Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter I. INTRODUCTORY, part 1, sentence 51
After a glance at the barns and cattle-sheds, and at the garden which supplies the family with fruits and vegetables (on flowers, alas! but little store is set in the northern provinces), we cross the threshold, a spot hallowed by many traditions, and pass, through what in more pretentious houses may be called the vestibule, into the "living room."
Who acts: garden, we · What happens: supply, set, cross, hallow, pass, call · To what, where: family, flowers, northern provinces, threshold, spot, living room · 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 (garden, we), 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 | After | after | ADP | _ | 3 glance | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 glance | det |
| 3 | glance | glance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 set | obl |
| 4 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 barns | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 barns | det |
| 6 | barns | barn | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 glance | nmod |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 cattle | cc |
| 8 | cattle | cattle | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 barns | conj |
| 9 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 10 sheds | punct |
| 10 | sheds | shed | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 barns | conj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 garden | punct |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 garden | cc |
| 13 | at | at | ADP | _ | 15 garden | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 garden | det |
| 15 | garden | garden | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 glance | conj |
| 16 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 17 supplies | nsubj |
| 17 | supplies | supply | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 garden | acl:relcl |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 family | det |
| 19 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 supplies | obj |
| 20 | with | with | ADP | _ | 21 fruits | case |
| 21 | fruits | fruit | NOUN | Number=Plur | 19 family | nmod |
| 22 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 23 vegetables | cc |
| 23 | vegetables | vegetable | NOUN | Number=Plur | 21 fruits | conj |
| 24 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 26 flowers | punct |
| 25 | on | on | ADP | _ | 26 flowers | case |
| 26 | flowers | flower | NOUN | Number=Plur | 17 supplies | obl |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 alas | punct |
| 28 | alas | ala | NOUN | Number=Plur | 26 flowers | conj |
| 29 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 15 garden | punct |
| 30 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 32 store | cc |
| 31 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 32 store | amod |
| 32 | store | store | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 glance | conj |
| 33 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 34 set | aux:pass |
| 34 | set | set | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 35 | in | in | ADP | _ | 38 provinces | case |
| 36 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 38 provinces | det |
| 37 | northern | northern | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 38 provinces | amod |
| 38 | provinces | province | NOUN | Number=Plur | 34 set | obl |
| 39 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 38 provinces | punct |
| 40 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 42 cross | punct |
| 41 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 42 cross | nsubj |
| 42 | cross | cross | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 34 set | parataxis |
| 43 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 44 threshold | det |
| 44 | threshold | threshold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 cross | obj |
| 45 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 47 spot | punct |
| 46 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 47 spot | det |
| 47 | spot | spot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 threshold | appos |
| 48 | hallowed | hallow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 47 spot | acl |
| 49 | by | by | ADP | _ | 51 traditions | case |
| 50 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 51 traditions | amod |
| 51 | traditions | tradition | NOUN | Number=Plur | 48 hallowed | obl |
| 52 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 54 pass | punct |
| 53 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 54 pass | cc |
| 54 | pass | pass | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 42 cross | conj |
| 55 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 57 what | punct |
| 56 | through | through | ADP | _ | 57 what | case |
| 57 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 54 pass | obj |
| 58 | in | in | ADP | _ | 61 houses | case |
| 59 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 61 houses | amod |
| 60 | pretentious | pretentious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 61 houses | amod |
| 61 | houses | house | NOUN | Number=Plur | 64 called | obl |
| 62 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 64 called | aux |
| 63 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 64 called | aux:pass |
| 64 | called | call | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 57 what | acl:relcl |
| 65 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 66 vestibule | det |
| 66 | vestibule | vestibule | NOUN | Number=Sing | 64 called | xcomp |
| 67 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 72 room | punct |
| 68 | into | into | ADP | _ | 72 room | case |
| 69 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 72 room | det |
| 70 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 72 room | punct |
| 71 | living | living | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 72 room | amod |
| 72 | room | room | NOUN | Number=Sing | 54 pass | obl |
| 73 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 34 set | punct |
| 74 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 34 set | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | supply | present | the garden | the family | flowers and alas | with fruits and vegetables | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: agent=Agent family=Recipient with fruit=Theme | ||
| 2 | set | present · passive | the northern provinces | after a glance at the barns and cattle and sheds and the garden but little store | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: in province=Destination | ||||
| 3 | cross | present | we | the threshold | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent threshold=Patient | ||||
| 4 | hallow | participle | a spot not said here | by many traditions | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | pass | infinitive | we not said here | the living room | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent what=Theme into room=Destination | ||||
| 6 | call | may · passive | the vestibule | more pretentious houses | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V» |
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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