Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 32, sentence 138
As to the two evil sisters, he had them shot; but his wife he released from the chapel, and took her to himself again, and they lived merrily on for many years of happiness.
Who acts: King, sisters, wife · What happens: have, shoot, release, take, live · To what, where: sisters, chapel, wife, King
This is a sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. Afanas'ev, Opening, part 32. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (King, sisters, wife), 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 | ExtPos=ADP | 6 sisters | case |
| 2 | to | to | ADP | _ | 1 As | fixed |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 sisters | det |
| 4 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 6 sisters | nummod |
| 5 | evil | evil | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 sisters | amod |
| 6 | sisters | sister | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 had | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 sisters | punct |
| 8 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 had | nsubj |
| 9 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 had | obj |
| 11 | shot | shoot | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 had | xcomp |
| 12 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 17 released | punct |
| 13 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 17 released | cc |
| 14 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 15 wife | nmod:poss |
| 15 | wife | wife | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 released | nsubj |
| 16 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 released | nsubj |
| 17 | released | release | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 had | parataxis |
| 18 | from | from | ADP | _ | 20 chapel | case |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 chapel | det |
| 20 | chapel | chapel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 released | obl |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 took | punct |
| 22 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 23 took | cc |
| 23 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 17 released | conj |
| 24 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 23 took | obj |
| 25 | to | to | ADP | _ | 26 himself | case |
| 26 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 23 took | obl |
| 27 | again | again | ADV | _ | 23 took | advmod |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 lived | punct |
| 29 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 31 lived | cc |
| 30 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 31 lived | nsubj |
| 31 | lived | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 23 took | conj |
| 32 | merrily | merrily | ADV | _ | 33 on | advmod |
| 33 | on | on | ADV | _ | 31 lived | advmod |
| 34 | for | for | ADP | _ | 36 years | case |
| 35 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 36 years | amod |
| 36 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 31 lived | obl |
| 37 | of | of | ADP | _ | 38 happiness | case |
| 38 | happiness | happiness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 years | nmod |
| 39 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 had | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | past | King | sisters = sister | as the two evil sisters | tree rules | |||
| 2 | shoot | participle | sisters = sister not said here | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | release | past | King's wife | the chapel | King nsubj | vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Causer | |||
| 4 | take | past | King's wife not said here | wife | King | again | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme to himself=Destination | ||
| 5 | live | past | sisters = sister | year | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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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