Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 7, sentence 74
Beyond thrice-nine lands, in the thrice-tenth realm—it was not in our kingdom—once an old man and an old woman lived in great need and poverty.
Who acts: realm, old man · What happens: not be, live · To what, where: kingdom, great need
This is a sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. Afanas'ev, Opening, part 7. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (realm, old man), 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 | Beyond | beyond | ADP | _ | 5 lands | case |
| 2 | thrice | thrice | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 lands | amod |
| 3 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 4 nine | punct |
| 4 | nine | nine | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 5 lands | nummod |
| 5 | lands | land | NOUN | Number=Plur | 19 kingdom | obl |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 realm | punct |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 realm | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 realm | det |
| 9 | thrice | thrice | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 tenth | amod |
| 10 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 9 thrice | punct |
| 11 | tenth | tenth | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 realm | amod |
| 12 | realm | realm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 lands | conj |
| 13 | — | - | PUNCT | _ | 5 lands | punct |
| 14 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 kingdom | nsubj |
| 15 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 19 kingdom | cop |
| 16 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 19 kingdom | advmod |
| 17 | in | in | ADP | _ | 19 kingdom | case |
| 18 | our | our | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 19 kingdom | nmod:poss |
| 19 | kingdom | kingdom | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 20 | — | - | PUNCT | _ | 19 kingdom | punct |
| 21 | once | once | SCONJ | _ | 29 lived | mark |
| 22 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 24 man | det |
| 23 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 24 man | amod |
| 24 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 lived | nsubj |
| 25 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 28 woman | cc |
| 26 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 28 woman | det |
| 27 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 28 woman | amod |
| 28 | woman | woman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 man | conj |
| 29 | lived | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 19 kingdom | advcl |
| 30 | in | in | ADP | _ | 32 need | case |
| 31 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 32 need | amod |
| 32 | need | need | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 lived | obl |
| 33 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 34 poverty | cc |
| 34 | poverty | poverty | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 need | conj |
| 35 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 19 kingdom | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not is | past | realm | our kingdom | beyond thrice nine lands and the tenth realm; our nmod:poss | tree rules | |||
| 2 | live | past | a old man and a old woman | great need and poverty | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in need=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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