Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 36, sentence 59

Then the peasant told him the bare truth—how Sorrow had followed on his heels and how he and his Sorrow had gone into the inn, and he had drunk away all his goods and chattels to the last shred, until he had only his soul left in his body; and then how Sorrow had showed him the treasure-trove in the field, and he had thus freed himself from the thraldom of Sorrow.

Who acts: peasant, soul, Sorrow, brother · What happens: tell, follow, go, drink away, have, leave · To what, where: bare truth, brother, Sorrow, heels, inn, goods · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. Afanas'ev, Opening, part 36. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (peasant, soul, Sorrow, brother), 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 told	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 peasant	det
3	peasant	peasant	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 told	nsubj
4	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 told	iobj
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 truth	det
7	bare	bare	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 truth	amod
8	truth	truth	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 told	obj
9	—	-	PUNCT	_	13 followed	punct
10	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	13 followed	advmod
11	Sorrow	Sorrow	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 followed	nsubj:pass
12	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 followed	aux
13	followed	follow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 told	parataxis
14	on	on	ADP	_	16 heels	case
15	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 heels	nmod:poss
16	heels	heel	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 followed	obl
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	24 gone	cc
18	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	24 gone	advmod
19	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	24 gone	nsubj
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 Sorrow	cc
21	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	22 Sorrow	nmod:poss
22	Sorrow	sorrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 he	conj
23	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	24 gone	aux
24	gone	go	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	13 followed	conj
25	into	into	ADP	_	27 inn	case
26	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 inn	det
27	inn	inn	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 gone	obl
28	,	,	PUNCT	_	32 drunk	punct
29	and	and	CCONJ	_	32 drunk	cc
30	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	32 drunk	nsubj
31	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	32 drunk	aux
32	drunk	drink	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 told	parataxis
33	away	away	ADV	_	32 drunk	advmod
34	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	36 goods	det:predet
35	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	36 goods	nmod:poss
36	goods	goods	NOUN	Number=Ptan	32 drunk	obl
37	and	and	CCONJ	_	38 chattels	cc
38	chattels	chattel	NOUN	Number=Plur	36 goods	conj
39	to	to	ADP	_	42 shred	case
40	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	42 shred	det
41	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	42 shred	amod
42	shred	shred	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 drunk	obl
43	,	,	PUNCT	_	46 had	punct
44	until	until	SCONJ	_	46 had	mark
45	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	46 had	nsubj
46	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	32 drunk	conj
47	only	only	ADV	_	49 soul	advmod
48	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	49 soul	nmod:poss
49	soul	soul	NOUN	Number=Sing	50 left	nsubj
50	left	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	46 had	ccomp
51	in	in	ADP	_	53 body	case
52	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	53 body	nmod:poss
53	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	50 left	obl
54	;	;	PUNCT	_	60 showed	punct
55	and	and	CCONJ	_	59 had	cc
56	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	59 had	advmod
57	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	59 had	advmod
58	Sorrow	Sorrow	PROPN	Number=Sing	59 had	nsubj
59	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	60 showed	conj
60	showed	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 told	parataxis
61	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	60 showed	iobj
62	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	65 trove	det
63	treasure	treasure	NOUN	Number=Sing	65 trove	compound
64	-	-	PUNCT	_	63 treasure	punct
65	trove	trove	NOUN	Number=Sing	60 showed	obj
66	in	in	ADP	_	68 field	case
67	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	68 field	det
68	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	65 trove	nmod
69	,	,	PUNCT	_	74 freed	punct
70	and	and	CCONJ	_	74 freed	cc
71	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	74 freed	nsubj:pass
72	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	74 freed	aux
73	thus	thus	ADV	_	74 freed	advmod
74	freed	free	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	60 showed	conj
75	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	74 freed	obj
76	from	from	ADP	_	78 thraldom	case
77	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	78 thraldom	det
78	thraldom	thraldom	NOUN	Number=Sing	74 freed	obl
79	of	of	ADP	_	80 Sorrow	case
80	Sorrow	Sorrow	PROPN	Number=Sing	78 thraldom	nmod
81	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 told	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	past	the peasant	the bare truth	brother		then		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient truth=Topic
2	follow	past · perfect · passive		Sorrow		brother's heels			vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme on heel=Trajectory
3	go	past · perfect	peasant			the inn			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme into inn=Initial_Location
4	drink away	past · perfect	peasant	brother's goods and chattels				to the last shred; away property	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	have	past	peasant						tree rules
6	leave	past	brother's soul					in brother's body result	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in body=Result
7	have	past	Sorrow				then		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
8	show	past		the treasure trove	brother	the field			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient trove=Topic
9	free	past · perfect · passive		peasant		the thraldom of Sorrow		brother obj; thus property	tree rules
10	sorrow		brother						nom sorrow «feeling intransitive»: poss=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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🌲 Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 36, sentence 59

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Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 36, sentence 59