Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 5, sentence 32
When he got drunk and fell into the water, the devils instantly got hold of him, turned him into a horse, and now he serves as the beast of burden to carry their wood and water for them.”
Who acts: horse, devils · What happens: get, fall, turn, serve, carry, hold · To what, where: water, hold, horse, wood
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 (horse, devils), 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 | When | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 3 got | advmod |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 got | nsubj |
| 3 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 got | advcl |
| 4 | drunk | drunk | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 got | xcomp |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 fell | cc |
| 6 | fell | fall | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 got | conj |
| 7 | into | into | ADP | _ | 9 water | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 water | det |
| 9 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 fell | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 got | punct |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 devils | det |
| 12 | devils | devil | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 got | nsubj |
| 13 | instantly | instantly | ADV | _ | 14 got | advmod |
| 14 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 15 | hold | hold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 got | obj |
| 16 | of | of | ADP | _ | 17 him | case |
| 17 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 hold | nmod |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 turned | punct |
| 19 | turned | turn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 got | conj |
| 20 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 turned | obj |
| 21 | into | into | ADP | _ | 23 horse | case |
| 22 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 23 horse | det |
| 23 | horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 turned | obl |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 serves | punct |
| 25 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 28 serves | cc |
| 26 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 28 serves | advmod |
| 27 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 28 serves | nsubj |
| 28 | serves | serve | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 got | conj |
| 29 | as | as | ADP | _ | 31 beast | case |
| 30 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 beast | det |
| 31 | beast | beast | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 serves | obl |
| 32 | of | of | ADP | _ | 33 burden | case |
| 33 | burden | burden | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 beast | nmod |
| 34 | to | to | PART | _ | 35 carry | mark |
| 35 | carry | carry | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 28 serves | advcl |
| 36 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 37 wood | nmod:poss |
| 37 | wood | wood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 carry | obj |
| 38 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 39 water | cc |
| 39 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 wood | conj |
| 40 | for | for | ADP | _ | 41 them | case |
| 41 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 35 carry | obl |
| 42 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 28 serves | punct |
| 43 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 28 serves | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | horse | drunk property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 2 | fall | past | horse not said here | into the water result | vn become-109.1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient into water=Result | ||||
| 3 | get | past | the devils | hold of horse | instantly property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer hold=Stimulus | |||
| 4 | turn | past | the devils not said here | horse | into a horse result | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent he=Theme into horse=Result | |||
| 5 | serve | present | horse | now | as the beast of burden | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as beast=Attribute | |||
| 6 | carry | to-infinitive | horse not said here | reward's wood and water | for reward | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wood=Theme | |||
| 7 | hold | horse | nom hold «act transitive»: of=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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