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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

explamodnsubjcaseobldetpunctamodnsubjpunctcasedet:predetdetcompoundnmodcasenmodadvmodacl:relclobjfixedpunctccdetamodnsubjparataxispunctcasexcompcasedet:predetnmod:possamodoblpunctdetamodapposcasenmodnsubjacl:relclobjcaseoblcasenmod:possadvmodamodnmodpunctrootTherePRONareVERBnumerousADJpointsNOUNonADPwhichPRONtheDET"PUNCTlowerADJclassesNOUN"PUNCTofADPallDETtheDETAryanADJpeoplesNOUNinADPEuropePROPNcloselyADVresembleVERBeachDETotherADJ,PUNCTbutCCONJtheDETRussianADJpeasantNOUNhasVERB--PUNCTinADPcommonADJwithADPallDEThisPRONSlavonicADJbrethrenNOUN--PUNCTaDETgenuineADJtalentNOUNforADPnarrativeNOUNwhichPRONdistinguishesVERBhimPRONfromADPsomeDETofADPhisPRONmoreADVdistantADJcousinsNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1TheretherePRONPronType=Dem2 areexpl
2arebeVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3numerousnumerousADJDegree=Pos4 pointsamod
4pointspointNOUNNumber=Plur2 arensubj
5ononADP_6 whichcase
6whichwhichPRONPronType=Rel20 resembleobl
7thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art10 classesdet
8""PUNCT_10 classespunct
9lowerlowADJDegree=Cmp10 classesamod
10classesclassNOUNNumber=Plur20 resemblensubj
11""PUNCT_10 classespunct
12ofofADP_16 peoplescase
13allallDETPronType=Tot16 peoplesdet:predet
14thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art16 peoplesdet
15AryanAryanADJDegree=Pos16 peoplescompound
16peoplespeopleNOUNNumber=Plur10 classesnmod
17ininADP_18 Europecase
18EuropeEuropePROPNNumber=Sing16 peoplesnmod
19closelycloselyADV_20 resembleadvmod
20resembleresembleVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin4 pointsacl:relcl
21eacheachDETExtPos=PRON PronType=Rcp20 resembleobj
22otherotherADJDegree=Pos21 eachfixed
23,,PUNCT_28 haspunct
24butbutCCONJ_28 hascc
25thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art27 peasantdet
26RussianRussianADJDegree=Pos27 peasantamod
27peasantpeasantNOUNNumber=Sing28 hasnsubj
28hashaveVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin2 areparataxis
29----PUNCT_31 commonpunct
30ininADP_31 commoncase
31commoncommonADJDegree=Pos28 hasxcomp
32withwithADP_36 brethrencase
33allallDETPronType=Tot36 brethrendet:predet
34hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs36 brethrennmod:poss
35SlavonicslavonicADJDegree=Pos36 brethrenamod
36brethrenbrethrenNOUNNumber=Sing31 commonobl
37----PUNCT_40 talentpunct
38aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art40 talentdet
39genuinegenuineADJDegree=Pos40 talentamod
40talenttalentNOUNNumber=Sing36 brethrenappos
41forforADP_42 narrativecase
42narrativenarrativeNOUNNumber=Sing40 talentnmod
43whichwhichPRONPronType=Rel44 distinguishesnsubj
44distinguishesdistinguishVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin40 talentacl:relcl
45himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs44 distinguishesobj
46fromfromADP_47 somecase
47somesomeDETPronType=Ind44 distinguishesobl
48ofofADP_52 cousinscase
49hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs52 cousinsnmod:poss
50moremoreADVDegree=Cmp51 distantadvmod
51distantdistantADJDegree=Pos52 cousinsamod
52cousinscousinNOUNNumber=Plur47 somenmod
53..PUNCT_2 arepunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1doespresentnumerous pointstherevn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2resemblepresentthe lower classes of all Aryan peoples in Europeeachnumerous pointsclosely propertytree rules
3havepresentthe Russian peasantcommon propertyvn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
4distinguishpresenta genuine talent for narrativepeasantfrom somevn 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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