Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 5, sentence 15
Well, he went on, and he heard Mass, and went on and on; and suddenly, from somewhere or other, there stood in front of him a fine youth who bowed down to him and said: “Thank you, Petrúsha, for your good word.”
Who acts: devil, fine youth, your · What happens: go on, hear, go, stand, bow down, say · To what, where: Mass, fine youth, front, devil, you · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. Afanas'ev, Opening, part 5. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (devil, fine youth, your), 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 | Well | well | INTJ | _ | 4 went | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Well | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 went | nsubj |
| 4 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | on | on | ADV | _ | 4 went | advmod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 heard | punct |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 heard | cc |
| 8 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 heard | nsubj |
| 9 | heard | hear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 went | parataxis |
| 10 | Mass | Mass | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 heard | obj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 went | punct |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 went | cc |
| 13 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 heard | conj |
| 14 | on | on | ADV | _ | 13 went | advmod |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 on | cc |
| 16 | on | on | ADV | _ | 14 on | conj |
| 17 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 27 stood | punct |
| 18 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 22 somewhere | cc |
| 19 | suddenly | suddenly | ADV | _ | 22 somewhere | advmod |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 somewhere | punct |
| 21 | from | from | ADP | _ | 22 somewhere | case |
| 22 | somewhere | somewhere | ADV | PronType=Ind | 27 stood | advmod |
| 23 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 24 other | cc |
| 24 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 22 somewhere | conj |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 stood | punct |
| 26 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 27 stood | expl |
| 27 | stood | stand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 went | conj |
| 28 | in | in | ADP | _ | 29 front | case |
| 29 | front | front | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 stood | obl |
| 30 | of | of | ADP | _ | 31 him | case |
| 31 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 29 front | nmod |
| 32 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 34 youth | det |
| 33 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 34 youth | amod |
| 34 | youth | youth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 stood | obl |
| 35 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 36 bowed | nsubj |
| 36 | bowed | bow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 34 youth | acl:relcl |
| 37 | down | down | ADV | _ | 36 bowed | advmod |
| 38 | to | to | ADP | _ | 39 him | case |
| 39 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 36 bowed | obl |
| 40 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 41 said | cc |
| 41 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 27 stood | conj |
| 42 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 44 Thank | punct |
| 43 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 44 Thank | punct |
| 44 | Thank | thank | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 41 said | ccomp |
| 45 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 44 Thank | obj |
| 46 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 47 Petrúsha | punct |
| 47 | Petrúsha | Petrúsha | PROPN | Number=Sing | 44 Thank | vocative |
| 48 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 52 word | punct |
| 49 | for | for | ADP | _ | 52 word | case |
| 50 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 52 word | nmod:poss |
| 51 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 52 word | amod |
| 52 | word | word | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 Thank | obl |
| 53 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 went | punct |
| 54 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 went | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go on | past | devil | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | hear | past | devil | Mass | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer mass=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | go | past | devil not said here | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 4 | stand | past | devil not said here | a fine youth | front of devil; there | somewhere property | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in front=Location | ||
| 5 | bow down | past | a fine youth | devil | down property | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.pivot»: agent=Agent to he=Pivot | |||
| 6 | say speech: assert | past | devil not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 7 | thank speech: thank in a quote | present | you | for your good word; Petrúsha vocative | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent you=Theme for word=Attribute | ||||
| 8 | word in a quote | your | nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
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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