Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 6, sentence 96
Some time went by, not too much, not too little, and the ship arrived at the city of Khvalynsk; and, for very many years, in front of the palace of the King of Khvalynsk, a Crow, with his wife and child, had been flying and screeching, giving no rest either by day or night.
Who acts: time, ship · What happens: go by, arrive, fly, screech, give · To what, where: city, rest
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 (time, ship), 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 | Some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 2 time | det |
| 2 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 went | nsubj |
| 3 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | by | by | ADP | _ | 3 went | obl |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 much | punct |
| 6 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 8 much | advmod |
| 7 | too | too | ADV | _ | 8 much | advmod |
| 8 | much | much | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 went | parataxis |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 little | punct |
| 10 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 12 little | advmod |
| 11 | too | too | ADV | _ | 12 little | advmod |
| 12 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 much | conj |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 arrived | punct |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 arrived | cc |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 ship | det |
| 16 | ship | ship | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 arrived | nsubj |
| 17 | arrived | arrive | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 went | conj |
| 18 | at | at | ADP | _ | 20 city | case |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 city | det |
| 20 | city | city | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 arrived | obl |
| 21 | of | of | ADP | _ | 22 Khvalynsk | case |
| 22 | Khvalynsk | Khvalynsk | PROPN | Number=Sing | 20 city | nmod |
| 23 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 29 years | punct |
| 24 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 29 years | cc |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 years | punct |
| 26 | for | for | ADP | _ | 29 years | case |
| 27 | very | very | ADV | _ | 28 many | advmod |
| 28 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 29 years | amod |
| 29 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 went | obl:unmarked |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 front | punct |
| 31 | in | in | ADP | _ | 32 front | case |
| 32 | front | front | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 years | nmod |
| 33 | of | of | ADP | _ | 35 palace | case |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 35 palace | det |
| 35 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 front | nmod |
| 36 | of | of | ADP | _ | 38 King | case |
| 37 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 38 King | det |
| 38 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 35 palace | nmod |
| 39 | of | of | ADP | _ | 40 Khvalynsk | case |
| 40 | Khvalynsk | Khvalynsk | PROPN | Number=Sing | 38 King | nmod |
| 41 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 43 Crow | punct |
| 42 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 43 Crow | det |
| 43 | Crow | crow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 King | conj |
| 44 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 47 wife | punct |
| 45 | with | with | ADP | _ | 47 wife | case |
| 46 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 47 wife | nmod:poss |
| 47 | wife | wife | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 years | parataxis |
| 48 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 49 child | cc |
| 49 | child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 wife | conj |
| 50 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 53 flying | punct |
| 51 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 53 flying | aux |
| 52 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 53 flying | aux |
| 53 | flying | fly | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 went | advcl |
| 54 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 55 screeching | cc |
| 55 | screeching | screech | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 53 flying | conj |
| 56 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 57 giving | punct |
| 57 | giving | give | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 53 flying | conj |
| 58 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 59 rest | det |
| 59 | rest | rest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 57 giving | obj |
| 60 | either | either | ADV | PronType=Ind | 57 giving | advmod |
| 61 | by | by | ADP | _ | 62 day | case |
| 62 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 57 giving | obl |
| 63 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 64 night | cc |
| 64 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 62 day | conj |
| 65 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 went | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go by | past | some time | year | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | arrive | past | the ship | the city of Khvalynsk | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | fly | past · perfect · progressive | some time not said here | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 4 | screech | gerund | some time not said here | vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 5 | give | gerund | some time not said here | no rest | day | either property | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rest=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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