Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter I. INTRODUCTORY, part 1, sentence 55

And when, as we pass along the village street at night, we see gleaming through the utter darkness the faint rays which tell that even in many a poverty-stricken home a lamp is burning before the "holy pictures," we feel that these poor tillers of the soil, ignorant and uncouth though they too often are, may be raised at times by lofty thoughts and noble aspirations far above the low level of the dull and hard lives which they are forced to lead.

Who acts: we, faint rays, lamp, tiller, lofty thoughts · What happens: pass, see, gleam, tell, burn, feel · To what, where: village street, utter darkness, holy pictures, poor tillers, lofty thoughts · 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, faint rays, lamp, tiller), 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	And	and	CCONJ	_	15 see	cc
2	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	6 pass	advmod
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 pass	punct
4	as	as	SCONJ	_	6 pass	mark
5	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	6 pass	nsubj
6	pass	pass	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 see	advcl
7	along	along	ADP	_	10 street	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 street	det
9	village	village	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 street	compound
10	street	street	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 pass	obl
11	at	at	ADP	_	12 night	case
12	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 pass	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 pass	punct
14	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	15 see	nsubj
15	see	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
16	gleaming	gleam	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	15 see	xcomp
17	through	through	ADP	_	20 darkness	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 darkness	det
19	utter	utter	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 darkness	amod
20	darkness	darkness	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 gleaming	obl
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 rays	det
22	faint	faint	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 rays	compound
23	rays	ray	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 darkness	nmod
24	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	25 tell	nsubj
25	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	23 rays	acl:relcl
26	that	that	SCONJ	_	29 many	mark
27	even	even	ADV	_	29 many	advmod
28	in	in	ADP	_	29 many	case
29	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	25 tell	ccomp
30	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	34 home	det
31	poverty	poverty	NOUN	Number=Sing	33 stricken	compound
32	-	-	PUNCT	_	31 poverty	punct
33	stricken	stricken	ADJ	Degree=Pos	34 home	amod
34	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 many	advmod
35	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	36 lamp	det
36	lamp	lamp	NOUN	Number=Sing	38 burning	nsubj
37	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	38 burning	aux
38	burning	burn	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	29 many	ccomp
39	before	before	ADP	_	43 pictures	case
40	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	43 pictures	det
41	"	"	PUNCT	_	43 pictures	punct
42	holy	holy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	43 pictures	amod
43	pictures	picture	NOUN	Number=Plur	38 burning	obl
44	,	,	PUNCT	_	47 feel	punct
45	"	"	PUNCT	_	47 feel	punct
46	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	47 feel	nsubj
47	feel	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	25 tell	ccomp
48	that	that	SCONJ	_	67 raised	mark
49	these	this	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	51 tillers	det
50	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	51 tillers	amod
51	tillers	tiller	NOUN	Number=Plur	67 raised	nsubj:pass
52	of	of	ADP	_	54 soil	case
53	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	54 soil	det
54	soil	soil	NOUN	Number=Sing	51 tillers	nmod
55	,	,	PUNCT	_	56 ignorant	punct
56	ignorant	ignorant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	51 tillers	parataxis
57	and	and	CCONJ	_	58 uncouth	cc
58	uncouth	uncouth	ADJ	Degree=Pos	56 ignorant	conj
59	though	though	SCONJ	_	63 are	mark
60	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	63 are	nsubj
61	too	too	ADV	_	62 often	advmod
62	often	often	ADV	_	63 are	advmod
63	are	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	56 ignorant	advcl
64	,	,	PUNCT	_	51 tillers	punct
65	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	67 raised	aux
66	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	67 raised	aux:pass
67	raised	raise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	47 feel	advcl
68	at	at	ADP	_	69 times	case
69	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	67 raised	obl
70	by	by	ADP	_	72 thoughts	case
71	lofty	lofty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	72 thoughts	amod
72	thoughts	thought	NOUN	Number=Plur	67 raised	obl
73	and	and	CCONJ	_	75 aspirations	cc
74	noble	noble	ADJ	Degree=Pos	75 aspirations	amod
75	aspirations	aspiration	NOUN	Number=Plur	72 thoughts	conj
76	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	80 level	advmod
77	above	above	ADP	_	80 level	case
78	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	80 level	det
79	low	low	ADJ	Degree=Pos	80 level	amod
80	level	level	NOUN	Number=Sing	72 thoughts	conj
81	of	of	ADP	_	86 lives	case
82	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	86 lives	det
83	dull	dull	ADJ	Degree=Pos	86 lives	amod
84	and	and	CCONJ	_	85 hard	cc
85	hard	hard	ADJ	Degree=Pos	83 dull	conj
86	lives	life	NOUN	Number=Plur	80 level	nmod
87	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	90 forced	nsubj:pass
88	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	90 forced	nsubj:pass
89	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	90 forced	aux:pass
90	forced	force	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	72 thoughts	acl:relcl
91	to	to	PART	_	92 lead	mark
92	lead	lead	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	90 forced	xcomp
93	.	.	PUNCT	_	15 see	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pass	present	we		the village street	night		vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme along street=Location
2	see	present	we					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
3	gleam	gerund	we not said here		the utter darkness the faint rays			vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through darkness=Location
4	tell speech: assert	present	the faint rays					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
5	burn	present · progressive	a lamp		the holy pictures			vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme before picture=Location
6	feel	present	we					vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
7	does	present	tiller				often property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
8	raise	may · passive	lofty thoughts and noble aspirations and the low level of the dull lives	this poor tillers of the soil		time		vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme
9	force	present · passive		lofty thoughts and noble aspirations and the low level of the dull lives				vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic
10	lead	to-infinitive	lofty thoughts and noble aspirations and the low level of the dull lives not said here					vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition

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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