Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 34, sentence 61
Then the snake spoke to him in a human voice: “Do not be frightened, good youth; bear me on your neck for seven years, and go to seek the Kingdom of Tin: when you arrive in that kingdom stay there and live there seven years more, and do not ever leave it: if you serve this service you shall be happy.”
Who acts: snake, Cossack · What happens: speak, do, not frighten, bear, go, seek · To what, where: Cossack, human voice, good youth, snake, neck, Kingdom · 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 (snake, Cossack), 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 spoke | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 snake | det |
| 3 | snake | snake | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 spoke | nsubj |
| 4 | spoke | speak | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 him | case |
| 6 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 spoke | obl |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 voice | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 voice | det |
| 9 | human | human | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 voice | amod |
| 10 | voice | voice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 spoke | obl |
| 11 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 21 bear | punct |
| 12 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 21 bear | punct |
| 13 | Do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 21 bear | advcl |
| 14 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 16 frightened | advmod |
| 15 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 16 frightened | aux:pass |
| 16 | frightened | frighten | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 13 Do | advcl |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 youth | punct |
| 18 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 youth | amod |
| 19 | youth | youth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 frightened | obl |
| 20 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 21 bear | punct |
| 21 | bear | bear | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 4 spoke | parataxis |
| 22 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 21 bear | obj |
| 23 | on | on | ADP | _ | 25 neck | case |
| 24 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 25 neck | nmod:poss |
| 25 | neck | neck | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 bear | obl |
| 26 | for | for | ADP | _ | 28 years | case |
| 27 | seven | seven | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 28 years | nummod |
| 28 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 21 bear | obl |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 go | punct |
| 30 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 31 go | cc |
| 31 | go | go | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 21 bear | conj |
| 32 | to | to | PART | _ | 33 seek | mark |
| 33 | seek | seek | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 31 go | xcomp |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 35 Kingdom | det |
| 35 | Kingdom | Kingdom | PROPN | Number=Sing | 33 seek | obj |
| 36 | of | of | ADP | _ | 37 Tin | case |
| 37 | Tin | Tin | PROPN | Number=Sing | 35 Kingdom | nmod |
| 38 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 41 arrive | punct |
| 39 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 41 arrive | advmod |
| 40 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 41 arrive | nsubj |
| 41 | arrive | arrive | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 31 go | advcl |
| 42 | in | in | ADP | _ | 44 kingdom | case |
| 43 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 44 kingdom | det |
| 44 | kingdom | kingdom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 arrive | obl |
| 45 | stay | stay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 41 arrive | xcomp |
| 46 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 45 stay | advmod |
| 47 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 48 live | cc |
| 48 | live | live | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 45 stay | conj |
| 49 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 48 live | advmod |
| 50 | seven | seven | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 51 years | nummod |
| 51 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 52 more | obl:unmarked |
| 52 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 48 live | advmod |
| 53 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 58 leave | punct |
| 54 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 58 leave | cc |
| 55 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 58 leave | aux |
| 56 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 58 leave | advmod |
| 57 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 58 leave | advmod |
| 58 | leave | leave | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 31 go | parataxis |
| 59 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 58 leave | obj |
| 60 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 69 happy | punct |
| 61 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 63 serve | mark |
| 62 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 63 serve | nsubj |
| 63 | serve | serve | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 69 happy | advcl |
| 64 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 65 service | det |
| 65 | service | service | NOUN | Number=Sing | 63 serve | obj |
| 66 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 69 happy | nsubj |
| 67 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 69 happy | aux |
| 68 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 69 happy | cop |
| 69 | happy | happy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 spoke | parataxis |
| 70 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 69 happy | punct |
| 71 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 spoke | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | speak speech: other | past | the snake | Cossack | a human voice | then | tree rules | ||
| 2 | do in a quote | infinitive | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 3 | not frighten in a quote | infinitive · passive | good youth | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle» | |||||
| 4 | bear in a quote | infinitive | the snake = snake | your neck | year | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Patient | |||
| 5 | go in a quote | infinitive | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||||
| 6 | seek in a quote | to-infinitive | the Kingdom of Tin | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kingdom=Theme | |||||
| 7 | arrive in a quote | present | Cossack | that kingdom | tree rules | ||||
| 8 | stay in a quote | infinitive | Cossack not said here | there | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 9 | live in a quote | infinitive | Cossack not said here | there | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 10 | not leave in a quote | infinitive · do-support | Kingdom | ever | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ||||
| 11 | serve a condition, not said to happen, in a quote | present | Cossack | this service | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent service=Attribute | ||||
| 12 | is in a quote | shall | Cossack | happy property | 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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