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Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter I. INTRODUCTORY, part 1, sentence 48

And at night we see the homely dwellings of the villagers assume a picturesque aspect to which they are strangers by the tell-tale light of day, their rough lines softened by the mellow splendor of a summer moon, or their unshapely forms looming forth mysteriously against the starlit snow of winter.

Who acts: we, homely dwellings, picturesque aspect, unshapely forms, villagers, winter · What happens: see, assume, be, soften, loom, light · To what, where: picturesque aspect, strangers, rough lines, starlit snow, day · 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, homely dwellings, picturesque aspect, unshapely forms), 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

cccaseoblnsubjdetamodnsubjcasedetnmodccompdetamodobjcasensubjnsubjcopacl:relclcasedetcompoundpunctcompoundnmodcasenmodpunctnmod:possamodconjaclcasedetamodoblcasedetcompoundnmodpunctccnmod:possamodconjacladvmodadvmodcasedetamodoblcasenmodpunctrootAndCCONJatADPnightNOUNwePRONseeVERBtheDEThomelyADJdwellingsNOUNofADPtheDETvillagersNOUNassumeVERBaDETpicturesqueADJaspectNOUNtoADPwhichPRONtheyPRONareAUXstrangersNOUNbyADPtheDETtellNOUN-PUNCTtaleNOUNlightNOUNofADPdayNOUN,PUNCTtheirPRONroughADJlinesNOUNsoftenedVERBbyADPtheDETmellowADJsplendorNOUNofADPaDETsummerNOUNmoonNOUN,PUNCTorCCONJtheirPRONunshapelyADJformsNOUNloomingVERBforthADVmysteriouslyADVagainstADPtheDETstarlitADJsnowNOUNofADPwinterNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AndandCCONJ_5 seecc
2atatADP_3 nightcase
3nightnightNOUNNumber=Sing5 seeobl
4wewePRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs5 seensubj
5seeseeVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
6thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art8 dwellingsdet
7homelyhomelyADJDegree=Pos8 dwellingsamod
8dwellingsdwellingNOUNNumber=Plur12 assumensubj
9ofofADP_11 villagerscase
10thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art11 villagersdet
11villagersvillagerNOUNNumber=Plur8 dwellingsnmod
12assumeassumeVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin5 seeccomp
13aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art15 aspectdet
14picturesquepicturesqueADJDegree=Pos15 aspectamod
15aspectaspectNOUNNumber=Sing12 assumeobj
16totoADP_17 whichcase
17whichwhichPRONPronType=Rel20 strangersnsubj
18theytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs20 strangersnsubj
19arebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin20 strangerscop
20strangersstrangerNOUNNumber=Plur15 aspectacl:relcl
21bybyADP_26 lightcase
22thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art26 lightdet
23telltellNOUNNumber=Sing25 talecompound
24--PUNCT_23 tellpunct
25taletaleNOUNNumber=Sing26 lightcompound
26lightlightNOUNNumber=Sing20 strangersnmod
27ofofADP_28 daycase
28daydayNOUNNumber=Sing26 lightnmod
29,,PUNCT_32 linespunct
30theirtheirPRONCase=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs32 linesnmod:poss
31roughroughADJDegree=Pos32 linesamod
32lineslineNOUNNumber=Plur26 lightconj
33softenedsoftenVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass32 linesacl
34bybyADP_37 splendorcase
35thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art37 splendordet
36mellowmellowADJDegree=Pos37 splendoramod
37splendorsplendorNOUNNumber=Sing33 softenedobl
38ofofADP_41 mooncase
39aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art41 moondet
40summersummerNOUNNumber=Sing41 mooncompound
41moonmoonNOUNNumber=Sing37 splendornmod
42,,PUNCT_46 formspunct
43ororCCONJ_46 formscc
44theirtheirPRONCase=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs46 formsnmod:poss
45unshapelyunshapelyADJDegree=Pos46 formsamod
46formsformNOUNNumber=Plur26 lightconj
47loomingloomVERBVerbForm=Ger46 formsacl
48forthforthADV_47 loomingadvmod
49mysteriouslymysteriouslyADV_47 loomingadvmod
50againstagainstADP_53 snowcase
51thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art53 snowdet
52starlitstarlitADJDegree=Pos53 snowamod
53snowsnowNOUNNumber=Sing47 loomingobl
54ofofADP_55 wintercase
55winterwinterNOUNNumber=Sing53 snownmod
56..PUNCT_5 seepunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1seepresentwenightvn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2assumepresentthe homely dwellings of the villagersa picturesque aspectvn adopt-93.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent aspect=Theme
3is apresenta picturesque aspectstrangersby the tale light of day and villagers's rough lines or villagers's unshapely formstree rules
4softenparticiplevillagers's rough lines not said hereby the mellow splendor of a summer moonvn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
5loomgerundvillagers's unshapely forms not said herethe starlit snow of winterforth, mysteriously propertyvn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme against snow=Location
6lightdaynom light «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient
7formvillagers = villagernom form «communication transitive»: poss=agent
8snowwinternom snow «phenomenon intransitive»: of=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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