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Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 40, sentence 69

He takes this soul, which is as a rule lastly contained in an egg, up to the Monster’s palace, scrunches it in his hand, and the monster dies.

Who acts: slave, soul, monster · What happens: take, be, contain, scrunch, die · To what, where: soul, rule, egg, hand

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 (slave, soul, monster), 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

nsubjdetobjpunctnsubjcopcasedetconjamodaclcasedetoblpunctadvmodcasedetnmod:posscaseconjpunctconjobjcasenmod:possoblpunctccdetnsubjconjpunctrootHePRONtakesVERBthisDETsoulNOUN,PUNCTwhichPRONisAUXasADPaDETruleNOUNlastlyADJcontainedVERBinADPanDETeggNOUN,PUNCTupADVtoADPtheDETMonsterPROPN’sPARTpalaceNOUN,PUNCTscrunchesVERBitPRONinADPhisPRONhandNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJtheDETmonsterNOUNdiesVERB.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs2 takesnsubj
2takestakeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3thisthisDETNumber=Sing PronType=Dem4 souldet
4soulsoulNOUNNumber=Sing2 takesobj
5,,PUNCT_10 rulepunct
6whichwhichPRONPronType=Rel10 rulensubj
7isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin10 rulecop
8asasADP_10 rulecase
9aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art10 ruledet
10ruleruleNOUNNumber=Sing4 soulconj
11lastlylastlyADJDegree=Pos10 ruleamod
12containedcontainVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass10 ruleacl
13ininADP_15 eggcase
14anaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art15 eggdet
15eggeggNOUNNumber=Sing12 containedobl
16,,PUNCT_22 palacepunct
17upupADV_22 palaceadvmod
18totoADP_22 palacecase
19thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art20 Monsterdet
20MonsterMonsterPROPNNumber=Sing22 palacenmod:poss
21’s'sPART_20 Monstercase
22palacepalaceNOUNNumber=Sing15 eggconj
23,,PUNCT_24 scrunchespunct
24scrunchesscrunchVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin2 takesconj
25ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs24 scrunchesobj
26ininADP_28 handcase
27hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs28 handnmod:poss
28handhandNOUNNumber=Sing24 scrunchesobl
29,,PUNCT_33 diespunct
30andandCCONJ_33 diescc
31thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art32 monsterdet
32monstermonsterNOUNNumber=Sing33 diesnsubj
33diesdieVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin2 takesconj
34..PUNCT_2 takespunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1takepresentslavethis soul and a rulevn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent soul=Theme
2ispresentthis soul and a ruleas a ruletree rules
3containparticiplea rule not said herea egg and the Monster's palacevn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in egg=Location
4scrunchpresentslave not said heresoulslave's handvn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent it=Patient
5diepresentthe monstervn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute

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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