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Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 6, sentence 86

The master of the ship saw the boy, pitied him, adopted him, asked him questions, promised to keep and love him as if he were his own son.

Who acts: master · What happens: see, pity, adopt, ask, promise, keep · To what, where: boy, questions, own son

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 (master), 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

detnsubjcasedetnmoddetobjpunctparataxisobjpunctconjobjpunctparataxisiobjobjpunctconjmarkxcompccconjobjmarkmarknsubjcopnmod:possamodadvclpunctrootTheDETmasterNOUNofADPtheDETshipNOUNsawVERBtheDETboyNOUN,PUNCTpitiedVERBhimPRON,PUNCTadoptedVERBhimPRON,PUNCTaskedVERBhimPRONquestionsNOUN,PUNCTpromisedVERBtoPARTkeepVERBandCCONJloveVERBhimPRONasSCONJifSCONJhePRONwereAUXhisPRONownADJsonNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art2 masterdet
2mastermasterNOUNNumber=Sing6 sawnsubj
3ofofADP_5 shipcase
4thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art5 shipdet
5shipshipNOUNNumber=Sing2 masternmod
6sawseeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
7thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art8 boydet
8boyboyNOUNNumber=Sing6 sawobj
9,,PUNCT_10 pitiedpunct
10pitiedpityVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin6 sawparataxis
11himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs10 pitiedobj
12,,PUNCT_13 adoptedpunct
13adoptedadoptVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin10 pitiedconj
14himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs13 adoptedobj
15,,PUNCT_16 askedpunct
16askedaskVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin6 sawparataxis
17himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs16 askediobj
18questionsquestionNOUNNumber=Plur16 askedobj
19,,PUNCT_20 promisedpunct
20promisedpromiseVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin16 askedconj
21totoPART_22 keepmark
22keepkeepVERBVerbForm=Inf20 promisedxcomp
23andandCCONJ_24 lovecc
24loveloveVERBVerbForm=Inf22 keepconj
25himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs24 loveobj
26asasSCONJ_32 sonmark
27ififSCONJ_32 sonmark
28hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs32 sonnsubj
29werebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin32 soncop
30hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs32 sonnmod:poss
31ownownADJDegree=Pos32 sonamod
32sonsonNOUNNumber=Sing24 loveadvcl
33..PUNCT_6 sawpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1seepastthe master of the shipthe boyvn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer boy=Stimulus
2pitypastboyvn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus
3adoptpastboyvn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
4ask speech: askpastquestionsboytree rules
5promise speech: promisepastvn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
6keep not said to happento-infinitivevn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
7loveinfinitiveboyvn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus
8is apastmastermaster's own sontree rules

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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