Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 40, sentence 50
“With that key I will unlock the princely castle, the castle of Vladímir, I will gain the knightly gear, the trappings of the knights of Nóvgorod, of the youthful war-men; and in that gear the arquebus cannot fell me, the shots cannot hit me, the warriors and champions, the hosts of Tatary and Kazán cannot hurt me.
Who acts: soldier, arquebus, shots, warriors · What happens: unlock, gain, not fall, not hit, not hurt · To what, where: princely castle, gear, knightly gear, soldier
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 (soldier, arquebus, shots, warriors), 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 | _ | 7 unlock | punct |
| 2 | With | with | ADP | _ | 4 key | case |
| 3 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 key | det |
| 4 | key | key | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 unlock | obl |
| 5 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 7 unlock | nsubj |
| 6 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 unlock | aux |
| 7 | unlock | unlock | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 castle | det |
| 9 | princely | princely | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 castle | amod |
| 10 | castle | castle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 unlock | obj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 castle | punct |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 castle | det |
| 13 | castle | castle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 castle | conj |
| 14 | of | of | ADP | _ | 15 Vladímir | case |
| 15 | Vladímir | Vladímir | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 castle | nmod |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 gain | punct |
| 17 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 19 gain | nsubj |
| 18 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 19 gain | aux |
| 19 | gain | gain | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 unlock | conj |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 gear | det |
| 21 | knightly | knightly | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 22 gear | amod |
| 22 | gear | gear | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 gain | obj |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 trappings | punct |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 trappings | det |
| 25 | trappings | trapping | NOUN | Number=Plur | 22 gear | appos |
| 26 | of | of | ADP | _ | 28 knights | case |
| 27 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 28 knights | det |
| 28 | knights | knight | NOUN | Number=Plur | 25 trappings | nmod |
| 29 | of | of | ADP | _ | 30 Nóvgorod | case |
| 30 | Nóvgorod | Nóvgorod | PROPN | Number=Sing | 28 knights | nmod |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 men | punct |
| 32 | of | of | ADP | _ | 37 men | case |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 37 men | det |
| 34 | youthful | youthful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 37 men | amod |
| 35 | war | war | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 men | compound |
| 36 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 35 war | punct |
| 37 | men | man | NOUN | Number=Plur | 22 gear | conj |
| 38 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 42 gear | punct |
| 39 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 42 gear | cc |
| 40 | in | in | ADP | _ | 42 gear | case |
| 41 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 42 gear | det |
| 42 | gear | gear | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 unlock | obl |
| 43 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 44 arquebus | det |
| 44 | arquebus | arquebus | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 gear | appos |
| 45 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 47 fell | aux |
| 46 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 47 fell | advmod |
| 47 | fell | fall | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 44 arquebus | acl:relcl |
| 48 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 47 fell | obj |
| 49 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 54 hit | punct |
| 50 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 51 shots | det |
| 51 | shots | shot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 54 hit | nsubj |
| 52 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 54 hit | aux |
| 53 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 54 hit | advmod |
| 54 | hit | hit | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 47 fell | parataxis |
| 55 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 54 hit | obj |
| 56 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 58 warriors | punct |
| 57 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 58 warriors | det |
| 58 | warriors | warrior | NOUN | Number=Plur | 70 hurt | nsubj |
| 59 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 60 champions | cc |
| 60 | champions | champion | NOUN | Number=Plur | 58 warriors | conj |
| 61 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 63 hosts | punct |
| 62 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 63 hosts | det |
| 63 | hosts | host | NOUN | Number=Plur | 58 warriors | conj |
| 64 | of | of | ADP | _ | 65 Tatary | case |
| 65 | Tatary | Tatary | PROPN | Number=Sing | 63 hosts | nmod |
| 66 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 67 Kazán | cc |
| 67 | Kazán | Kazán | PROPN | Number=Sing | 65 Tatary | conj |
| 68 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 70 hurt | aux |
| 69 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 70 hurt | advmod |
| 70 | hurt | hurt | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 54 hit | conj |
| 71 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 70 hurt | obj |
| 72 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 unlock | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | unlock in a quote | future | a soldier = soldier | the princely castle and the castle of Vladímir | that gear | with that key | vn disassemble-23.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent castle=Patient | ||
| 2 | gain in a quote | future | a soldier = soldier | the knightly gear and the youthful war men | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gear=Theme | ||||
| 3 | not fall in a quote | can | the arquebus not said here | a soldier = soldier | vn become-109.1-1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient i=Result | ||||
| 4 | not hit in a quote | can | the shots | a soldier = soldier | vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme i=Co-Theme | ||||
| 5 | not hurt in a quote | can | the warriors and champions and the hosts of Tatary and Kazán | a soldier = soldier | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer i=Patient |
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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