Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 33, sentence 71
He sailed, maybe far, maybe near, maybe long, maybe short—the tale is soon told but the deed is not soon done—and he at last arrived at that kingdom, and appeared before the king of it, and asked for his daughter’s hand in marriage.
Who acts: youth · What happens: sail, tell, not do, arrive, appear, ask · To what, where: tale, deed, kingdom · 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 (youth), 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 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 sailed | nsubj |
| 2 | sailed | sail | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 far | punct |
| 4 | maybe | maybe | ADV | _ | 5 far | advmod |
| 5 | far | far | ADV | Degree=Pos | 2 sailed | advmod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 near | punct |
| 7 | maybe | maybe | ADV | _ | 8 near | advmod |
| 8 | near | near | ADV | _ | 2 sailed | advmod |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 long | punct |
| 10 | maybe | maybe | ADV | _ | 11 long | advmod |
| 11 | long | long | ADV | Degree=Pos | 2 sailed | advmod |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 short | punct |
| 13 | maybe | maybe | ADV | _ | 14 short | advmod |
| 14 | short | short | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 sailed | parataxis |
| 15 | — | - | PUNCT | _ | 20 told | punct |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 tale | det |
| 17 | tale | tale | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 told | nsubj:pass |
| 18 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 20 told | aux:pass |
| 19 | soon | soon | ADV | Degree=Pos | 20 told | advmod |
| 20 | told | tell | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 14 short | parataxis |
| 21 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 27 done | cc |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 deed | det |
| 23 | deed | deed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 done | nsubj:pass |
| 24 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 27 done | aux:pass |
| 25 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 27 done | advmod |
| 26 | soon | soon | ADV | Degree=Pos | 27 done | advmod |
| 27 | done | do | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 20 told | conj |
| 28 | — | - | PUNCT | _ | 33 arrived | punct |
| 29 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 33 arrived | cc |
| 30 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 33 arrived | nsubj |
| 31 | at | at | SCONJ | _ | 33 arrived | mark |
| 32 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 33 arrived | amod |
| 33 | arrived | arrive | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 sailed | conj |
| 34 | at | at | ADP | _ | 36 kingdom | case |
| 35 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 36 kingdom | det |
| 36 | kingdom | kingdom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 arrived | obl |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 appeared | punct |
| 38 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 39 appeared | cc |
| 39 | appeared | appear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 33 arrived | parataxis |
| 40 | before | before | ADP | _ | 42 king | case |
| 41 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 42 king | det |
| 42 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 appeared | obl |
| 43 | of | of | ADP | _ | 44 it | case |
| 44 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 42 king | nmod |
| 45 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 47 asked | punct |
| 46 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 47 asked | cc |
| 47 | asked | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 39 appeared | conj |
| 48 | for | for | ADP | _ | 52 hand | case |
| 49 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 50 daughter | nmod:poss |
| 50 | daughter | daughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 52 hand | nmod:poss |
| 51 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 50 daughter | case |
| 52 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 asked | obl |
| 53 | in | in | ADP | _ | 54 marriage | case |
| 54 | marriage | marriage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 52 hand | nmod |
| 55 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 sailed | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sail | past | youth | far, long, near property | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | tell speech: assert | present · passive | the tale | soon property | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | ||||
| 3 | not do | present · passive | the deed | soon property | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | ||||
| 4 | arrive | participle | youth | that kingdom | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 5 | appear | past | before the king of deed | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme before king=Location | |||||
| 6 | ask speech: ask | past | for youth's daughter's hand in marriage | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=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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