Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 32, sentence 66
Oh! there were no bounds to his fury now; he ordered the hangman in and bade him hang his wife on the spot; but once more some visiting princes overruled him and said: “Would it not be better to put an oratory up near the church and put her into it, and let every one who goes to Mass spit into her eyes?”
Who acts: bounds, King, visiting princes, it, one · What happens: be, order in, bade, hang, visit, overrule · To what, where: hangman, King, wife, spot, oratory, church · Speech: someone speaks here
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 (bounds, King, visiting princes, it), 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 | Oh | oh | INTJ | _ | 4 were | discourse |
| 2 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 1 Oh | punct |
| 3 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 4 were | expl |
| 4 | were | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 6 bounds | det |
| 6 | bounds | bound | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 were | nsubj |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 fury | case |
| 8 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 fury | nmod:poss |
| 9 | fury | fury | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 bounds | nmod |
| 10 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 4 were | advmod |
| 11 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 13 ordered | punct |
| 12 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 ordered | nsubj |
| 13 | ordered | order | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 were | parataxis |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 hangman | det |
| 15 | hangman | hangman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 ordered | obj |
| 16 | in | in | ADP | _ | 13 ordered | compound:prt |
| 17 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 18 bade | cc |
| 18 | bade | bade | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 ordered | conj |
| 19 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 bade | obj |
| 20 | hang | hang | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 18 bade | xcomp |
| 21 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 22 wife | nmod:poss |
| 22 | wife | wife | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 hang | obj |
| 23 | on | on | ADP | _ | 25 spot | case |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 spot | det |
| 25 | spot | spot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 hang | obl |
| 26 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 33 overruled | punct |
| 27 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 33 overruled | cc |
| 28 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 29 more | advmod |
| 29 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 33 overruled | advmod |
| 30 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 32 princes | det |
| 31 | visiting | visit | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 32 princes | amod |
| 32 | princes | prince | NOUN | Number=Plur | 33 overruled | nsubj |
| 33 | overruled | overrule | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 were | conj |
| 34 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 33 overruled | obj |
| 35 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 36 said | cc |
| 36 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 33 overruled | conj |
| 37 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 43 better | punct |
| 38 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 43 better | punct |
| 39 | Would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 43 better | aux |
| 40 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 43 better | nsubj |
| 41 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 43 better | advmod |
| 42 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 43 better | cop |
| 43 | better | good | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 36 said | parataxis |
| 44 | to | to | PART | _ | 45 put | mark |
| 45 | put | put | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 43 better | csubj |
| 46 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 47 oratory | det |
| 47 | oratory | oratory | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 put | obj |
| 48 | up | up | ADP | _ | 45 put | compound:prt |
| 49 | near | near | ADP | _ | 51 church | case |
| 50 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 51 church | det |
| 51 | church | church | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 put | obl |
| 52 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 53 put | cc |
| 53 | put | put | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 45 put | conj |
| 54 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 53 put | obj |
| 55 | into | into | ADP | _ | 56 it | case |
| 56 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 53 put | obl |
| 57 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 59 let | punct |
| 58 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 59 let | cc |
| 59 | let | let | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 33 overruled | ccomp |
| 60 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 61 one | det |
| 61 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 59 let | obj |
| 62 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 63 goes | nsubj |
| 63 | goes | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 61 one | acl:relcl |
| 64 | to | to | ADP | _ | 66 spit | case |
| 65 | Mass | mass | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 66 spit | amod |
| 66 | spit | spit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 63 goes | obl |
| 67 | into | into | ADP | _ | 69 eyes | case |
| 68 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 69 eyes | nmod:poss |
| 69 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 63 goes | obl |
| 70 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 59 let | punct |
| 71 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 59 let | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | be | past | no bounds to King's fury | there | now | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||
| 2 | order in | past | King | the hangman | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hangman=Theme | ||||
| 3 | bade | past | King not said here | King | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | hang | infinitive | King not said here | King's wife | the spot | vn put_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent wife=Theme on spot=Destination | |||
| 5 | visit | gerund | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 6 | overrule | past | some visiting princes | King | tree rules | ||||
| 7 | say speech: ask | past | some visiting princes not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 8 | not is in a quote | would | it | good property | tree rules | ||||
| 9 | put up in a quote | to-infinitive | a oratory | the church | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent oratory=Theme near church=Destination | ||||
| 10 | put in a quote | past | wife | hangman | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent she=Goal | ||||
| 11 | let in a quote | infinitive | some visiting princes not said here | every one | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Theme | ||||
| 12 | go in a quote | present | every one | wife's eyes | to Mass spit | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme to spit=Initial_Location into eye=Destination | |||
| 13 | infuriate | King | nom fury «feeling transitive»: poss=agent |
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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