Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 31, sentence 33
So the Fox bethought himself of his wiles, and ran up to the Bear and the Wolf and said, “Now, my dear kinsmen, I have found food for all of us: a Bull for you, Mr. Bear, a Ram for you, Mr. Wolf, and a Cock for myself.”
Who acts: Fox · What happens: bethink, run up, say, find · To what, where: Fox, dear kinsmen · 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), 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 | So | so | ADV | _ | 4 bethought | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 Fox | det |
| 3 | Fox | fox | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 bethought | nsubj |
| 4 | bethought | bethink | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 4 bethought | obj |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 wiles | case |
| 7 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 wiles | nmod:poss |
| 8 | wiles | wile | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 bethought | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 ran | punct |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 ran | cc |
| 11 | ran | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 bethought | conj |
| 12 | up | up | ADP | _ | 11 ran | compound:prt |
| 13 | to | to | ADP | _ | 15 Bear | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 Bear | det |
| 15 | Bear | bear | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 ran | obl |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 18 Wolf | cc |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 Wolf | det |
| 18 | Wolf | Wolf | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 Bear | conj |
| 19 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 20 said | cc |
| 20 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 bethought | conj |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 food | punct |
| 22 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 32 food | punct |
| 23 | Now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 31 found | advmod |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 Now | punct |
| 25 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 27 kinsmen | nmod:poss |
| 26 | dear | dear | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 27 kinsmen | amod |
| 27 | kinsmen | kinsman | NOUN | Number=Plur | 31 found | nsubj:pass |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 kinsmen | punct |
| 29 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 31 found | nsubj |
| 30 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 31 found | aux |
| 31 | found | find | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 32 food | amod |
| 32 | food | food | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 said | ccomp |
| 33 | for | for | ADP | _ | 34 all | case |
| 34 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 32 food | nmod |
| 35 | of | of | ADP | _ | 36 us | case |
| 36 | us | we | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 34 all | nmod |
| 37 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 39 Bull | punct |
| 38 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 39 Bull | det |
| 39 | Bull | bull | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 food | parataxis |
| 40 | for | for | ADP | _ | 41 you | case |
| 41 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 39 Bull | nmod |
| 42 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 Bear | punct |
| 43 | Mr. | Mr. | PROPN | Number=Sing | 44 Bear | compound |
| 44 | Bear | bear | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 Bull | conj |
| 45 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 47 Ram | punct |
| 46 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 47 Ram | det |
| 47 | Ram | Ram | PROPN | Number=Sing | 39 Bull | conj |
| 48 | for | for | ADP | _ | 49 you | case |
| 49 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 47 Ram | nmod |
| 50 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 52 Wolf | punct |
| 51 | Mr. | Mr. | PROPN | Number=Sing | 52 Wolf | nmod:desc |
| 52 | Wolf | Wolf | PROPN | Number=Sing | 47 Ram | conj |
| 53 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 56 Cock | punct |
| 54 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 56 Cock | cc |
| 55 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 56 Cock | det |
| 56 | Cock | cock | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 Bull | conj |
| 57 | for | for | ADP | _ | 58 myself | case |
| 58 | myself | myself | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 56 Cock | nmod |
| 59 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 39 Bull | punct |
| 60 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 32 food | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bethink | past | the Fox | Fox | of Fox's wiles | tree rules | |||
| 2 | run up | past | the Fox not said here | to the Bear and the Wolf result | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to bear=Result | ||||
| 3 | say speech: assert | past | the Fox not said here | found food for all of us a Bull for you and Mr. Bear and a Ram for you and Wolf Mr. and a Cock for myself ccomp | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 4 | find in a quote | present · perfect · passive | my dear kinsmen | now | I nsubj | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic |
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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