Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 6, sentence 69

And when the Sun arises from the East crossing to the West, then fiery phœnixes and the _Ksálavy_ of paradise fly in front of the Sun, but first wet their wings in the waters of the ocean and asperse with their wings the Sun that he may not sear them with his golden rays.

Who acts: Sun, God · What happens: arise, cross, fly, wet, asperse, not sear · To what, where: fiery phœnixes, East, West, front, wings, waters

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 (Sun, God), 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	And	and	CCONJ	_	5 arises	cc
2	when	when	SCONJ	_	5 arises	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Sun	det
4	Sun	Sun	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 arises	nsubj
5	arises	arise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	from	from	ADP	_	8 East	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 East	det
8	East	East	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 arises	obl
9	crossing	cross	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 arises	advcl
10	to	to	ADP	_	12 West	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 West	det
12	West	West	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 crossing	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 phœnixes	punct
14	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	16 phœnixes	advmod
15	fiery	fiery	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 phœnixes	amod
16	phœnixes	phœnix	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 arises	obl
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 Ksálavy	cc
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 Ksálavy	det
19	_	_	PUNCT	_	20 Ksálavy	punct
20	Ksálavy	Ksálavy	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 phœnixes	nmod
21	_	_	PUNCT	_	20 Ksálavy	punct
22	of	of	ADP	_	23 paradise	case
23	paradise	paradise	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 fly	obl
24	fly	fly	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	21 _	parataxis
25	in	in	ADP	_	26 front	case
26	front	front	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 fly	obl
27	of	of	ADP	_	29 Sun	case
28	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	29 Sun	det
29	Sun	Sun	PROPN	Number=Sing	26 front	nmod
30	,	,	PUNCT	_	33 wet	punct
31	but	but	CCONJ	_	33 wet	cc
32	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	33 wet	advmod
33	wet	wet	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	24 fly	parataxis
34	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	35 wings	nmod:poss
35	wings	wing	NOUN	Number=Plur	33 wet	obj
36	in	in	ADP	_	38 waters	case
37	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	38 waters	det
38	waters	water	NOUN	Number=Plur	33 wet	obl
39	of	of	ADP	_	41 ocean	case
40	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	41 ocean	det
41	ocean	ocean	NOUN	Number=Sing	38 waters	nmod
42	and	and	CCONJ	_	43 asperse	cc
43	asperse	asperse	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	33 wet	conj
44	with	with	ADP	_	46 wings	case
45	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	46 wings	nmod:poss
46	wings	wing	NOUN	Number=Plur	43 asperse	obl
47	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	48 Sun	det
48	Sun	Sun	PROPN	Number=Sing	46 wings	appos
49	that	that	SCONJ	_	53 sear	mark
50	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	53 sear	nsubj
51	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	53 sear	aux
52	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	53 sear	advmod
53	sear	sear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	43 asperse	advcl
54	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	53 sear	obj
55	with	with	ADP	_	58 rays	case
56	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	58 rays	nmod:poss
57	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	58 rays	amod
58	rays	ray	NOUN	Number=Plur	53 sear	obl
59	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 arises	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	arise	present	the Sun	fiery phœnixes the Ksálavy	the East		vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	cross	gerund	the Sun not said here		the West		vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to west=Initial_Location
3	fly	present			front of the Sun	of paradise	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in front=Location
4	wet	infinitive		phœnixes's wings	the waters of the ocean	first property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent wing=Patient
5	asperse	infinitive				with wings's wings	tree rules
6	not sear	may	God	angels = angel		with God's golden rays	vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent they=Patient with ray=Instrument
7	ray		God				nom ray «phenomenon transitive»: poss=agent

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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🌲 Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 6, sentence 69

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Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 6, sentence 69