Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 40, sentence 42
There is on the sea, on the ocean, on the island of Buyán, the eldest brother of all the crows, and he will fly to the sea of Khvalýnsk, he will peck to death the fiery snake, he will gain the seven _pud_ key; but the crow is held back by the evil witch of Kíev.
Who acts: ocean, snake, evil witch · What happens: be, fly, peck, gain, hold back · To what, where: sea, fiery snake, seven, crow
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: who acts (ocean, snake, evil witch), 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 | There | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 2 is | expl |
| 2 | is | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | on | on | ADP | _ | 5 sea | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 sea | det |
| 5 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 is | obl |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 ocean | punct |
| 7 | on | on | ADP | _ | 9 ocean | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 ocean | det |
| 9 | ocean | ocean | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 is | nsubj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 island | punct |
| 11 | on | on | ADP | _ | 13 island | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 island | det |
| 13 | island | island | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 ocean | appos |
| 14 | of | of | ADP | _ | 15 Buyán | case |
| 15 | Buyán | Buyán | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 island | nmod |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 brother | punct |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 brother | det |
| 18 | eldest | eld | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 19 brother | amod |
| 19 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 island | conj |
| 20 | of | of | ADP | _ | 23 crows | case |
| 21 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 23 crows | det:predet |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 crows | det |
| 23 | crows | crow | NOUN | Number=Plur | 19 brother | nmod |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 fly | punct |
| 25 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 28 fly | cc |
| 26 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 28 fly | nsubj |
| 27 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 28 fly | aux |
| 28 | fly | fly | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 is | parataxis |
| 29 | to | to | ADP | _ | 31 sea | case |
| 30 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 sea | det |
| 31 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 fly | obl |
| 32 | of | of | ADP | _ | 33 Khvalýnsk | case |
| 33 | Khvalýnsk | Khvalýnsk | PROPN | Number=Sing | 31 sea | nmod |
| 34 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 peck | punct |
| 35 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 37 peck | nsubj |
| 36 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 37 peck | aux |
| 37 | peck | peck | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 28 fly | conj |
| 38 | to | to | ADP | _ | 39 death | case |
| 39 | death | death | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 peck | obl |
| 40 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 42 snake | det |
| 41 | fiery | fiery | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 42 snake | amod |
| 42 | snake | snake | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 peck | obl |
| 43 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 46 gain | punct |
| 44 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 46 gain | nsubj |
| 45 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 46 gain | aux |
| 46 | gain | gain | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 37 peck | parataxis |
| 47 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 48 seven | det |
| 48 | seven | seven | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 46 gain | obj |
| 49 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 50 pud | punct |
| 50 | pud | pud | NOUN | Number=Sing | 48 seven | appos |
| 51 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 52 key | punct |
| 52 | key | key | NOUN | Number=Sing | 48 seven | conj |
| 53 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 58 held | punct |
| 54 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 58 held | cc |
| 55 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 56 crow | det |
| 56 | crow | crow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 58 held | nsubj:pass |
| 57 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 58 held | aux:pass |
| 58 | held | hold | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 is | conj |
| 59 | back | back | ADV | _ | 58 held | advmod |
| 60 | by | by | ADP | _ | 63 witch | case |
| 61 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 63 witch | det |
| 62 | evil | evil | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 63 witch | amod |
| 63 | witch | witch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 58 held | obl |
| 64 | of | of | ADP | _ | 65 Kíev | case |
| 65 | Kíev | Kíev | PROPN | Number=Sing | 63 witch | nmod |
| 66 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 is | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | be | present | the ocean | the sea; there | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on sea=Location | ||||
| 2 | fly | future | ocean | to the sea of Khvalýnsk result | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to sea=Result | ||||
| 3 | peck | future | ocean | the fiery snake | to death result | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent to death=Result | |||
| 4 | gain | future | snake | the seven and key | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent seven=Theme | ||||
| 5 | hold back | present · passive | the evil witch of Kíev | the crow | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=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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