Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 5, sentence 47
Petrúsha bowed down to her, and set on his way; and he arrived at his village, and did all the maiden had commanded: took his copper cross from his neck, passed it three times round the horse, and hung the cross on its head.
Who acts: Petrúsha · What happens: bow down, set, arrive, command, take, pass · To what, where: guest, way, village, maiden, copper cross, neck · 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 (Petrúsha), 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 | Petrúsha | Petrúsha | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 bowed | nsubj |
| 2 | bowed | bow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | down | down | ADV | _ | 2 bowed | advmod |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 5 her | case |
| 5 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 bowed | obl |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 set | punct |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 set | cc |
| 8 | set | set | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 bowed | advcl |
| 9 | on | on | ADP | _ | 11 way | case |
| 10 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 way | nmod:poss |
| 11 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 set | obl |
| 12 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 15 arrived | punct |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 arrived | cc |
| 14 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 arrived | nsubj |
| 15 | arrived | arrive | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 bowed | parataxis |
| 16 | at | at | ADP | _ | 18 village | case |
| 17 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 18 village | nmod:poss |
| 18 | village | village | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 arrived | obl |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 commanded | punct |
| 20 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 26 commanded | cc |
| 21 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 26 commanded | aux |
| 22 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 24 maiden | det:predet |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 maiden | det |
| 24 | maiden | maiden | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 commanded | nsubj:pass |
| 25 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 26 commanded | aux |
| 26 | commanded | command | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 15 arrived | conj |
| 27 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 28 took | punct |
| 28 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 bowed | parataxis |
| 29 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 31 cross | nmod:poss |
| 30 | copper | copper | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 cross | compound |
| 31 | cross | cross | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 took | obj |
| 32 | from | from | ADP | _ | 34 neck | case |
| 33 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 34 neck | nmod:poss |
| 34 | neck | neck | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 took | obl |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 passed | punct |
| 36 | passed | pass | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 28 took | parataxis |
| 37 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 36 passed | obj |
| 38 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 39 times | nummod |
| 39 | times | time | NOUN | Number=Plur | 36 passed | obl:unmarked |
| 40 | round | round | ADP | _ | 42 horse | case |
| 41 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 42 horse | det |
| 42 | horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 passed | obl |
| 43 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 45 hung | punct |
| 44 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 45 hung | cc |
| 45 | hung | hang | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 28 took | conj |
| 46 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 47 cross | det |
| 47 | cross | cross | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 hung | obj |
| 48 | on | on | ADP | _ | 50 head | case |
| 49 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 50 head | nmod:poss |
| 50 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 hung | obl |
| 51 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 bowed | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bow down | past | Petrúsha | guest | down property | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.pivot»: agent=Agent to she=Pivot | |||
| 2 | set | infinitive | Petrúsha not said here | Petrúsha's way | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent on way=Destination | ||||
| 3 | arrive | past | Petrúsha | Petrúsha's village | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 4 | command | past · perfect · passive · do-support | all maiden | vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.predicate»: subject=Eventuality | |||||
| 5 | take | past | Petrúsha's copper cross | Petrúsha's neck | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent cross=Theme from neck=Initial_Location | ||||
| 6 | pass | past | cross | time | round the horse | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Trajectory | |||
| 7 | hang | past | the cross | cross's head | vn put_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent cross=Theme on head=Destination |
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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