Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter I. INTRODUCTORY, part 1, sentence 29
There are numerous points on which the "lower classes" of all the Aryan peoples in Europe closely resemble each other, but the Russian peasant has--in common with all his Slavonic brethren--a genuine talent for narrative which distinguishes him from some of his more distant cousins.
Who acts: numerous points, lower classes, Russian peasant, genuine talent · What happens: be, resemble, have, distinguish · To what, where: each, numerous points, peasant
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 (numerous points, lower classes, Russian peasant, genuine talent), 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 | There | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 2 are | expl |
| 2 | are | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | numerous | numerous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 points | amod |
| 4 | points | point | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 are | nsubj |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 6 which | case |
| 6 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 20 resemble | obl |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 classes | det |
| 8 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 classes | punct |
| 9 | lower | low | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 10 classes | amod |
| 10 | classes | class | NOUN | Number=Plur | 20 resemble | nsubj |
| 11 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 classes | punct |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 16 peoples | case |
| 13 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 16 peoples | det:predet |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 peoples | det |
| 15 | Aryan | Aryan | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 peoples | compound |
| 16 | peoples | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 classes | nmod |
| 17 | in | in | ADP | _ | 18 Europe | case |
| 18 | Europe | Europe | PROPN | Number=Sing | 16 peoples | nmod |
| 19 | closely | closely | ADV | _ | 20 resemble | advmod |
| 20 | resemble | resemble | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 points | acl:relcl |
| 21 | each | each | DET | ExtPos=PRON PronType=Rcp | 20 resemble | obj |
| 22 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 21 each | fixed |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 has | punct |
| 24 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 28 has | cc |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 peasant | det |
| 26 | Russian | Russian | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 27 peasant | amod |
| 27 | peasant | peasant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 has | nsubj |
| 28 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 are | parataxis |
| 29 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 31 common | punct |
| 30 | in | in | ADP | _ | 31 common | case |
| 31 | common | common | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 28 has | xcomp |
| 32 | with | with | ADP | _ | 36 brethren | case |
| 33 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 36 brethren | det:predet |
| 34 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 36 brethren | nmod:poss |
| 35 | Slavonic | slavonic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 36 brethren | amod |
| 36 | brethren | brethren | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 common | obl |
| 37 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 40 talent | punct |
| 38 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 40 talent | det |
| 39 | genuine | genuine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 40 talent | amod |
| 40 | talent | talent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 brethren | appos |
| 41 | for | for | ADP | _ | 42 narrative | case |
| 42 | narrative | narrative | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 talent | nmod |
| 43 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 44 distinguishes | nsubj |
| 44 | distinguishes | distinguish | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 40 talent | acl:relcl |
| 45 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 44 distinguishes | obj |
| 46 | from | from | ADP | _ | 47 some | case |
| 47 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 44 distinguishes | obl |
| 48 | of | of | ADP | _ | 52 cousins | case |
| 49 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 52 cousins | nmod:poss |
| 50 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 51 distant | advmod |
| 51 | distant | distant | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 52 cousins | amod |
| 52 | cousins | cousin | NOUN | Number=Plur | 47 some | nmod |
| 53 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 are | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | does | present | numerous points | there | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | resemble | present | the lower classes of all Aryan peoples in Europe | each | numerous points | closely property | tree rules | ||
| 3 | have | present | the Russian peasant | common property | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 4 | distinguish | present | a genuine talent for narrative | peasant | from some | vn distinguish-23.5-1 «NP V NP.theme PP.co-theme»: agent=Agent he=Theme from some=Co-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 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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