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Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 31, sentence 32

Now the Fox heard the Cock singing merry songs, and thought he would like to make such a dainty acquaintance, only he did not know how to.

Who acts: Fox, Cock · What happens: hear, sing, think, like, make, not know · To what, where: Cock, merry songs, dainty acquaintance · 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 (Fox, Cock), 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

advmoddetnsubjdetobjadvclamodobjpunctccconjnsubjauxccompmarkxcompdet:predetdetcompoundobjpunctadvmodnsubjauxadvmodconjadvmodoblpunctrootNowADVtheDETFoxNOUNheardVERBtheDETCockNOUNsingingVERBmerryADJsongsNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJthoughtVERBhePRONwouldAUXlikeVERBtoPARTmakeVERBsuchDETaDETdaintyNOUNacquaintanceNOUN,PUNCTonlyADVhePRONdidAUXnotPARTknowVERBhowADVtoPART.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1NownowADVPronType=Dem4 heardadvmod
2thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art3 Foxdet
3FoxfoxNOUNNumber=Sing4 heardnsubj
4heardhearVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
5thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art6 Cockdet
6CockcockNOUNNumber=Sing4 heardobj
7singingsingVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part4 heardadvcl
8merrymerryADJDegree=Pos9 songsamod
9songssongNOUNNumber=Plur7 singingobj
10,,PUNCT_12 thoughtpunct
11andandCCONJ_12 thoughtcc
12thoughtthinkVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin4 heardconj
13hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs15 likensubj
14wouldwouldAUXVerbForm=Fin15 likeaux
15likelikeVERBVerbForm=Inf12 thoughtccomp
16totoPART_17 makemark
17makemakeVERBVerbForm=Inf15 likexcomp
18suchsuchDETPronType=Ind21 acquaintancedet:predet
19aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art21 acquaintancedet
20daintydaintyNOUNNumber=Sing21 acquaintancecompound
21acquaintanceacquaintanceNOUNNumber=Sing17 makeobj
22,,PUNCT_27 knowpunct
23onlyonlyADV_27 knowadvmod
24hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs27 knownsubj
25diddoAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin27 knowaux
26notnotPARTPolarity=Neg27 knowadvmod
27knowknowVERBVerbForm=Inf4 heardconj
28howhowADVPronType=Int29 toadvmod
29totoPART_27 knowobl
30..PUNCT_4 heardpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1hearpastthe Foxthe Cocknowvn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer cock=Stimulus
2sing speech: expressgerundthe Fox not said heremerry songsvn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location song=Theme
3think speech: otherpastthe Fox not said herevn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
4likewouldCockvn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
5make not said to happento-infinitiveCock not said heresuch dainty acquaintancevn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset acquaintance=Product
6not knowpast · do-supportCockvn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

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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