Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 35, sentence 111

And he could not get through, but had to summon for the harvesting all the husbandmen, and to give half of his corn away; and all the peasants were astonished at the poor man, for he had not sown his land, but had scattered the seeds in the winter and his corn had been splendid.

Who acts: folk, corn · What happens: not get through, have, summon, harvest, give, astonish · To what, where: husbandmen, half, peasants, land, seeds

This is a sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. Afanas'ev, Opening, part 35. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (folk, corn), 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	And	and	CCONJ	_	5 get	cc
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 get	nsubj
3	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 get	aux
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 get	advmod
5	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	through	through	ADV	_	5 get	advmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 had	punct
8	but	but	CCONJ	_	9 had	cc
9	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 get	conj
10	to	to	PART	_	11 summon	mark
11	summon	summon	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 had	xcomp
12	for	for	SCONJ	_	14 harvesting	mark
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 harvesting	det
14	harvesting	harvest	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 summon	advcl
15	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	17 husbandmen	det:predet
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 husbandmen	det
17	husbandmen	husbandman	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 harvesting	obj
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 give	punct
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 give	cc
20	to	to	PART	_	21 give	mark
21	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 get	conj
22	half	half	NOUN	Number=Sing NumForm=Word NumType=Frac	21 give	obj
23	of	of	ADP	_	25 corn	case
24	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	25 corn	nmod:poss
25	corn	corn	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 half	nmod
26	away	away	ADV	_	21 give	advmod
27	;	;	PUNCT	_	33 astonished	punct
28	and	and	CCONJ	_	33 astonished	cc
29	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	31 peasants	det:predet
30	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	31 peasants	det
31	peasants	peasant	NOUN	Number=Plur	33 astonished	nsubj:pass
32	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	33 astonished	aux:pass
33	astonished	astonish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 get	parataxis
34	at	at	ADP	_	37 man	case
35	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	37 man	det
36	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	37 man	amod
37	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	33 astonished	obl
38	,	,	PUNCT	_	43 sown	punct
39	for	for	SCONJ	_	43 sown	mark
40	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	43 sown	nsubj
41	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	43 sown	aux
42	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	43 sown	advmod
43	sown	sow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	33 astonished	conj
44	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	45 land	nmod:poss
45	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	43 sown	obj
46	,	,	PUNCT	_	49 scattered	punct
47	but	but	CCONJ	_	49 scattered	cc
48	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	49 scattered	aux
49	scattered	scatter	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	33 astonished	conj
50	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	51 seeds	det
51	seeds	seed	NOUN	Number=Plur	49 scattered	obj
52	in	in	ADP	_	54 winter	case
53	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	54 winter	det
54	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	49 scattered	obl
55	and	and	CCONJ	_	60 splendid	cc
56	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	57 corn	nmod:poss
57	corn	corn	NOUN	Number=Sing	60 splendid	nsubj
58	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	60 splendid	aux
59	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	60 splendid	cop
60	splendid	splendid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	49 scattered	conj
61	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 get	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	not get through	could	folk			through property	vn cope-83-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	have	past	folk not said here				tree rules
3	summon	to-infinitive	folk not said here				vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
4	harvest	gerund	folk not said here	all husbandmen			tree rules
5	give	to-infinitive	folk not said here	half of folk's corn		away property	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent half=Theme
6	astonish	past · passive		all peasants		at the poor man	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer
7	not sow	past · perfect	folk	folk's land			vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent land=Theme
8	scatter	past · perfect		the seeds	winter		vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent seed=Theme
9	is	past · perfect	folk's corn			splendid 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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🌲 Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 35, sentence 111

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Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 35, sentence 111