Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 33, sentence 19
Just about then the Princess had an idea that she would go abroad in the streets, and she went with her attendants and maids of honour, and for the sake of the holy festival went to give alms to the poor; she gave to them all but forgot the poor peasant.
Who acts: Princess · What happens: have, go, give, forget · To what, where: idea, streets, alms, poor, poor peasant
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 (Princess), 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 | Just | just | ADV | _ | 2 about | advmod |
| 2 | about | about | ADV | _ | 3 then | advmod |
| 3 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 6 had | advmod |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 Princess | det |
| 5 | Princess | Princess | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 had | nsubj |
| 6 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 idea | det |
| 8 | idea | idea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 had | obj |
| 9 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 12 go | mark |
| 10 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 go | nsubj |
| 11 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 12 go | aux |
| 12 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 idea | acl |
| 13 | abroad | abroad | ADV | _ | 12 go | advmod |
| 14 | in | in | ADP | _ | 16 streets | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 streets | det |
| 16 | streets | street | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 go | obl |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 went | punct |
| 18 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 20 went | cc |
| 19 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 20 went | nsubj |
| 20 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 had | conj |
| 21 | with | with | ADP | _ | 23 attendants | case |
| 22 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 23 attendants | nmod:poss |
| 23 | attendants | attendant | NOUN | Number=Plur | 20 went | obl |
| 24 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 25 maids | cc |
| 25 | maids | maid | NOUN | Number=Plur | 23 attendants | conj |
| 26 | of | of | ADP | _ | 27 honour | case |
| 27 | honour | honour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 maids | nmod |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 went | punct |
| 29 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 37 went | cc |
| 30 | for | for | ADP | _ | 32 sake | case |
| 31 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 32 sake | det |
| 32 | sake | sake | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 went | obl |
| 33 | of | of | ADP | _ | 36 festival | case |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 36 festival | det |
| 35 | holy | holy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 36 festival | amod |
| 36 | festival | festival | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 sake | nmod |
| 37 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 had | conj |
| 38 | to | to | PART | _ | 39 give | mark |
| 39 | give | give | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 37 went | xcomp |
| 40 | alms | alm | NOUN | Number=Plur | 39 give | obj |
| 41 | to | to | ADP | _ | 43 poor | case |
| 42 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 43 poor | det |
| 43 | poor | poor | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 39 give | obl |
| 44 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 46 gave | punct |
| 45 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 46 gave | nsubj |
| 46 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 had | parataxis |
| 47 | to | to | ADP | _ | 48 them | case |
| 48 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 46 gave | iobj |
| 49 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 48 them | nmod:unmarked |
| 50 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 51 forgot | cc |
| 51 | forgot | forget | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 46 gave | conj |
| 52 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 54 peasant | det |
| 53 | poor | poor | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 54 peasant | amod |
| 54 | peasant | peasant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 51 forgot | obj |
| 55 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 had | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | past | the Princess | a idea | then | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent idea=Patient | |||
| 2 | go | would | Princess | a idea not said here | the streets | abroad property | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location idea=Theme | ||
| 3 | go | past | Princess | with Princess's attendants and maids of honour | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with attendant=Beneficiary | ||||
| 4 | go | past | the Princess not said here | for the sake of the holy festival | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 5 | give | to-infinitive | the Princess not said here | alms | the poor | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent alm=Theme to poor=Recipient | |||
| 6 | give | past | Princess | alms = alm | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | ||||
| 7 | forget | past | Princess not said here | the poor peasant | tree rules |
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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