Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 37, sentence 1
As soon as he had spoken these words a little devil rose up at once in front of him and said, “Hail, soldier, what do you wish?
Who acts: he, spoken words, you · What happens: speak, rise up, say, wish · To what, where: front, Hail · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. Afanas'ev, Opening, part 37. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (he, spoken words, 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 | As | as | ADV | _ | 2 soon | advmod |
| 2 | soon | soon | ADV | Degree=Pos | 6 spoken | advmod |
| 3 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 6 spoken | mark |
| 4 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 spoken | nsubj |
| 5 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 spoken | aux |
| 6 | spoken | speak | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 words | amod |
| 7 | these | this | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 8 words | det |
| 8 | words | word | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 rose | nsubj |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 devil | det |
| 10 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 devil | amod |
| 11 | devil | devil | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 rose | nsubj |
| 12 | rose | rise | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 13 | up | up | ADP | _ | 12 rose | compound:prt |
| 14 | at | at | ADP | _ | 15 once | case |
| 15 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 12 rose | obl |
| 16 | in | in | ADP | _ | 17 front | case |
| 17 | front | front | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 rose | obl |
| 18 | of | of | ADP | _ | 19 him | case |
| 19 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 front | nmod |
| 20 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 21 said | cc |
| 21 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 rose | conj |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 Hail | punct |
| 23 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 24 Hail | punct |
| 24 | Hail | hail | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 said | ccomp |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 soldier | punct |
| 26 | soldier | soldier | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 Hail | appos |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 wish | punct |
| 28 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 31 wish | obj |
| 29 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 31 wish | aux |
| 30 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 31 wish | nsubj |
| 31 | wish | wish | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 24 Hail | parataxis |
| 32 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 12 rose | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | speak speech: other | past · perfect | he | soon property | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | rise up | past | this spoken words | front of devil | a little devil nsubj | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at once=Location | |||
| 3 | say speech: ask | past | this spoken words not said here | Hail ccomp | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 4 | wish in a quote | present · do-support | you | Hail | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot what=Theme |
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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