Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 6, sentence 111
After this the King took the youth unto himself, and he lived at the royal court and received the greatest kindness and honour, grew up and became a youth of youths, married the Princess, and received half of the kingdom as a dowry.
Who acts: King, Crow · What happens: take, live, receive, grow up, become, marry · To what, where: youth, royal court, greatest kindness, Princess, half
This is a sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. Afanas'ev, Opening, part 6. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (King, Crow), 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 | After | after | ADP | _ | 2 this | case |
| 2 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 5 took | obl |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 King | det |
| 4 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 took | nsubj |
| 5 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 youth | det |
| 7 | youth | youth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 took | obj |
| 8 | unto | unto | ADP | _ | 9 himself | case |
| 9 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 5 took | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 lived | punct |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 lived | cc |
| 12 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 lived | nsubj |
| 13 | lived | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 took | conj |
| 14 | at | at | ADP | _ | 17 court | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 court | det |
| 16 | royal | royal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 court | amod |
| 17 | court | court | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 lived | obl |
| 18 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 received | cc |
| 19 | received | receive | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 lived | conj |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 kindness | det |
| 21 | greatest | great | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 22 kindness | amod |
| 22 | kindness | kindness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 received | obj |
| 23 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 24 honour | cc |
| 24 | honour | honour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 kindness | conj |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 grew | punct |
| 26 | grew | grow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 took | conj |
| 27 | up | up | ADP | _ | 26 grew | compound:prt |
| 28 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 29 became | cc |
| 29 | became | become | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 26 grew | conj |
| 30 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 31 youth | det |
| 31 | youth | youth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 became | xcomp |
| 32 | of | of | ADP | _ | 33 youths | case |
| 33 | youths | youth | NOUN | Number=Plur | 31 youth | nmod |
| 34 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 married | punct |
| 35 | married | marry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 26 grew | conj |
| 36 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 37 Princess | det |
| 37 | Princess | Princess | PROPN | Number=Sing | 35 married | obj |
| 38 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 received | punct |
| 39 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 40 received | cc |
| 40 | received | receive | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 took | conj |
| 41 | half | half | NOUN | Number=Sing NumForm=Word NumType=Frac | 40 received | obj |
| 42 | of | of | ADP | _ | 44 kingdom | case |
| 43 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 44 kingdom | det |
| 44 | kingdom | kingdom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 half | nmod |
| 45 | as | as | ADP | _ | 47 dowry | case |
| 46 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 47 dowry | det |
| 47 | dowry | dowry | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 received | obl |
| 48 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 took | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | past | the King | the youth | after this | unto Crow | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent youth=Theme | ||
| 2 | live | past | Crow | the royal court | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at court=Location | ||||
| 3 | receive | past | Crow not said here | the greatest kindness and honour | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kindness=Theme | ||||
| 4 | grow up | past | the King not said here | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 5 | become | past | the King not said here | a youth of youths | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 6 | marry | past | the King not said here | the Princess | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent princess=Patient | ||||
| 7 | receive | past | the King not said here | half of the kingdom | as a dowry | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent half=Theme |
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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