Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 34, sentence 43
“Oh, my God, what have I done!” cried out the fair maiden, and she wept bitter tears, ran up to the pond, hauled the snake out of the water, embraced one head and kissed it with all her might.
Who acts: fair maiden, serpent · What happens: do, cry out, weep, run up, haul, embrace · To what, where: God, bitter tears, snake, water, one head, head · 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 (fair maiden, serpent), 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 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 13 cried | punct |
| 2 | Oh | oh | INTJ | _ | 5 God | discourse |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 Oh | punct |
| 4 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 God | nmod:poss |
| 5 | God | God | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 cried | nsubj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 done | punct |
| 7 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 10 done | obj |
| 8 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 done | aux |
| 9 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 10 done | nsubj |
| 10 | done | do | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 5 God | parataxis |
| 11 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 10 done | punct |
| 12 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 done | punct |
| 13 | cried | cry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 14 | out | out | ADP | _ | 13 cried | compound:prt |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 maiden | det |
| 16 | fair | fair | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 maiden | amod |
| 17 | maiden | maiden | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 cried | obj |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 wept | punct |
| 19 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 21 wept | cc |
| 20 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 21 wept | nsubj |
| 21 | wept | weep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 cried | conj |
| 22 | bitter | bitter | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 23 tears | amod |
| 23 | tears | tear | NOUN | Number=Plur | 21 wept | obj |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 ran | punct |
| 25 | ran | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 cried | conj |
| 26 | up | up | ADP | _ | 25 ran | compound:prt |
| 27 | to | to | ADP | _ | 29 pond | case |
| 28 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 29 pond | det |
| 29 | pond | pond | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 ran | obl |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 hauled | punct |
| 31 | hauled | haul | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 cried | conj |
| 32 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 33 snake | det |
| 33 | snake | snake | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 hauled | obj |
| 34 | out | out | ADP | _ | 37 water | case |
| 35 | of | of | ADP | _ | 37 water | case |
| 36 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 37 water | det |
| 37 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 hauled | obl |
| 38 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 embraced | punct |
| 39 | embraced | embrace | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 cried | parataxis |
| 40 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 41 head | nummod |
| 41 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 embraced | obj |
| 42 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 43 kissed | cc |
| 43 | kissed | kiss | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 39 embraced | conj |
| 44 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 43 kissed | obj |
| 45 | with | with | SCONJ | _ | 48 might | mark |
| 46 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 48 might | det:predet |
| 47 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 48 might | nsubj |
| 48 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 43 kissed | advcl |
| 49 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 13 cried | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do in a quote | present · perfect | the fair maiden = maiden | my God | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | cry out speech: express | past | the fair maiden | my God nsubj | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | weep | past | serpent | bitter tears | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent tear=Theme | ||||
| 4 | run up | past | the fair maiden not said here | to the pond result | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to pond=Result | ||||
| 5 | haul | past | the fair maiden not said here | the snake | the water | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent snake=Theme out water=Initial_Location | |||
| 6 | embrace | past | one head | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Co-Agent | |||||
| 7 | kiss | past | head | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Co-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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