Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 8, sentence 123
Mark the Rich waited his time, and went to see what had become of his son-in-law, and tumbled into his own distillers’ clutches, into the burning cauldron!
Who acts: Mark, own distillers · What happens: wait, go, see, become, tumble, burn · To what, where: clutches · 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, own distillers), 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 waited | nsubj |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 Rich | det |
| 3 | Rich | Rich | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Mark | flat |
| 4 | waited | wait | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 time | nmod:poss |
| 6 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 waited | obj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 went | punct |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 went | cc |
| 9 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 waited | conj |
| 10 | to | to | PART | _ | 11 see | mark |
| 11 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 went | xcomp |
| 12 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 14 become | nsubj |
| 13 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 become | aux |
| 14 | become | become | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 11 see | ccomp |
| 15 | of | of | ADP | _ | 17 son | case |
| 16 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 17 son | nmod:poss |
| 17 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 become | obl |
| 18 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 21 law | punct |
| 19 | in | in | ADP | _ | 21 law | case |
| 20 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 19 in | punct |
| 21 | law | law | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 son | nmod |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 tumbled | punct |
| 23 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 24 tumbled | cc |
| 24 | tumbled | tumble | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 waited | conj |
| 25 | into | into | ADP | _ | 30 clutches | case |
| 26 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 28 distillers | nmod:poss |
| 27 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 28 distillers | amod |
| 28 | distillers | distiller | NOUN | Number=Plur | 30 clutches | nmod:poss |
| 29 | ’ | 's | PART | _ | 28 distillers | case |
| 30 | clutches | clutch | NOUN | Number=Plur | 24 tumbled | obl |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 cauldron | punct |
| 32 | into | into | ADP | _ | 35 cauldron | case |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 35 cauldron | det |
| 34 | burning | burn | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 35 cauldron | amod |
| 35 | cauldron | cauldron | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 tumbled | obl |
| 36 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 4 waited | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wait | past | Mark | time | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | go | past | Mark not said here | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | see | to-infinitive | Mark not said here | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 4 | become | past · perfect | of MARK's son in law; what nsubj | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | |||||
| 5 | tumble | past | Mark not said here | MARK's own distillers's clutches | into the burning cauldron | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme into clutch=Initial_Location into cauldron=Destination | |||
| 6 | burn | gerund | vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 7 | clutch | MARK's own distillers | nom clutch «act transitive»: poss=agent |
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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