Fifty Famous Stories Retold, Concerning These Stories., sentence 5
To a third belong the charming stories of olden times that are derived from the literatures of ancient peoples, such as the Greeks and the Hebrews.
What happens: belong, derive · To what, where: charming stories, olden times, literatures
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The tree
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | ADP | _ | 3 third | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 third | det |
| 3 | third | third | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 belong | obl |
| 4 | belong | belong | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 stories | det |
| 6 | charming | charming | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 stories | compound |
| 7 | stories | story | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 belong | obj |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 times | case |
| 9 | olden | olden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 times | amod |
| 10 | times | time | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 stories | nmod |
| 11 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 13 derived | nsubj:pass |
| 12 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 derived | aux:pass |
| 13 | derived | derive | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 10 times | acl:relcl |
| 14 | from | from | ADP | _ | 16 literatures | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 literatures | det |
| 16 | literatures | literature | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 derived | obl |
| 17 | of | of | ADP | _ | 19 peoples | case |
| 18 | ancient | ancient | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 peoples | amod |
| 19 | peoples | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 16 literatures | nmod |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 Greeks | punct |
| 21 | such | such | ADJ | Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP | 24 Greeks | case |
| 22 | as | as | ADP | _ | 21 such | fixed |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 Greeks | det |
| 24 | Greeks | Greek | PROPN | Number=Plur | 19 peoples | nmod |
| 25 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 27 Hebrews | cc |
| 26 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 Hebrews | det |
| 27 | Hebrews | Hebrew | PROPN | Number=Plur | 24 Greeks | conj |
| 28 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 belong | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | belong | present | the charming stories of olden times | to a third | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | derive | present · passive | olden times | the literatures of ancient peoples such the Greeks and the Hebrews | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.material»: subject=Result from literature=Material |
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: «Fifty Famous Stories Retold» by James Baldwin, Project Gutenberg book 18442 (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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