Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 35, sentence 117

Then there came a fine spring, and the rich man went to his fields and saw them bare, and saw that his own land was naked and waste; there was not a single blade that appeared, and on all the other strips where there had been no ploughing and no sowing, you never saw such a fine green crop!

Who acts: rich man, own land, single blade, you · What happens: come, go, see, be, appear, not see · To what, where: fields, ploughing, other strips, fine green crop · Speech: someone speaks here

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 (rich man, own land, single blade, you), 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	3 came	advmod
2	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	3 came	expl
3	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 spring	det
5	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 spring	amod
6	spring	spring	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 came	obl:unmarked
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 went	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 went	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 man	det
10	rich	rich	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 man	amod
11	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 went	nsubj
12	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 came	conj
13	to	to	ADP	_	15 fields	case
14	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 fields	nmod:poss
15	fields	field	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 went	obl
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 saw	cc
17	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 went	conj
18	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 saw	obj
19	bare	bare	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 saw	xcomp
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 saw	punct
21	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 saw	cc
22	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 came	conj
23	that	that	SCONJ	_	28 naked	mark
24	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	26 land	nmod:poss
25	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	26 land	amod
26	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 naked	nsubj
27	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	28 naked	cop
28	naked	naked	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 saw	ccomp
29	and	and	CCONJ	_	30 waste	cc
30	waste	waste	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 naked	conj
31	;	;	PUNCT	_	33 was	punct
32	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	33 was	expl
33	was	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 came	parataxis
34	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	37 blade	advmod
35	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	37 blade	det
36	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	37 blade	amod
37	blade	blade	NOUN	Number=Sing	33 was	nsubj
38	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	39 appeared	nsubj
39	appeared	appear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	37 blade	acl:relcl
40	,	,	PUNCT	_	52 ploughing	punct
41	and	and	CCONJ	_	52 ploughing	cc
42	on	on	ADP	_	46 strips	case
43	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	46 strips	det:predet
44	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	46 strips	det
45	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	46 strips	amod
46	strips	strip	NOUN	Number=Plur	52 ploughing	obl
47	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	50 been	advmod
48	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	50 been	expl
49	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	50 been	aux
50	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	52 ploughing	cop
51	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	52 ploughing	det
52	ploughing	ploughing	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 came	parataxis
53	and	and	CCONJ	_	55 sowing	cc
54	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	55 sowing	det
55	sowing	sowing	NOUN	Number=Sing	52 ploughing	conj
56	,	,	PUNCT	_	59 saw	punct
57	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	59 saw	nsubj
58	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	59 saw	advmod
59	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 came	conj
60	such	such	DET	PronType=Ind	64 crop	det:predet
61	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	64 crop	det
62	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	64 crop	amod
63	green	green	ADJ	Degree=Pos	64 crop	amod
64	crop	crop	NOUN	Number=Sing	59 saw	obj
65	!	!	PUNCT	_	3 came	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	past			there	then; spring		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	go	past	the rich man		man's fields			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to field=Initial_Location
3	see	past	the rich man not said here	fields = field			bare property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus
4	see	past						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
5	is	past	man's own land				waste conj; naked property	tree rules
6	be	past	a single blade		there			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
7	appear	past	a single blade					vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
8	is a	participle		no ploughing and no sowing	all other strips		no sowing conj	tree rules
9	not see	past	you	such fine green crop				vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer crop=Stimulus

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 117

The tree

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Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 35, sentence 117