PROPN	Number=Sing	43 whistled	nsubj
43	whistled	whistle	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 put	conj
44	with	with	ADP	_	49 whistle	case
45	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	47 robber	det:predet
46	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	47 robber	nmod:poss
47	robber	robber	NOUN	Number=Sing	49 whistle	nmod:poss
48	’s	's	PART	_	47 robber	case
49	whistle	whistle	NOUN	Number=Sing	43 whistled	obl
50	,	,	PUNCT	_	53 deafened	punct
51	and	and	CCONJ	_	53 deafened	cc
52	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	53 deafened	nsubj
53	deafened	deafen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 put	parataxis
54	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	53 deafened	obj
55	of	of	ADP	_	57 knights	case
56	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	57 knights	det
57	knights	knight	NOUN	Number=Plur	54 all	nmod
58	,	,	PUNCT	_	62 fell	punct
59	so	so	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	62 fell	mark
60	that	that	SCONJ	_	59 so	fixed
61	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	62 fell	nsubj
62	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	53 deafened	conj
63	to	to	ADP	_	65 ground	case
64	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	65 ground	det
65	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	62 fell	obl
66	,	,	PUNCT	_	70 punishment	punct
67	and	and	CCONJ	_	70 punishment	cc
68	as	as	ADP	_	70 punishment	case
69	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	70 punishment	det
70	punishment	punishment	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 put	parataxis
71	for	for	SCONJ	_	74 slain	mark
72	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	74 slain	nsubj:pass
73	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	74 slain	aux:pass
74	slain	slay	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	70 punishment	acl
75	by	by	ADP	_	77 Múromets	case
76	Ilyá	Ilyá	PROPN	Number=Sing	77 Múromets	compound
77	Múromets	múromet	NOUN	Number=Plur	74 slain	obl
78	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 put	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	put	past	Ilyá Múromets		the Prince and Princess	a sable _ shúba	a punishment parataxis	vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent prince=Goal
2	seize	past		MÚROMETS = múromet		the arm		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme
3	call speech: assert	participle						vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	whistle	present	prince				like a nightingale with prince's whistle; in the Nightingale Robber and bade	vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in robber=Theme
5	whistle	past	the Nightingale Robber				with prince's robber's whistle	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with whistle=Theme
6	deafen	past	prince	all of the knights				vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent all=Patient
7	fall	past	MÚROMETS = múromet				to the ground	vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to ground=Theme
8	slay	past · passive	Ilyá Múromets	this				vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient
9	whistle		prince					nom whistle «event intransitive»: poss=agent
10	whistle		prince's robber					nom whistle «event 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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🌲 Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 31, sentence 104

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Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 31, sentence 104