Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 32, sentence 56
Now the King was listening to all this conversation; and after a few days he did exactly as they had wished: the eldest married the King’s bread-bearer, the middle one the King’s valet, but the youngest married the King himself.
Who acts: King, eldest, youngest · What happens: listen, wish, marry · To what, where: few days, bread bearer, 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, eldest, youngest), 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 | Now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 5 listening | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 King | det |
| 3 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 listening | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 listening | aux |
| 5 | listening | listen | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 conversation | case |
| 7 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 9 conversation | det:predet |
| 8 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 9 conversation | det |
| 9 | conversation | conversation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 listening | obl |
| 10 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 15 days | punct |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 days | cc |
| 12 | after | after | ADP | _ | 15 days | case |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 days | det |
| 14 | few | few | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 days | amod |
| 15 | days | day | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 listening | obl |
| 16 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 22 wished | nsubj |
| 17 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 22 wished | aux |
| 18 | exactly | exactly | ADV | _ | 22 wished | advmod |
| 19 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 22 wished | mark |
| 20 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 22 wished | nsubj |
| 21 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 22 wished | aux |
| 22 | wished | wish | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 15 days | acl:relcl |
| 23 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 26 married | punct |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 eldest | det |
| 25 | eldest | eld | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 26 married | nsubj |
| 26 | married | marry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 days | parataxis |
| 27 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 28 King | det |
| 28 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 32 bearer | nmod:poss |
| 29 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 28 King | case |
| 30 | bread | bread | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 bearer | compound |
| 31 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 30 bread | punct |
| 32 | bearer | bearer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 married | obj |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 one | punct |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 36 one | det |
| 35 | middle | middle | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 36 one | amod |
| 36 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 bearer | appos |
| 37 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 38 King | det |
| 38 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 40 valet | nmod:poss |
| 39 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 38 King | case |
| 40 | valet | valet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 one | appos |
| 41 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 45 married | punct |
| 42 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 45 married | cc |
| 43 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 44 youngest | det |
| 44 | youngest | young | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 45 married | nsubj |
| 45 | married | marry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 26 married | conj |
| 46 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 47 King | det |
| 47 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 45 married | obj |
| 48 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 45 married | obl |
| 49 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 listening | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | listen | past · progressive | the King | now; day | to all conversation | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to conversation=Theme | |||
| 2 | wish | past · perfect · do-support | King | a few days not said here | daughters = daughter nsubj; exactly property | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot day=Theme | |||
| 3 | marry | past | the eldest | the King's bread bearer | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bearer=Patient | ||||
| 4 | marry | past | the youngest | the King | King obl | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=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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