Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 40, sentence 37
“Beneath the sea, the sea of Khvalýnsk [the Caspian], there stands a house of bronze, and in that house of bronze the fiery serpent is enchained, and under the fiery serpent lies the seven _pud_ key from the castle of the Prince, the Prince Vladímir, and in the princely castle, the castle of Vladímir, are laid the knightly trappings of the knights of Nóvgorod, of the youthful war-men.
What happens: stand, enchain, lie, lay · To what, where: house, sea, fiery serpent, seven pud, knightly trappings, princely castle
This is a sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. Afanas'ev, Opening, part 40. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: 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 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 16 stands | punct |
| 2 | Beneath | beneath | ADP | _ | 4 sea | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 sea | det |
| 4 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 stands | obl |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 sea | punct |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 sea | det |
| 7 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 sea | appos |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 Khvalýnsk | case |
| 9 | Khvalýnsk | Khvalýnsk | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 sea | nmod |
| 10 | [ | [ | PUNCT | _ | 12 Caspian | punct |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 Caspian | det |
| 12 | Caspian | Caspian | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 Khvalýnsk | appos |
| 13 | ] | ] | PUNCT | _ | 12 Caspian | punct |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 sea | punct |
| 15 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 16 stands | expl |
| 16 | stands | stand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 17 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 18 house | det |
| 18 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 stands | obj |
| 19 | of | of | ADP | _ | 20 bronze | case |
| 20 | bronze | bronze | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 house | nmod |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 enchained | punct |
| 22 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 32 enchained | cc |
| 23 | in | in | ADP | _ | 25 house | case |
| 24 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 25 house | det |
| 25 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 enchained | obl |
| 26 | of | of | ADP | _ | 27 bronze | case |
| 27 | bronze | bronze | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 house | nmod |
| 28 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 30 serpent | det |
| 29 | fiery | fiery | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 30 serpent | amod |
| 30 | serpent | serpent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 enchained | nsubj:pass |
| 31 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 32 enchained | aux:pass |
| 32 | enchained | enchain | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 16 stands | advcl |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 lies | punct |
| 34 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 39 lies | cc |
| 35 | under | under | ADP | _ | 38 serpent | case |
| 36 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 38 serpent | det |
| 37 | fiery | fiery | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 38 serpent | amod |
| 38 | serpent | serpent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 lies | obl |
| 39 | lies | lie | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 stands | conj |
| 40 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 43 pud | det |
| 41 | seven | seven | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 43 pud | nummod |
| 42 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 41 seven | punct |
| 43 | pud | pud | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 lies | obj |
| 44 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 45 key | punct |
| 45 | key | key | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 pud | appos |
| 46 | from | from | ADP | _ | 48 castle | case |
| 47 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 48 castle | det |
| 48 | castle | castle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 key | nmod |
| 49 | of | of | ADP | _ | 51 Prince | case |
| 50 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 51 Prince | det |
| 51 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 48 castle | nmod |
| 52 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 55 Vladímir | punct |
| 53 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 55 Vladímir | det |
| 54 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 55 Vladímir | nmod:desc |
| 55 | Vladímir | Vladímir | PROPN | Number=Sing | 51 Prince | conj |
| 56 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 69 laid | punct |
| 57 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 69 laid | cc |
| 58 | in | in | ADP | _ | 61 castle | case |
| 59 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 61 castle | det |
| 60 | princely | princely | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 61 castle | amod |
| 61 | castle | castle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 69 laid | obl |
| 62 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 64 castle | punct |
| 63 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 64 castle | det |
| 64 | castle | castle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 61 castle | conj |
| 65 | of | of | ADP | _ | 66 Vladímir | case |
| 66 | Vladímir | Vladímir | PROPN | Number=Sing | 64 castle | nmod |
| 67 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 61 castle | punct |
| 68 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 69 laid | aux:pass |
| 69 | laid | lay | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 39 lies | advcl |
| 70 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 72 trappings | det |
| 71 | knightly | knightly | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 72 trappings | amod |
| 72 | trappings | trapping | NOUN | Number=Plur | 69 laid | obj |
| 73 | of | of | ADP | _ | 75 knights | case |
| 74 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 75 knights | det |
| 75 | knights | knight | NOUN | Number=Plur | 72 trappings | nmod |
| 76 | of | of | ADP | _ | 77 Nóvgorod | case |
| 77 | Nóvgorod | Nóvgorod | PROPN | Number=Sing | 75 knights | nmod |
| 78 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 84 men | punct |
| 79 | of | of | ADP | _ | 84 men | case |
| 80 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 84 men | det |
| 81 | youthful | youthful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 84 men | amod |
| 82 | war | war | NOUN | Number=Sing | 84 men | compound |
| 83 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 82 war | punct |
| 84 | men | man | NOUN | Number=Plur | 72 trappings | conj |
| 85 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 16 stands | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stand in a quote | present | a house of bronze | the sea; there | vn put_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent house=Theme beneath sea=Destination | ||||
| 2 | enchain in a quote | present · passive | the fiery serpent | that house of bronze | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | lie in a quote | present | the seven pud | the fiery serpent | vn spatial_configuration-47.6 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location pud=Theme | ||||
| 4 | lay in a quote | present · passive | the knightly trappings of the knights of Nóvgorod and the youthful war men | the princely castle and the castle of Vladímir | vn put_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: trapping=Theme in castle=Destination |
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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