Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter I. INTRODUCTORY, part 1, sentence 13

According to the former supposition, "these very stories, these _Maehrchen_, which nurses still tell, with almost the same words, in the Thuringian forest and in the Norwegian villages, and to which crowds of children listen under the pippal trees of India,"[12] belong "to the common heirloom of the Indo-European race;" according to the latter, the majority of European popular tales are merely naturalized aliens in Europe, being as little the inheritance of its present inhabitants as were the stories and fables which, by a circuitous route, were transmitted from India to Boccaccio or La Fontaine.

Who acts: nurses, crowds, 12, circuitous route · What happens: accord, tell, listen, belong, naturalize, be · To what, where: Maehrchen, Thuringian forest, stories, Europe, little inheritance, Boccaccio · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore», Chapter I. INTRODUCTORY, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (nurses, crowds, 12, circuitous route), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

Parsed by Mova, not checked by a teacher. This tree is Mova's own parse (the en model, on the CPU, when the site is built); it may be wrong.

The tree

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	According	accord	VERB	ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 supposition	case
2	to	to	ADP	_	1 According	fixed
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 supposition	det
4	former	former	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 supposition	amod
5	supposition	supposition	NOUN	Number=Sing	83 naturalized	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 supposition	punct
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 stories	punct
8	these	this	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	10 stories	det
9	very	very	ADV	_	10 stories	advmod
10	stories	story	NOUN	Number=Plur	83 naturalized	nsubj:pass
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 Maehrchen	punct
12	these	this	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	14 Maehrchen	det
13	_	_	PUNCT	_	14 Maehrchen	punct
14	Maehrchen	Maehrchen	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 stories	nmod
15	_	_	PUNCT	_	14 Maehrchen	punct
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 tell	punct
17	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	20 tell	obj
18	nurses	nurse	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 tell	nsubj
19	still	still	ADV	_	20 tell	advmod
20	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 Maehrchen	parataxis
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	26 words	punct
22	with	with	ADP	_	26 words	case
23	almost	almost	ADV	_	26 words	advmod
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	26 words	det
25	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	26 words	amod
26	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 tell	obl
27	,	,	PUNCT	_	31 forest	punct
28	in	in	ADP	_	31 forest	case
29	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	31 forest	det
30	Thuringian	thuringian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	31 forest	amod
31	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 tell	obl
32	and	and	CCONJ	_	36 villages	cc
33	in	in	ADP	_	36 villages	case
34	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	36 villages	det
35	Norwegian	Norwegian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	36 villages	amod
36	villages	village	NOUN	Number=Plur	31 forest	conj
37	,	,	PUNCT	_	44 listen	punct
38	and	and	CCONJ	_	44 listen	cc
39	to	to	ADP	_	40 which	case
40	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	41 crowds	det
41	crowds	crowd	NOUN	Number=Plur	44 listen	nsubj
42	of	of	ADP	_	43 children	case
43	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	41 crowds	nmod
44	listen	listen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 tell	parataxis
45	under	under	ADP	_	48 trees	case
46	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	48 trees	det
47	pippal	pippal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	48 trees	amod
48	trees	tree	NOUN	Number=Plur	44 listen	obl
49	of	of	ADP	_	50 India	case
50	India	India	PROPN	Number=Sing	48 trees	nmod
51	,	,	PUNCT	_	56 belong	punct
52	"	"	PUNCT	_	56 belong	punct
53	[	[	PUNCT	_	56 belong	punct
54	12	12	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	56 belong	nsubj
55	]	]	PUNCT	_	54 12	punct
56	belong	belong	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	44 listen	conj
57	"	"	PUNCT	_	56 belong	punct
58	to	to	ADP	_	61 heirloom	case
59	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	61 heirloom	det
