Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 4, sentence 69
Danílo arose, put on the _shúba_, and went: she looked out of the window, stayed, gave him a silver staff, and bade him, “When you leave matins, stand on the right side of the choir as the choir leave, raise your hands and strike the sable _shúba_, and the birds will sing joyously and the lions roar fearsomely.
Who acts: Danílo, shúba, you, bade, birds, lions · What happens: arise, put, go, look out, stay, give · To what, where: shúba, window, silver staff, DANÍLO, matins, right side · Speech: someone speaks here
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 (Danílo, shúba, you, bade), 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 | Danílo | Danílo | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 arose | nsubj |
| 2 | arose | arise | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 put | punct |
| 4 | put | put | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 arose | ccomp |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 shúba | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 shúba | det |
| 7 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 8 shúba | punct |
| 8 | shúba | shúba | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 put | obl |
| 9 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 4 put | punct |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 went | punct |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 went | cc |
| 12 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 arose | parataxis |
| 13 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 15 looked | punct |
| 14 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 looked | nsubj |
| 15 | looked | look | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 went | conj |
| 16 | out | out | ADP | _ | 19 window | case |
| 17 | of | of | ADP | _ | 19 window | case |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 window | det |
| 19 | window | window | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 looked | obl |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 stayed | punct |
| 21 | stayed | stay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 looked | conj |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 gave | punct |
| 23 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 21 stayed | conj |
| 24 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 23 gave | iobj |
| 25 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 27 staff | det |
| 26 | silver | silver | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 staff | compound |
| 27 | staff | staff | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 gave | obj |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 stand | punct |
| 29 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 39 stand | cc |
| 30 | bade | bade | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 stand | nsubj |
| 31 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 30 bade | obj |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 stand | punct |
| 33 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 39 stand | punct |
| 34 | When | when | SCONJ | _ | 36 leave | mark |
| 35 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 36 leave | nsubj |
| 36 | leave | leave | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 39 stand | advcl |
| 37 | matins | matin | NOUN | Number=Plur | 36 leave | obj |
| 38 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 leave | punct |
| 39 | stand | stand | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 arose | parataxis |
| 40 | on | on | ADP | _ | 43 side | case |
| 41 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 43 side | det |
| 42 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 43 side | amod |
| 43 | side | side | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 stand | obl |
| 44 | of | of | ADP | _ | 46 choir | case |
| 45 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 46 choir | det |
| 46 | choir | choir | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 side | nmod |
| 47 | as | as | ADP | _ | 49 choir | case |
| 48 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 49 choir | det |
| 49 | choir | choir | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 stand | obl |
| 50 | leave | leave | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 39 stand | conj |
| 51 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 52 raise | punct |
| 52 | raise | raise | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 39 stand | conj |
| 53 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 54 hands | nmod:poss |
| 54 | hands | hand | NOUN | Number=Plur | 52 raise | obj |
| 55 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 56 strike | cc |
| 56 | strike | strike | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 52 raise | advcl |
| 57 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 60 shúba | det |
| 58 | sable | sable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 60 shúba | amod |
| 59 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 58 sable | punct |
| 60 | shúba | shúba | NOUN | Number=Sing | 56 strike | obj |
| 61 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 56 strike | discourse |
| 62 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 67 sing | punct |
| 63 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 67 sing | cc |
| 64 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 65 birds | det |
| 65 | birds | bird | NOUN | Number=Plur | 67 sing | nsubj |
| 66 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 67 sing | aux |
| 67 | sing | sing | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 arose | parataxis |
| 68 | joyously | joyously | ADV | _ | 67 sing | advmod |
| 69 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 72 roar | cc |
| 70 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 71 lions | det |
| 71 | lions | lion | NOUN | Number=Plur | 72 roar | nsubj |
| 72 | roar | roar | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 67 sing | conj |
| 73 | fearsomely | fearsomely | ADV | _ | 72 roar | advmod |
| 74 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 arose | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | arise | past | Danílo | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | put | infinitive | Danílo not said here | the shúba | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent on shúba=Destination | ||||
| 3 | go | past | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 4 | look out | past | shúba | the window | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | stay | past | shúba not said here | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 6 | give | past | shúba not said here | a silver staff | DANÍLO = danílo | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient staff=Theme | |||
| 7 | leave in a quote | present | you | matins | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent matin=Theme | ||||
| 8 | stand in a quote | infinitive | bade DANÍLO | the right side of the choir | as the choir | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on side=Location | |||
| 9 | leave in a quote | infinitive | bade DANÍLO not said here | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 10 | raise in a quote | infinitive | bade DANÍLO not said here | your hands | vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Theme | ||||
| 11 | strike in a quote | present | bade DANÍLO not said here | the sable shúba | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shúba=Patient | ||||
| 12 | sing speech: express in a quote | future | the birds | joyously property | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location | ||||
| 13 | roar in a quote | present | the lions | fearsomely property | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location |
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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