Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 38, sentence 25
So they rode on, and Katomá saw a purse lying on the road and said: “Iván Tsarévich, there is your riddle for the Tsarévna; give her this riddle to solve: ‘Good lies on the road: we took the good with good, and set it down to our good.’
Who acts: realms, Katomá, purse, Iván, we · What happens: ride on, see, lie, say, be, give · To what, where: Good lies, purse, road, riddle, Anna, good · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. Afanas'ev, Opening, part 38. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (realms, Katomá, purse, Iván), 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 | So | so | ADV | _ | 3 rode | advmod |
| 2 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 rode | nsubj |
| 3 | rode | ride | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | on | on | ADV | _ | 3 rode | advmod |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 saw | punct |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 saw | cc |
| 7 | Katomá | Katomá | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 saw | nsubj |
| 8 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 rode | parataxis |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 purse | det |
| 10 | purse | purse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 saw | obj |
| 11 | lying | lie | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 10 purse | acl |
| 12 | on | on | ADP | _ | 14 road | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 road | det |
| 14 | road | road | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 lying | obl |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 said | cc |
| 16 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 saw | conj |
| 17 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 25 riddle | punct |
| 18 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 25 riddle | punct |
| 19 | Iván | Iván | PROPN | Number=Sing | 25 riddle | nsubj |
| 20 | Tsarévich | Tsarévich | PROPN | Number=Sing | 19 Iván | flat |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 is | punct |
| 22 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 23 is | expl |
| 23 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 25 riddle | cop |
| 24 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 25 riddle | nmod:poss |
| 25 | riddle | riddle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 said | ccomp |
| 26 | for | for | ADP | _ | 28 Tsarévna | case |
| 27 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 28 Tsarévna | det |
| 28 | Tsarévna | Tsarévna | PROPN | Number=Sing | 25 riddle | nmod |
| 29 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 30 give | punct |
| 30 | give | give | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 rode | conj |
| 31 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 30 give | iobj |
| 32 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 33 riddle | det |
| 33 | riddle | riddle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 give | obj |
| 34 | to | to | PART | _ | 35 solve | mark |
| 35 | solve | solve | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 33 riddle | acl |
| 36 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 39 lies | punct |
| 37 | ‘ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 39 lies | punct |
| 38 | Good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 39 lies | amod |
| 39 | lies | lie | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 rode | obl |
| 40 | on | on | ADP | _ | 42 road | case |
| 41 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 42 road | det |
| 42 | road | road | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 lies | nmod |
| 43 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 45 took | punct |
| 44 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 45 took | nsubj |
| 45 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 rode | conj |
| 46 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 47 good | det |
| 47 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 45 took | obj |
| 48 | with | with | ADP | _ | 49 good | case |
| 49 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 45 took | obl |
| 50 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 52 set | punct |
| 51 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 52 set | cc |
| 52 | set | set | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 45 took | advcl |
| 53 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 52 set | obj |
| 54 | down | down | ADP | _ | 52 set | compound:prt |
| 55 | to | to | ADP | _ | 57 good | case |
| 56 | our | our | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 57 good | nmod:poss |
| 57 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 52 set | obl |
| 58 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 rode | punct |
| 59 | ’ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 3 rode | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ride on | past | realms = realm | Good lies on the road | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | see | past | Katomá | a purse | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer purse=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | lie | gerund | a purse not said here | the road | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on road=Location | ||||
| 4 | say speech: assert | past | Katomá not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 5 | is a in a quote | present | Iván | your riddle | for the Tsarévna; your nmod:poss | tree rules | |||
| 6 | give in a quote | infinitive | realms = realm not said here | this riddle | Anna | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient riddle=Theme | |||
| 7 | solve in a quote | to-infinitive | realms = realm not said here | this riddle not said here | vn discover-84 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 8 | take in a quote | past | we | the good | with good | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent good=Theme | |||
| 9 | set down in a quote | infinitive | we not said here | riddle | to our good | vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient it=Result |
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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