Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 35, sentence 112
The poor peasant had put his affairs straight and had managed to live without any trouble; and whatever he required for his household, he went into the town, sold quarters and quarters of corn, and bought whatever he required, and repaid the rich peasant his debt in full.
Who acts: peasant · What happens: put, manage, live, require, go, sell · To what, where: poor peasant, whatever, town, rich peasant, full
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 (peasant), 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 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 peasant | det |
| 2 | poor | poor | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 peasant | amod |
| 3 | peasant | peasant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 put | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 put | aux |
| 5 | put | put | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 affairs | nmod:poss |
| 7 | affairs | affair | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 put | obj |
| 8 | straight | straight | ADV | _ | 5 put | advmod |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 managed | cc |
| 10 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 managed | aux |
| 11 | managed | manage | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 5 put | conj |
| 12 | to | to | PART | _ | 13 live | mark |
| 13 | live | live | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 11 managed | xcomp |
| 14 | without | without | ADP | _ | 16 trouble | case |
| 15 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 16 trouble | det |
| 16 | trouble | trouble | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 live | obl |
| 17 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 21 required | punct |
| 18 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 21 required | cc |
| 19 | whatever | whatever | PRON | PronType=Rel | 21 required | obj |
| 20 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 21 required | nsubj |
| 21 | required | require | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 put | conj |
| 22 | for | for | ADP | _ | 24 household | case |
| 23 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 24 household | nmod:poss |
| 24 | household | household | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 required | obl |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 went | punct |
| 26 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 27 went | nsubj |
| 27 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 21 required | conj |
| 28 | into | into | ADP | _ | 30 town | case |
| 29 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 30 town | det |
| 30 | town | town | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 went | obl |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 quarters | punct |
| 32 | sold | sell | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 33 quarters | amod |
| 33 | quarters | quarter | NOUN | Number=Plur | 30 town | appos |
| 34 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 35 quarters | cc |
| 35 | quarters | quarter | NOUN | Number=Plur | 33 quarters | conj |
| 36 | of | of | ADP | _ | 37 corn | case |
| 37 | corn | corn | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 quarters | nmod |
| 38 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 bought | punct |
| 39 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 40 bought | cc |
| 40 | bought | buy | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 21 required | parataxis |
| 41 | whatever | whatever | PRON | PronType=Rel | 40 bought | obj |
| 42 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 43 required | nsubj |
| 43 | required | require | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 41 whatever | acl:relcl |
| 44 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 46 repaid | punct |
| 45 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 46 repaid | cc |
| 46 | repaid | repay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 40 bought | conj |
| 47 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 49 peasant | det |
| 48 | rich | rich | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 49 peasant | amod |
| 49 | peasant | peasant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 repaid | obj |
| 50 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 51 debt | nmod:poss |
| 51 | debt | debt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 repaid | obj |
| 52 | in | in | ADP | _ | 53 full | case |
| 53 | full | full | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 46 repaid | obl |
| 54 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 put | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | put | past · perfect · passive | the poor peasant | peasant's affairs obj; straight property | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V NP PP.goal»: subject=Asset affair=Goal | ||||
| 2 | manage | past · perfect | vn succeed-74-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | ||||||
| 3 | live | to-infinitive | without any trouble | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 4 | require | past | peasant | whatever | for peasant's household | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme whatever=Precondition | |||
| 5 | go | past | peasant | the town | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme into town=Initial_Location | ||||
| 6 | sell | participle | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 7 | buy | past | whatever | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent whatever=Theme | |||||
| 8 | require | past | peasant | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 9 | repay | past | the rich peasant | full | peasant's debt obj | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent peasant=Recipient debt=Asset |
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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