Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 7, sentence 99
One day he was going into foreign parts, and he bade his wife have a great heed to the hen: “Treasure her more than your eyes; should she be lost, you shall forfeit your own head.”
Who acts: ZAMORÝSHEK, wife, you · What happens: go, bade, have, treasure, lose, forfeit · To what, where: One day, foreign parts, great heed, hen, own head · Speech: someone speaks here
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 (ZAMORÝSHEK, wife, you), 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 | One | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 day | nummod |
| 2 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 bade | obl:unmarked |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 going | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 going | aux |
| 5 | going | go | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 day | acl:relcl |
| 6 | into | into | ADP | _ | 8 parts | case |
| 7 | foreign | foreign | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 parts | amod |
| 8 | parts | part | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 going | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 bade | punct |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 bade | cc |
| 11 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 bade | nsubj |
| 12 | bade | bade | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 13 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 wife | nmod:poss |
| 14 | wife | wife | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 have | nsubj |
| 15 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 bade | ccomp |
| 16 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 18 heed | det |
| 17 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 heed | amod |
| 18 | heed | heed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 have | obj |
| 19 | to | to | ADP | _ | 21 hen | case |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 hen | det |
| 21 | hen | hen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 heed | nmod |
| 22 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 24 Treasure | punct |
| 23 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 24 Treasure | punct |
| 24 | Treasure | treasure | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 12 bade | conj |
| 25 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 24 Treasure | obj |
| 26 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 24 Treasure | obj |
| 27 | than | than | ADP | _ | 29 eyes | case |
| 28 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 29 eyes | nmod:poss |
| 29 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 26 more | obl |
| 30 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 34 lost | punct |
| 31 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 34 lost | aux |
| 32 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 34 lost | nsubj |
| 33 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 34 lost | aux:pass |
| 34 | lost | lose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 12 bade | parataxis |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 forfeit | punct |
| 36 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 38 forfeit | nsubj |
| 37 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 38 forfeit | aux |
| 38 | forfeit | forfeit | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 12 bade | conj |
| 39 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 41 head | nmod:poss |
| 40 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 41 head | amod |
| 41 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 forfeit | obj |
| 42 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 38 forfeit | punct |
| 43 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 38 forfeit | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | past · progressive | ZAMORÝSHEK = zamorýshek | One day not said here | foreign parts | tree rules | |||
| 2 | bade | past | ZAMORÝSHEK = zamorýshek | day | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | have | present | ZAMORÝSHEK's wife | a great heed | to the hen | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heed=Patient | |||
| 4 | treasure in a quote | infinitive | ZAMORÝSHEK = zamorýshek not said here | hen | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | lose in a quote | should · passive | hen | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | |||||
| 6 | forfeit in a quote | shall | you | your own head | vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent head=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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