Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 6, sentence 62
So he took and undressed himself from head to foot, put a net on himself, came on a goat, came up to the Tsar at twilight, and mounted the goat at the gate, leaving the fore-feet of the goat on the courtyard and the hind feet in the street.
Who acts: boy · What happens: take, undress, put, come, come up, mount · To what, where: boy, head, net, twilight, goat, gate
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 (boy), 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 | So | so | ADV | _ | 3 took | advmod |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 took | nsubj |
| 3 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 undressed | cc |
| 5 | undressed | undress | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 took | conj |
| 6 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 5 undressed | obj |
| 7 | from | from | ADP | _ | 8 head | case |
| 8 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 undressed | obl |
| 9 | to | to | ADP | _ | 10 foot | case |
| 10 | foot | foot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 undressed | obl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 put | punct |
| 12 | put | put | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 took | conj |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 net | det |
| 14 | net | net | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 put | obj |
| 15 | on | on | ADP | _ | 16 himself | case |
| 16 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 12 put | obl |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 came | punct |
| 18 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 took | conj |
| 19 | on | on | ADP | _ | 21 goat | case |
| 20 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 21 goat | det |
| 21 | goat | goat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 came | obl |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 came | punct |
| 23 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 took | conj |
| 24 | up | up | ADV | _ | 23 came | advmod |
| 25 | to | to | ADP | _ | 27 Tsar | case |
| 26 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 Tsar | det |
| 27 | Tsar | Tsar | PROPN | Number=Sing | 23 came | obl |
| 28 | at | at | ADP | _ | 29 twilight | case |
| 29 | twilight | twilight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 came | obl |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 mounted | punct |
| 31 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 32 mounted | cc |
| 32 | mounted | mount | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 took | conj |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 goat | det |
| 34 | goat | goat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 mounted | obj |
| 35 | at | at | ADP | _ | 37 gate | case |
| 36 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 37 gate | det |
| 37 | gate | gate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 mounted | obl |
| 38 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 leaving | punct |
| 39 | leaving | leave | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 32 mounted | advcl |
| 40 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 43 feet | det |
| 41 | fore | fore | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 feet | compound |
| 42 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 41 fore | punct |
| 43 | feet | foot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 39 leaving | obj |
| 44 | of | of | ADP | _ | 46 goat | case |
| 45 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 46 goat | det |
| 46 | goat | goat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 feet | nmod |
| 47 | on | on | ADP | _ | 49 courtyard | case |
| 48 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 49 courtyard | det |
| 49 | courtyard | courtyard | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 leaving | obl |
| 50 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 53 feet | cc |
| 51 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 53 feet | det |
| 52 | hind | hind | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 53 feet | amod |
| 53 | feet | foot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 49 courtyard | conj |
| 54 | in | in | ADP | _ | 56 street | case |
| 55 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 56 street | det |
| 56 | street | street | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 leaving | obl |
| 57 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 took | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | past | boy | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | undress | past | boy not said here | boy | head | to foot | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Patient | ||
| 3 | put | infinitive | boy not said here | a net | on boy | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent net=Theme on himself=Destination | |||
| 4 | come | past | boy not said here | on a goat | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on goat=Location | ||||
| 5 | come up | past | boy not said here | twilight | to the Tsar | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to tsar=Initial_Location | |||
| 6 | mount | past | boy not said here | the goat | the gate | vn put-9.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent goat=Theme at gate=Destination | |||
| 7 | leave | gerund | boy not said here | the fore feet of the goat | the courtyard and the hind feet | in the street | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent foot=Theme on courtyard=Location |
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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