Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 8, sentence 121
Mark the Rich returned home; and was very wroth at seeing his new son-in-law, and said: “In the evening go to my distillery and look after the work”; whilst he secretly told the men to hunt him into the burning cauldron as soon as ever he appeared.
Who acts: Mark · What happens: return, be, see, say, go, look · To what, where: new son, law, distillery, men, MARK, burning cauldron · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. Afanas'ev, Opening, part 8. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Mark), 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 | Mark | Mark | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 returned | nsubj |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 Rich | det |
| 3 | Rich | Rich | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Mark | flat |
| 4 | returned | return | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | home | home | ADV | _ | 4 returned | advmod |
| 6 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 10 wroth | punct |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 wroth | cc |
| 8 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 wroth | cop |
| 9 | very | very | ADV | _ | 10 wroth | advmod |
| 10 | wroth | wroth | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 returned | conj |
| 11 | at | at | SCONJ | _ | 12 seeing | mark |
| 12 | seeing | see | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 10 wroth | advcl |
| 13 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 15 son | nmod:poss |
| 14 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 son | amod |
| 15 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 seeing | obj |
| 16 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 19 law | punct |
| 17 | in | in | ADP | _ | 19 law | case |
| 18 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 17 in | punct |
| 19 | law | law | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 son | nmod |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 said | punct |
| 21 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 22 said | cc |
| 22 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 returned | parataxis |
| 23 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 28 go | punct |
| 24 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 28 go | punct |
| 25 | In | in | ADP | _ | 27 evening | case |
| 26 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 evening | det |
| 27 | evening | evening | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 go | obl |
| 28 | go | go | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 22 said | ccomp |
| 29 | to | to | ADP | _ | 31 distillery | case |
| 30 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 31 distillery | nmod:poss |
| 31 | distillery | distillery | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 go | obl |
| 32 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 33 look | cc |
| 33 | look | look | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 28 go | conj |
| 34 | after | after | ADP | _ | 36 work | case |
| 35 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 36 work | det |
| 36 | work | work | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 look | obl |
| 37 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 28 go | punct |
| 38 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 42 told | punct |
| 39 | whilst | whilst | SCONJ | _ | 42 told | mark |
| 40 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 42 told | nsubj |
| 41 | secretly | secretly | ADV | _ | 42 told | advmod |
| 42 | told | tell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 22 said | conj |
| 43 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 44 men | det |
| 44 | men | man | NOUN | Number=Plur | 42 told | obj |
| 45 | to | to | PART | _ | 46 hunt | mark |
| 46 | hunt | hunt | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 42 told | ccomp |
| 47 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 46 hunt | obj |
| 48 | into | into | ADP | _ | 51 cauldron | case |
| 49 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 51 cauldron | det |
| 50 | burning | burn | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 51 cauldron | amod |
| 51 | cauldron | cauldron | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 hunt | obl |
| 52 | as | as | ADV | _ | 53 soon | advmod |
| 53 | soon | soon | ADV | Degree=Pos | 42 told | advmod |
| 54 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 57 appeared | mark |
| 55 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 57 appeared | advmod |
| 56 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 57 appeared | nsubj |
| 57 | appeared | appear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 53 soon | advcl |
| 58 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 returned | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | return | past | Mark | home property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | is | past | Mark not said here | wroth property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | see | gerund | Mark not said here | MARK's new son | law | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer son=Stimulus | |||
| 4 | say speech: assert | past | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||||
| 5 | go in a quote | infinitive | my distillery | evening | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to distillery=Initial_Location | ||||
| 6 | look in a quote | infinitive | after the work | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | |||||
| 7 | tell speech: assert | past | MARK | the men | secretly, soon property | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent man=Recipient clause=Topic | |||
| 8 | hunt not said to happen | to-infinitive | MARK | the burning cauldron | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | ||||
| 9 | burn | gerund | vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 10 | appear | past | MARK | ever | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=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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