Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 33, sentence 53
As soon as he had spoken a rich palace appeared; faithful henchmen ran out of it and carried them in their hands, led them into the white stone rooms, and they sat down at the oaken tables with chequered linen on them.
Who acts: man, rich palace, faithful henchmen, henchmen · What happens: speak, appear, run, carry, lead, sit down · To what, where: palace, henchmen, hands, white stone rooms, oaken tables · 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 (man, rich palace, faithful henchmen, henchmen), 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 | As | as | ADV | _ | 2 soon | advmod |
| 2 | soon | soon | ADV | Degree=Pos | 6 spoken | advmod |
| 3 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 6 spoken | mark |
| 4 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 spoken | nsubj |
| 5 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 spoken | aux |
| 6 | spoken | speak | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 palace | det |
| 8 | rich | rich | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 palace | amod |
| 9 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 appeared | nsubj |
| 10 | appeared | appear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 spoken | parataxis |
| 11 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 14 ran | punct |
| 12 | faithful | faithful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 henchmen | amod |
| 13 | henchmen | henchman | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 ran | nsubj |
| 14 | ran | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 spoken | parataxis |
| 15 | out | out | ADP | _ | 17 it | case |
| 16 | of | of | ADP | _ | 17 it | case |
| 17 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 ran | obl |
| 18 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 carried | cc |
| 19 | carried | carry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 ran | conj |
| 20 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 carried | obj |
| 21 | in | in | ADP | _ | 23 hands | case |
| 22 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 23 hands | nmod:poss |
| 23 | hands | hand | NOUN | Number=Plur | 19 carried | obl |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 led | punct |
| 25 | led | lead | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 ran | conj |
| 26 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 25 led | obj |
| 27 | into | into | ADP | _ | 31 rooms | case |
| 28 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 rooms | det |
| 29 | white | white | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 31 rooms | amod |
| 30 | stone | stone | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 rooms | compound |
| 31 | rooms | room | NOUN | Number=Plur | 25 led | obl |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 sat | punct |
| 33 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 35 sat | cc |
| 34 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 35 sat | nsubj |
| 35 | sat | sit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 ran | conj |
| 36 | down | down | ADP | _ | 35 sat | compound:prt |
| 37 | at | at | ADP | _ | 40 tables | case |
| 38 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 40 tables | det |
| 39 | oaken | oaken | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 40 tables | amod |
| 40 | tables | table | NOUN | Number=Plur | 35 sat | obl |
| 41 | with | with | ADP | _ | 43 linen | case |
| 42 | chequered | chequer | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 43 linen | amod |
| 43 | linen | linen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 sat | obl |
| 44 | on | on | ADP | _ | 45 them | case |
| 45 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 35 sat | obl |
| 46 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 spoken | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | speak speech: other | past · perfect | man | soon property | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | appear | past | a rich palace | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | run | past | faithful henchmen | palace | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme out it=Trajectory | ||||
| 4 | carry | past | faithful henchmen not said here | henchmen = henchman | henchmen's hands | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent they=Value in hand=Location | |||
| 5 | lead | past | faithful henchmen not said here | henchmen = henchman | the white stone rooms | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme into room=Destination | |||
| 6 | sit down | past | henchmen = henchman | the oaken tables | with chequered linen; on rooms = room | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at table=Location | |||
| 7 | chequer | participle | 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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