Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 31, sentence 40
As the Fox went in, the Bull gored him with his horns to the wall, and the Ram sat on his flanks, and the Pig tore him to atoms, whilst the Goose flew on to him and picked out his eyes.
Who acts: Fox, Bull, Ram, Pig, Goose · What happens: go in, gore, sit, tore, fly on, pick out · To what, where: Fox, flanks, eyes
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, Bull, Ram, Pig), 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 | As | as | ADP | _ | 3 Fox | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 Fox | det |
| 3 | Fox | fox | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 went | nsubj |
| 4 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | in | in | ADV | _ | 4 went | advmod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 gored | punct |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 Bull | det |
| 8 | Bull | Bull | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 gored | nsubj |
| 9 | gored | gore | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 went | conj |
| 10 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 gored | obj |
| 11 | with | with | ADP | _ | 13 horns | case |
| 12 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 horns | nmod:poss |
| 13 | horns | horn | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 gored | obl |
| 14 | to | to | ADP | _ | 16 wall | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 wall | det |
| 16 | wall | wall | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 gored | obl |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 sat | punct |
| 18 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 21 sat | cc |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 Ram | det |
| 20 | Ram | Ram | PROPN | Number=Sing | 21 sat | nsubj |
| 21 | sat | sit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 went | parataxis |
| 22 | on | on | ADP | _ | 24 flanks | case |
| 23 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 24 flanks | nmod:poss |
| 24 | flanks | flank | NOUN | Number=Plur | 21 sat | obl |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 tore | punct |
| 26 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 29 tore | cc |
| 27 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 28 Pig | det |
| 28 | Pig | pig | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 tore | nsubj |
| 29 | tore | tore | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 21 sat | conj |
| 30 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 29 tore | obj |
| 31 | to | to | ADP | _ | 32 atoms | case |
| 32 | atoms | atom | NOUN | Number=Plur | 29 tore | obl |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 flew | punct |
| 34 | whilst | whilst | SCONJ | _ | 37 flew | mark |
| 35 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 36 Goose | det |
| 36 | Goose | goose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 flew | nsubj |
| 37 | flew | fly | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 29 tore | parataxis |
| 38 | on | on | ADP | _ | 37 flew | compound:prt |
| 39 | to | to | ADP | _ | 40 him | case |
| 40 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 37 flew | obl |
| 41 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 42 picked | cc |
| 42 | picked | pick | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 37 flew | conj |
| 43 | out | out | ADP | _ | 42 picked | compound:prt |
| 44 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 45 eyes | nmod:poss |
| 45 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 42 picked | obj |
| 46 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 went | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go in | past | the Fox | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | gore | past | the Bull | Fox | with Fox's horns; to the wall | tree rules | |||
| 3 | sit | past | the Ram | Fox's flanks | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on flank=Location | ||||
| 4 | tore | past | the Pig | Fox | to atoms | tree rules | |||
| 5 | fly on | past | the Goose | Fox | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to he=Result | ||||
| 6 | pick out | past | the Goose not said here | Fox's eyes | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Patient |
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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