Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter I. INTRODUCTORY, part 1, sentence 15
For the present, we will deal with the Russian folk-tale as we find it, attempting to become acquainted with its principal characteristics to see in what respects it chiefly differs from the stories of the same class which are current among ourselves, or in those foreign lands with which we are more familiar than we are with Russia, rather than to explore its birthplace or to divine its original meaning.
Who acts: we, principal characteristics, present, stories · What happens: deal, find, attempt, become, see, respect · To what, where: present, foreign lands, birthplace, original meaning · 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 (we, principal characteristics, present, stories), 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 | For | for | ADP | _ | 3 present | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 present | det |
| 3 | present | present | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 deal | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 present | punct |
| 5 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 7 deal | nsubj |
| 6 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 deal | aux |
| 7 | deal | deal | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 8 | with | with | ADP | _ | 13 tale | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 tale | det |
| 10 | Russian | Russian | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 tale | amod |
| 11 | folk | folk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 tale | compound |
| 12 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 11 folk | punct |
| 13 | tale | tale | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 deal | obl |
| 14 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 16 find | mark |
| 15 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 16 find | nsubj |
| 16 | find | find | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 deal | advcl |
| 17 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 find | obj |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 attempting | punct |
| 19 | attempting | attempt | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 7 deal | advcl |
| 20 | to | to | PART | _ | 21 become | mark |
| 21 | become | become | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 19 attempting | xcomp |
| 22 | acquainted | acquainted | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 21 become | xcomp |
| 23 | with | with | SCONJ | _ | 28 see | mark |
| 24 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 26 characteristics | nmod:poss |
| 25 | principal | principal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 26 characteristics | amod |
| 26 | characteristics | characteristic | NOUN | Number=Plur | 28 see | nsubj |
| 27 | to | to | PART | _ | 28 see | mark |
| 28 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 22 acquainted | advcl |
| 29 | in | in | SCONJ | _ | 31 respects | mark |
| 30 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 31 respects | nsubj |
| 31 | respects | respect | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 28 see | ccomp |
| 32 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 34 differs | nsubj |
| 33 | chiefly | chiefly | ADV | _ | 34 differs | advmod |
| 34 | differs | differ | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 31 respects | acl:relcl |
| 35 | from | from | ADP | _ | 37 stories | case |
| 36 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 37 stories | det |
| 37 | stories | story | NOUN | Number=Plur | 34 differs | obl |
| 38 | of | of | ADP | _ | 41 class | case |
| 39 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 41 class | det |
| 40 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 41 class | amod |
| 41 | class | class | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 stories | nmod |
| 42 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 44 current | nsubj |
| 43 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 44 current | cop |
| 44 | current | current | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 37 stories | acl:relcl |
| 45 | among | among | ADP | _ | 46 ourselves | case |
| 46 | ourselves | ourselves | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 44 current | obl |
| 47 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 52 lands | punct |
| 48 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 52 lands | cc |
| 49 | in | in | ADP | _ | 52 lands | case |
| 50 | those | that | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 52 lands | det |
| 51 | foreign | foreign | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 52 lands | amod |
| 52 | lands | land | NOUN | Number=Plur | 44 current | obl |
| 53 | with | with | ADP | _ | 54 which | case |
| 54 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 58 familiar | obl |
| 55 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 58 familiar | nsubj |
| 56 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 58 familiar | cop |
| 57 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 58 familiar | advmod |
| 58 | familiar | familiar | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 52 lands | conj |
| 59 | than | than | ADP | _ | 63 Russia | case |
| 60 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 63 Russia | nsubj |
| 61 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 63 Russia | cop |
| 62 | with | with | ADP | _ | 63 Russia | case |
| 63 | Russia | Russia | PROPN | Number=Sing | 58 familiar | obl |
| 64 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 68 explore | punct |
| 65 | rather | rather | ADV | ExtPos=CCONJ | 68 explore | cc |
| 66 | than | than | ADP | _ | 65 rather | fixed |
| 67 | to | to | PART | _ | 68 explore | mark |
| 68 | explore | explore | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 58 familiar | parataxis |
| 69 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 70 birthplace | nmod:poss |
| 70 | birthplace | birthplace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 68 explore | obj |
| 71 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 73 divine | cc |
| 72 | to | to | PART | _ | 73 divine | mark |
| 73 | divine | divine | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 68 explore | conj |
| 74 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 76 meaning | nmod:poss |
| 75 | original | original | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 76 meaning | amod |
| 76 | meaning | meaning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 73 divine | obj |
| 77 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 deal | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | deal | future | we | for the present; with the Russian folk tale | vn cope-83 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with tale=Theme | ||||
| 2 | find | present | we | present | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic | ||||
| 3 | attempt | gerund | we not said here | vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 4 | become not said to happen | to-infinitive | we not said here | acquainted property | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 5 | see | to-infinitive | present's principal characteristics | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 6 | respect | present | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | ||||||
| 7 | differ | present | present | from the stories of the same class; chiefly property | vn differ-23.4 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme from story=Co-Theme | ||||
| 8 | is | present | the stories of the same class | that foreign lands | among ourselves; current property | tree rules | |||
| 9 | is | present | we | with that foreign lands; familiar property | tree rules | ||||
| 10 | is | present | we | than Russia | tree rules | ||||
| 11 | explore | to-infinitive | present's birthplace | vn investigate-35.4 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent birthplace=Location | |||||
| 12 | divine | to-infinitive | present's original meaning | tree rules | |||||
| 13 | mean | present | nom meaning «communication 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 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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