Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 8, sentence 148
After your brother calls you in for the betrothal, go; and if he calls you into the bridal chamber, ask for time, trust in God, and follow our advice.”
Who acts: brother, you · What happens: call in, go, call, ask, follow · To what, where: you, bridal chamber, trust, advice · 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 (brother, 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 | After | after | SCONJ | _ | 4 calls | mark |
| 2 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 brother | nmod:poss |
| 3 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 calls | nsubj |
| 4 | calls | call | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 go | advcl |
| 5 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 calls | obj |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 calls | compound:prt |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 betrothal | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 betrothal | det |
| 9 | betrothal | betrothal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 calls | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 calls | punct |
| 11 | go | go | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 12 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 23 ask | punct |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 23 ask | cc |
| 14 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 16 calls | mark |
| 15 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 calls | nsubj |
| 16 | calls | call | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 23 ask | advcl |
| 17 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 16 calls | obj |
| 18 | into | into | ADP | _ | 21 chamber | case |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 chamber | det |
| 20 | bridal | bridal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 21 chamber | amod |
| 21 | chamber | chamber | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 calls | obl |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 calls | punct |
| 23 | ask | ask | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 11 go | parataxis |
| 24 | for | for | ADP | _ | 25 time | case |
| 25 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 ask | obl |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 trust | punct |
| 27 | trust | trust | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 ask | obl |
| 28 | in | in | ADP | _ | 29 God | case |
| 29 | God | God | PROPN | Number=Sing | 27 trust | nmod |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 follow | punct |
| 31 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 32 follow | cc |
| 32 | follow | follow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 23 ask | conj |
| 33 | our | our | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 34 advice | nmod:poss |
| 34 | advice | advice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 follow | obj |
| 35 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 11 go | punct |
| 36 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 11 go | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | call in speech: assert | present | your brother | you | for the betrothal | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent you=Theme for betrothal=Beneficiary | |||
| 2 | go | imperative | you not said here | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | call a condition, not said to happen | present | brother | you | the bridal chamber | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Topic into chamber=Recipient | |||
| 4 | ask speech: ask | infinitive | trust in God | time | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 5 | follow | present | our advice | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent advice=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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