60	common	common	ADJ	Degree=Pos	61 heirloom	amod
61	heirloom	heirloom	NOUN	Number=Sing	56 belong	obl
62	of	of	ADP	_	67 race	case
63	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	67 race	det
64	Indo	Indo	X	_	66 European	compound
65	-	-	PUNCT	_	64 Indo	punct
66	European	European	ADJ	Degree=Pos	67 race	amod
67	race	race	NOUN	Number=Sing	61 heirloom	nmod
68	;	;	PUNCT	_	73 latter	punct
69	"	"	PUNCT	_	70 according	punct
70	according	accord	VERB	ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	73 latter	csubj
71	to	to	ADP	_	70 according	fixed
72	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	73 latter	det
73	latter	latter	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 stories	conj
74	,	,	PUNCT	_	76 majority	punct
75	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	76 majority	det
76	majority	majority	NOUN	Number=Sing	73 latter	obl
77	of	of	ADP	_	80 tales	case
78	European	European	ADJ	Degree=Pos	80 tales	amod
79	popular	popular	ADJ	Degree=Pos	80 tales	amod
80	tales	tale	NOUN	Number=Plur	76 majority	nmod
81	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	83 naturalized	aux:pass
82	merely	merely	ADV	_	83 naturalized	advmod
83	naturalized	naturalize	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
84	aliens	alien	NOUN	Number=Plur	83 naturalized	obj
85	in	in	ADP	_	86 Europe	case
86	Europe	Europe	PROPN	Number=Sing	83 naturalized	obl
87	,	,	PUNCT	_	92 inheritance	punct
88	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	92 inheritance	cop
89	as	as	ADP	_	90 little	case
90	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	92 inheritance	amod
91	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	92 inheritance	det
92	inheritance	inheritance	NOUN	Number=Sing	83 naturalized	obl
93	of	of	ADP	_	96 inhabitants	case
94	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	96 inhabitants	nmod:poss
95	present	present	ADJ	Degree=Pos	96 inhabitants	amod
96	inhabitants	inhabitant	NOUN	Number=Plur	92 inheritance	nmod
97	as	as	ADP	_	100 stories	case
98	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	100 stories	cop
99	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	100 stories	det
100	stories	story	NOUN	Number=Plur	96 inhabitants	nmod
101	and	and	CCONJ	_	102 fables	cc
102	fables	fable	NOUN	Number=Plur	100 stories	conj
103	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	111 transmitted	obj
104	,	,	PUNCT	_	103 which	punct
105	by	by	ADP	_	108 route	case
106	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	108 route	det
107	circuitous	circuitous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	108 route	amod
108	route	route	NOUN	Number=Sing	111 transmitted	obl
109	,	,	PUNCT	_	108 route	punct
110	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	111 transmitted	aux:pass
111	transmitted	transmit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	100 stories	acl
112	from	from	ADP	_	113 India	case
113	India	India	PROPN	Number=Sing	111 transmitted	obl
114	to	to	ADP	_	115 Boccaccio	case
115	Boccaccio	Boccaccio	PROPN	Number=Sing	111 transmitted	obl
116	or	or	CCONJ	_	117 La	cc
117	La	La	PROPN	Number=Sing	115 Boccaccio	conj
118	Fontaine	Fontaine	PROPN	Number=Sing	117 La	flat
119	.	.	PUNCT	_	83 naturalized	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	accord	gerund							vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent
2	tell speech: assert in a quote	present	nurses	this Maehrchen		the Thuringian forest and the Norwegian villages	still	with the same words	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent which=Recipient
3	listen in a quote	present	which crowds of children					under the pippal trees of India	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent under tree=Theme
4	belong	present	12					to the common heirloom of the European race	vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme
5	accord	gerund							vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent
6	naturalize	present · passive		this stories this Maehrchen		Europe		accord the former supposition; merely property	tree rules
7	is a	gerund		the little inheritance				of inheritance's present inhabitants	tree rules
8	is	past						as the stories and fables	tree rules
9	transmit	past · passive	a circuitous route	the stories and fables	Boccaccio or La	India			vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP PP.initial_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent which=Theme from india=Initial_Location to boccaccio=Destination

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 Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore», Project Gutenberg book 22373 (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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