Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 33, sentence 121
At Zubtsov she overtook the Vazúza, and looked so threatening that the Vazúza was frightened, and owned she was the younger daughter, and begged the Vólga to take her in her arms into the Sea of Khvalýnsk.
Who acts: VÓLGA · What happens: overtake, look, threaten, frighten, own, be · To what, where: Vazúza, Zubtsov, younger daughter, Vólga, VÓLGA, arms · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. Afanas'ev, Opening, part 33. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (VÓLGA), 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 | _ | 2 Zubtsov | case |
| 2 | Zubtsov | Zubtsov | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 overtook | obl |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 overtook | nsubj |
| 4 | overtook | overtake | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 Vazúza | det |
| 6 | Vazúza | Vazúza | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 overtook | obj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 looked | punct |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 looked | cc |
| 9 | looked | look | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 overtook | parataxis |
| 10 | so | so | ADV | _ | 11 threatening | advmod |
| 11 | threatening | threaten | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 9 looked | xcomp |
| 12 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 16 frightened | mark |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 Vazúza | det |
| 14 | Vazúza | Vazúza | PROPN | Number=Sing | 16 frightened | nsubj:pass |
| 15 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 frightened | aux:pass |
| 16 | frightened | frighten | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 11 threatening | advcl |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 owned | punct |
| 18 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 owned | cc |
| 19 | owned | own | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 looked | conj |
| 20 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 24 daughter | nsubj |
| 21 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 24 daughter | cop |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 daughter | det |
| 23 | younger | young | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 24 daughter | amod |
| 24 | daughter | daughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 owned | ccomp |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 begged | punct |
| 26 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 27 begged | cc |
| 27 | begged | beg | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 overtook | conj |
| 28 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 29 Vólga | det |
| 29 | Vólga | Vólga | PROPN | Number=Sing | 27 begged | obj |
| 30 | to | to | PART | _ | 31 take | mark |
| 31 | take | take | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 27 begged | ccomp |
| 32 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 31 take | obj |
| 33 | in | in | ADP | _ | 35 arms | case |
| 34 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 35 arms | nmod:poss |
| 35 | arms | arm | NOUN | Number=Plur | 31 take | obl |
| 36 | into | into | ADP | _ | 38 Sea | case |
| 37 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 38 Sea | det |
| 38 | Sea | Sea | PROPN | Number=Sing | 31 take | obl |
| 39 | of | of | ADP | _ | 40 Khvalýnsk | case |
| 40 | Khvalýnsk | Khvalýnsk | PROPN | Number=Sing | 38 Sea | nmod |
| 41 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 overtook | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | overtake | past | VÓLGA = vólga | the Vazúza | Zubtsov | tree rules | |||
| 2 | look | past | tree rules | ||||||
| 3 | threaten | gerund | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | ||||||
| 4 | frighten | past · passive | the Vazúza | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | |||||
| 5 | own | past | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot | ||||||
| 6 | is a | past | VÓLGA = vólga | the younger daughter | tree rules | ||||
| 7 | beg speech: request | past | VÓLGA = vólga not said here | the Vólga | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent vólga=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 8 | take not said to happen | to-infinitive | VÓLGA = vólga | VÓLGA's arms | into the Sea of Khvalýnsk | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme into sea=Destination |
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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