Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 4, sentence 68
Then the Swan-bird, the fair maiden, came up and woke Danílo the Unfortunate: “Arise, my dear friend, the _shúba_ is ready, and the church-bells are ringing in the city of Kíev: it is time for you to arise and to prepare for matins.”
Who acts: Swan bird, shúba _, church bells, bird, you · What happens: come up, wake, arise, be, ring, prepare · To what, where: Danílo, dear friend, city, time
This is a sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. Afanas'ev, Opening, part 4. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Swan bird, shúba _, church bells, bird), 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 | 11 came | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 bird | det |
| 3 | Swan | swan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 bird | compound |
| 4 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 3 Swan | punct |
| 5 | bird | bird | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 came | nsubj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 maiden | punct |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 maiden | det |
| 8 | fair | fair | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 maiden | amod |
| 9 | maiden | maiden | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 bird | conj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 bird | punct |
| 11 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 12 | up | up | ADV | _ | 11 came | advmod |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 woke | cc |
| 14 | woke | wake | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 came | conj |
| 15 | Danílo | Danílo | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 woke | obj |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 Unfortunate | det |
| 17 | Unfortunate | unfortunate | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 woke | xcomp |
| 18 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 20 Arise | punct |
| 19 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 20 Arise | punct |
| 20 | Arise | arise | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 11 came | conj |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 friend | punct |
| 22 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 24 friend | nmod:poss |
| 23 | dear | dear | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 24 friend | amod |
| 24 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 Arise | obj |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 ready | punct |
| 26 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 ready | det |
| 27 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 31 ready | punct |
| 28 | shúba | shúba | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 _ | compound |
| 29 | _ | _ | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 ready | nsubj |
| 30 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 31 ready | cop |
| 31 | ready | ready | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 24 friend | advcl |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 ringing | punct |
| 33 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 39 ringing | cc |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 37 bells | det |
| 35 | church | church | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 bells | compound |
| 36 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 35 church | punct |
| 37 | bells | bell | NOUN | Number=Plur | 39 ringing | nsubj |
| 38 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 39 ringing | aux |
| 39 | ringing | ring | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 11 came | advcl |
| 40 | in | in | ADP | _ | 42 city | case |
| 41 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 42 city | det |
| 42 | city | city | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 ringing | obl |
| 43 | of | of | ADP | _ | 44 Kíev | case |
| 44 | Kíev | Kíev | PROPN | Number=Sing | 42 city | nmod |
| 45 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 48 time | punct |
| 46 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 48 time | nsubj |
| 47 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 48 time | cop |
| 48 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 ringing | obl |
| 49 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 52 arise | mark |
| 50 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 52 arise | nsubj |
| 51 | to | to | PART | _ | 52 arise | mark |
| 52 | arise | arise | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 48 time | acl:relcl |
| 53 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 55 prepare | cc |
| 54 | to | to | PART | _ | 55 prepare | mark |
| 55 | prepare | prepare | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 52 arise | conj |
| 56 | for | for | ADP | _ | 57 matins | case |
| 57 | matins | matin | NOUN | Number=Plur | 55 prepare | obl |
| 58 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 48 time | punct |
| 59 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 39 ringing | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come up | past | the Swan bird and the fair maiden | then | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | wake | past | the Swan bird and the fair maiden not said here | Danílo | unfortunate property | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent danílo=Patient | |||
| 3 | arise in a quote | infinitive | the Swan bird and the fair maiden not said here | my dear friend | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location friend=Theme | ||||
| 4 | is in a quote | present | shúba _ | ready property | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | ring in a quote | present · progressive | the church bells | the city of Kíev | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in city=Location | ||||
| 6 | is a in a quote | present | bird | time | tree rules | ||||
| 7 | arise in a quote | to-infinitive | you | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 8 | prepare in a quote | to-infinitive | you not said here | for matins | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for matin=Beneficiary |
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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