Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 34, sentence 31
Then the father saw, welcomed, kissed her, and asked her, “How has God been dealing with you, my beloved daughter?
Who acts: father · What happens: see, welcome, kiss, ask, deal · To what, where: daughter · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. Afanas'ev, Opening, part 34. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (father), 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 | Then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 4 saw | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 father | det |
| 3 | father | father | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 saw | nsubj |
| 4 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 welcomed | punct |
| 6 | welcomed | welcome | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 saw | conj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 kissed | punct |
| 8 | kissed | kiss | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 saw | conj |
| 9 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 kissed | obj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 asked | punct |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 asked | cc |
| 12 | asked | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 20 dealing | advcl |
| 13 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 asked | iobj |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 has | punct |
| 15 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 17 has | punct |
| 16 | How | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 17 has | advmod |
| 17 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 20 dealing | aux |
| 18 | God | God | PROPN | Number=Sing | 17 has | obj |
| 19 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 20 dealing | aux |
| 20 | dealing | deal | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 saw | conj |
| 21 | with | with | ADP | _ | 22 you | case |
| 22 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 20 dealing | obl |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 daughter | punct |
| 24 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 26 daughter | nmod:poss |
| 25 | beloved | beloved | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 26 daughter | amod |
| 26 | daughter | daughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 you | conj |
| 27 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 saw | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | past | the father | then | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 2 | welcome | past | the father not said here | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | kiss | past | the father not said here | daughter | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Co-Agent | ||||
| 4 | ask speech: ask | past | daughter | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient | |||||
| 5 | deal in a quote | present · perfect · progressive | the father not said here | with you | vn cope-83 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with you=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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