Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 31, sentence 69
So Ilyá Múromets set out after the three Tsarévichi, and he pursued them down to the seashore and slew all the rest of the army, but captured the Tsarévichi alive and returned to the city of Sébezh, and the citizens saw him and gave news of this to their Tsar.
Who acts: Ilyá Múromets, Tsarévichi, citizens · What happens: set out, pursue down, slay, capture, return, see · To what, where: MÚROMETS, seashore, rest, Tsarévichi, news, Tsar
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, Tsarévichi, citizens), 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 set | advmod |
| 2 | Ilyá | Ilyá | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 Múromets | compound |
| 3 | Múromets | múromet | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 set | nsubj |
| 4 | set | set | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | out | out | ADP | _ | 4 set | compound:prt |
| 6 | after | after | ADP | _ | 9 Tsarévichi | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 Tsarévichi | det |
| 8 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 9 Tsarévichi | nummod |
| 9 | Tsarévichi | Tsarévichi | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 set | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 pursued | punct |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 pursued | cc |
| 12 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 pursued | nsubj |
| 13 | pursued | pursue | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 set | conj |
| 14 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 pursued | obj |
| 15 | down | down | ADP | _ | 13 pursued | compound:prt |
| 16 | to | to | ADP | _ | 18 seashore | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 seashore | det |
| 18 | seashore | seashore | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 pursued | obl |
| 19 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 20 slew | cc |
| 20 | slew | slay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 set | conj |
| 21 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 23 rest | det:predet |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 rest | det |
| 23 | rest | rest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 slew | obj |
| 24 | of | of | ADP | _ | 26 army | case |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 army | det |
| 26 | army | army | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 rest | nmod |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 captured | punct |
| 28 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 29 captured | cc |
| 29 | captured | capture | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 set | conj |
| 30 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 Tsarévichi | det |
| 31 | Tsarévichi | Tsarévichi | PROPN | Number=Sing | 29 captured | obj |
| 32 | alive | alive | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 29 captured | xcomp |
| 33 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 34 returned | cc |
| 34 | returned | return | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 32 alive | conj |
| 35 | to | to | ADP | _ | 37 city | case |
| 36 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 37 city | det |
| 37 | city | city | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 returned | obl |
| 38 | of | of | ADP | _ | 39 Sébezh | case |
| 39 | Sébezh | Sébezh | PROPN | Number=Sing | 37 city | nmod |
| 40 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 saw | punct |
| 41 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 44 saw | cc |
| 42 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 43 citizens | det |
| 43 | citizens | citizen | NOUN | Number=Plur | 44 saw | nsubj |
| 44 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 set | parataxis |
| 45 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 44 saw | obj |
| 46 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 47 gave | cc |
| 47 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 44 saw | conj |
| 48 | news | news | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 gave | obj |
| 49 | of | of | ADP | _ | 50 this | case |
| 50 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 48 news | nmod |
| 51 | to | to | ADP | _ | 53 Tsar | case |
| 52 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 53 Tsar | nmod:poss |
| 53 | Tsar | Tsar | PROPN | Number=Sing | 47 gave | obl |
| 54 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 set | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | set out | past | Ilyá Múromets | after the three Tsarévichi | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | pursue down | past | Tsarévichi | MÚROMETS = múromet | the seashore | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent they=Theme to seashore=Trajectory | |||
| 3 | slay | past | Ilyá Múromets not said here | all rest of the army | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rest=Patient | ||||
| 4 | capture | past | Ilyá Múromets not said here | the Tsarévichi | alive property | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tsarévichi=Theme | |||
| 5 | return | participle | Ilyá Múromets not said here | to the city of Sébezh result | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to city=Result | ||||
| 6 | see | past | the citizens | Tsarévichi | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | ||||
| 7 | give | past | the citizens not said here | news of this | MÚROMETS's Tsar | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent news=Theme to tsar=Recipient |
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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