Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 32, sentence 60
At this the King was very angry, and wanted to have his wife blown to bits at the cannon’s mouth; but—it so happened—some other princes were on a visit, and persuaded him to forgive a first offence.
Who acts: it, other princes, visit, King · What happens: be, want, have, blow, happen, persuade · To what, where: wife, bits, mouth, visit, King, first offence
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 (it, other princes, visit, King), 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 | At | at | ADP | _ | 4 King | case |
| 2 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 King | nsubj |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 King | det |
| 4 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 angry | obl |
| 5 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 angry | cop |
| 6 | very | very | ADV | _ | 7 angry | advmod |
| 7 | angry | angry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 wanted | punct |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 wanted | cc |
| 10 | wanted | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 angry | advcl |
| 11 | to | to | PART | _ | 12 have | mark |
| 12 | have | have | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 wanted | xcomp |
| 13 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 wife | nmod:poss |
| 14 | wife | wife | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 have | obj |
| 15 | blown | blow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 14 wife | acl |
| 16 | to | to | ADP | _ | 17 bits | case |
| 17 | bits | bit | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 blown | obl |
| 18 | at | at | ADP | _ | 22 mouth | case |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 cannon | det |
| 20 | cannon | cannon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 mouth | nmod:poss |
| 21 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 20 cannon | case |
| 22 | mouth | mouth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 blown | obl |
| 23 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 28 happened | punct |
| 24 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 28 happened | cc |
| 25 | — | - | PUNCT | _ | 28 happened | punct |
| 26 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 28 happened | nsubj |
| 27 | so | so | ADV | _ | 28 happened | advmod |
| 28 | happened | happen | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 angry | conj |
| 29 | — | - | PUNCT | _ | 36 visit | punct |
| 30 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 32 princes | det |
| 31 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 32 princes | amod |
| 32 | princes | prince | NOUN | Number=Plur | 36 visit | nsubj |
| 33 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 36 visit | cop |
| 34 | on | on | ADP | _ | 36 visit | case |
| 35 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 36 visit | det |
| 36 | visit | visit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 angry | conj |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 persuaded | punct |
| 38 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 39 persuaded | cc |
| 39 | persuaded | persuade | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 36 visit | acl:relcl |
| 40 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 39 persuaded | obj |
| 41 | to | to | PART | _ | 42 forgive | mark |
| 42 | forgive | forgive | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 39 persuaded | xcomp |
| 43 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 45 offence | det |
| 44 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 45 offence | amod |
| 45 | offence | offence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 forgive | obj |
| 46 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 angry | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | at the King this; angry property | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | want | past | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | ||||||
| 3 | have not said to happen | to-infinitive | King's wife | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wife=Patient | |||||
| 4 | blow | participle | King's wife not said here | bits | the cannon's mouth | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to bit=Recipient | |||
| 5 | happen | past | it | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 6 | is | past | some other princes | a visit | tree rules | ||||
| 7 | persuade | past | a visit not said here | King | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Patient clause=Result | ||||
| 8 | forgive | to-infinitive | King not said here | a first offence | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent offence=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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