Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 33, sentence 89
So the guests were fed and bethought themselves of going home, but before ever they had got to the haven, swift hunters precursed them, saying, “Our master bids you turn back again; he wishes to hold secret counsel with you.”
Who acts: guests, swift hunters, master, you · What happens: feed, bethink, go, get, precurs, say · To what, where: guests, secret counsel · 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 (guests, swift hunters, master, you), 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 | So | so | ADV | _ | 5 fed | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 guests | det |
| 3 | guests | guest | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 fed | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 fed | aux:pass |
| 5 | fed | feed | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 bethought | cc |
| 7 | bethought | bethink | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 fed | conj |
| 8 | themselves | themselves | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 7 bethought | obj |
| 9 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 10 going | mark |
| 10 | going | go | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 7 bethought | advcl |
| 11 | home | home | ADV | _ | 10 going | advmod |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 got | punct |
| 13 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 18 got | cc |
| 14 | before | before | ADP | _ | 15 ever | case |
| 15 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 18 got | obl |
| 16 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 got | nsubj |
| 17 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 18 got | aux |
| 18 | got | get | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 7 bethought | parataxis |
| 19 | to | to | ADP | _ | 21 haven | case |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 haven | det |
| 21 | haven | haven | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 got | obl |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 precursed | punct |
| 23 | swift | swift | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 hunters | compound |
| 24 | hunters | hunter | NOUN | Number=Plur | 25 precursed | nsubj |
| 25 | precursed | precurs | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 21 haven | acl:relcl |
| 26 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 25 precursed | obj |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 saying | punct |
| 28 | saying | say | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 25 precursed | advcl |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 bids | punct |
| 30 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 33 bids | punct |
| 31 | Our | our | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 32 master | nmod:poss |
| 32 | master | master | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 bids | nsubj |
| 33 | bids | bid | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 28 saying | advcl:relcl |
| 34 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 35 turn | nsubj |
| 35 | turn | turn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 33 bids | ccomp |
| 36 | back | back | ADV | _ | 35 turn | advmod |
| 37 | again | again | ADV | _ | 35 turn | advmod |
| 38 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 40 wishes | punct |
| 39 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 40 wishes | nsubj |
| 40 | wishes | wish | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 bethought | conj |
| 41 | to | to | PART | _ | 42 hold | mark |
| 42 | hold | hold | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 40 wishes | ccomp |
| 43 | secret | secret | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 44 counsel | amod |
| 44 | counsel | counsel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 hold | obj |
| 45 | with | with | ADP | _ | 46 you | case |
| 46 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 42 hold | obl |
| 47 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 fed | punct |
| 48 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 fed | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | feed | past · passive | the guests | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: subject=Recipient | |||||
| 2 | bethink | past | guests = guest | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | go | gerund | home property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 4 | get | past · perfect | guests = guest | to the haven result | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to haven=Result | ||||
| 5 | precurs | past | swift hunters | guests = guest | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | say speech: assert | gerund | swift hunters not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 7 | bid in a quote | present | Our master | tree rules | |||||
| 8 | turn back in a quote | present | you | again | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 9 | wish in a quote | present | master | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 10 | hold not said to happen, in a quote | to-infinitive | secret counsel | with you | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent counsel=Theme |
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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