Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter I. INTRODUCTORY, part 1, sentence 39
But from the casual references to actual scenes and ordinary occupations which every here and there occur in the descriptions of fairy-land and the narratives of heroic adventure--from the realistic vignettes which are sometimes inserted between the idealized portraits of invincible princes and irresistible princesses--some idea may be obtained of the usual aspect of a Russian village, and of the ordinary behavior of its inhabitants.
Who acts: actual scenes · What happens: occur, insert, idealize, obtain, describe, portray · To what, where: descriptions, realistic vignettes, idealized portraits, idea, casual references, fairy land
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 (actual scenes), 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 | But | but | CCONJ | _ | 55 obtained | cc |
| 2 | from | from | ADP | _ | 5 references | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 references | det |
| 4 | casual | casual | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 references | amod |
| 5 | references | reference | NOUN | Number=Plur | 55 obtained | obl |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 scenes | case |
| 7 | actual | actual | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 scenes | amod |
| 8 | scenes | scene | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 references | nmod |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 occupations | cc |
| 10 | ordinary | ordinary | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 occupations | amod |
| 11 | occupations | occupation | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 scenes | conj |
| 12 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 17 occur | nsubj |
| 13 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 12 which | det:predet |
| 14 | here | here | ADV | PronType=Dem | 12 which | advmod |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 there | cc |
| 16 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 14 here | conj |
| 17 | occur | occur | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 scenes | acl:relcl |
| 18 | in | in | ADP | _ | 20 descriptions | case |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 descriptions | det |
| 20 | descriptions | description | NOUN | Number=Plur | 17 occur | obl |
| 21 | of | of | ADP | _ | 24 land | case |
| 22 | fairy | fairy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 land | compound |
| 23 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 22 fairy | punct |
| 24 | land | land | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 descriptions | nmod |
| 25 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 27 narratives | cc |
| 26 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 narratives | det |
| 27 | narratives | narrative | NOUN | Number=Plur | 24 land | conj |
| 28 | of | of | ADP | _ | 30 adventure | case |
| 29 | heroic | heroic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 30 adventure | amod |
| 30 | adventure | adventure | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 narratives | nmod |
| 31 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 35 vignettes | punct |
| 32 | from | from | ADP | _ | 35 vignettes | case |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 35 vignettes | det |
| 34 | realistic | realistic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 35 vignettes | amod |
| 35 | vignettes | vignette | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 references | conj |
| 36 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 39 inserted | nsubj:pass |
| 37 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 39 inserted | aux:pass |
| 38 | sometimes | sometimes | ADV | PronType=Ind | 39 inserted | advmod |
| 39 | inserted | insert | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 35 vignettes | acl:relcl |
| 40 | between | between | ADP | _ | 43 portraits | case |
| 41 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 43 portraits | det |
| 42 | idealized | idealize | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 43 portraits | amod |
| 43 | portraits | portrait | NOUN | Number=Plur | 39 inserted | obl |
| 44 | of | of | ADP | _ | 46 princes | case |
| 45 | invincible | invincible | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 46 princes | amod |
| 46 | princes | prince | NOUN | Number=Plur | 43 portraits | nmod |
| 47 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 49 princesses | cc |
| 48 | irresistible | irresistible | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 49 princesses | amod |
| 49 | princesses | princess | NOUN | Number=Plur | 46 princes | conj |
| 50 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 5 references | punct |
| 51 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 52 idea | det |
| 52 | idea | idea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 55 obtained | nsubj:pass |
| 53 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 55 obtained | aux |
| 54 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 55 obtained | aux:pass |
| 55 | obtained | obtain | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 56 | of | of | ADP | _ | 59 aspect | case |
| 57 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 59 aspect | det |
| 58 | usual | usual | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 59 aspect | amod |
| 59 | aspect | aspect | NOUN | Number=Sing | 55 obtained | obl |
| 60 | of | of | ADP | _ | 63 village | case |
| 61 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 63 village | det |
| 62 | Russian | Russian | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 63 village | amod |
| 63 | village | village | NOUN | Number=Sing | 59 aspect | nmod |
| 64 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 69 behavior | punct |
| 65 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 69 behavior | cc |
| 66 | of | of | ADP | _ | 69 behavior | case |
| 67 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 69 behavior | det |
| 68 | ordinary | ordinary | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 69 behavior | amod |
| 69 | behavior | behavior | NOUN | Number=Sing | 55 obtained | obl |
| 70 | of | of | ADP | _ | 72 inhabitants | case |
| 71 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 72 inhabitants | nmod:poss |
| 72 | inhabitants | inhabitant | NOUN | Number=Plur | 69 behavior | nmod |
| 73 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 55 obtained | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | occur | present | actual scenes and ordinary occupations | the descriptions of fairy land and the narratives of heroic adventure | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in description=Location | ||||
| 2 | insert | present · passive | the realistic vignettes | the idealized portraits of invincible princes and irresistible princesses | sometimes property | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme between portrait=Destination | |||
| 3 | idealize | participle | tree rules | ||||||
| 4 | obtain | may · passive | some idea | the casual references to actual scenes and ordinary occupations and the realistic vignettes | of the usual aspect of a Russian village; of the ordinary behavior of behavior's inhabitants | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: subject=Theme from reference=Source | |||
| 5 | describe | fairy land and the narratives of heroic adventure | nom description «communication transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 6 | portray | invincible princes and irresistible princesses | nom portrait «communication transitive»: of=patient |
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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