Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 6, sentence 34
But the fair maiden was lost in tears and fell down at the Tsar’s feet and begged for mercy, saying, “Tsar, your Majesty,” she said, “take my silver saucer and crystal apple if you will only forgive my sisters, and do not destroy them for my sake.”
Who acts: Tsar, you · What happens: lose, fall down, beg, say, take, forgive · To what, where: fair maiden, tears, feet, Tsar, silver saucer, sisters · Speech: someone speaks here
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 (Tsar, you), 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 | But | but | CCONJ | _ | 6 lost | cc |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 maiden | det |
| 3 | fair | fair | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 maiden | amod |
| 4 | maiden | maiden | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 lost | nsubj:pass |
| 5 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 lost | aux:pass |
| 6 | lost | lose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 tears | case |
| 8 | tears | tear | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 lost | obl |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 fell | cc |
| 10 | fell | fall | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 lost | conj |
| 11 | down | down | ADV | _ | 10 fell | advmod |
| 12 | at | at | ADP | _ | 16 feet | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 Tsar | det |
| 14 | Tsar | Tsar | PROPN | Number=Sing | 16 feet | nmod:poss |
| 15 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 14 Tsar | case |
| 16 | feet | foot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 fell | obl |
| 17 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 18 begged | cc |
| 18 | begged | beg | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 16 feet | conj |
| 19 | for | for | ADP | _ | 20 mercy | case |
| 20 | mercy | mercy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 begged | obl |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 saying | punct |
| 22 | saying | say | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 10 fell | advcl |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 Tsar | punct |
| 24 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 25 Tsar | punct |
| 25 | Tsar | tsar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 saying | obj |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 Majesty | punct |
| 27 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 28 Majesty | nmod:poss |
| 28 | Majesty | majesty | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 Tsar | appos |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 said | punct |
| 30 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 32 said | punct |
| 31 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 32 said | nsubj |
| 32 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 22 saying | conj |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 take | punct |
| 34 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 35 take | punct |
| 35 | take | take | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 32 said | ccomp |
| 36 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 38 saucer | nmod:poss |
| 37 | silver | silver | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 saucer | compound |
| 38 | saucer | saucer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 take | obj |
| 39 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 41 apple | cc |
| 40 | crystal | crystal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 41 apple | amod |
| 41 | apple | apple | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 saucer | conj |
| 42 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 46 forgive | mark |
| 43 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 46 forgive | nsubj |
| 44 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 46 forgive | aux |
| 45 | only | only | ADV | _ | 46 forgive | advmod |
| 46 | forgive | forgive | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 35 take | advcl |
| 47 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 48 sisters | nmod:poss |
| 48 | sisters | sister | NOUN | Number=Plur | 46 forgive | obj |
| 49 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 53 destroy | punct |
| 50 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 53 destroy | cc |
| 51 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 53 destroy | aux |
| 52 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 53 destroy | advmod |
| 53 | destroy | destroy | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 fell | advcl |
| 54 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 53 destroy | obj |
| 55 | for | for | ADP | _ | 57 sake | case |
| 56 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 57 sake | nmod:poss |
| 57 | sake | sake | NOUN | Number=Sing | 53 destroy | obl |
| 58 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 lost | punct |
| 59 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 lost | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lose | past · passive | the fair maiden | tears | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | fall down | past | the Tsar's feet | down property | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at foot=Location | ||||
| 3 | beg speech: request | participle | for mercy | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V PP.Topic»: agent=Agent for mercy=Topic | |||||
| 4 | say speech: assert | gerund | Tsar | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent tsar=Topic | |||||
| 5 | say speech: assert | past | Tsar | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 6 | take in a quote | infinitive | my silver saucer and crystal apple | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent saucer=Theme | |||||
| 7 | forgive a condition, not said to happen, in a quote | future | you | my sisters | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sister=Theme | ||||
| 8 | not destroy in a quote | infinitive · do-support | saucer | for my sake | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=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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