Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter I. INTRODUCTORY, part 1, sentence 8

But whether it be considered in one of its phases as a distorted "nature-myth," or in another as a demoralized apologue or parable--whether it be regarded at one time as a relic of primeval wisdom, or at another as a blurred transcript of a page of mediaeval history--its critics agree in declaring it to be no mere creation of the popular fancy, no chance expression of the uncultured thought of the rude tiller of this or that soil.

Who acts: critics · What happens: consider, distort, demoralize, regard, blur, agree · To what, where: origin, mere creation, mediaeval history, rude tiller

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 (critics), 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	_	5 considered	cc
2	whether	whether	SCONJ	_	5 considered	mark
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 considered	nsubj:pass
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 considered	aux:pass
5	considered	consider	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 one	case
7	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 considered	xcomp
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 phases	case
9	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 phases	nmod:poss
10	phases	phase	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 one	nmod
11	as	as	SCONJ	_	17 myth	mark
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 myth	det
13	distorted	distort	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	17 myth	amod
14	"	"	PUNCT	_	17 myth	punct
15	nature	nature	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 myth	compound
16	-	-	PUNCT	_	15 nature	punct
17	myth	myth	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 considered	xcomp
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 myth	punct
19	"	"	PUNCT	_	17 myth	punct
20	or	or	CCONJ	_	26 apologue	cc
21	in	in	ADP	_	22 another	case
22	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	20 or	obl
23	as	as	ADP	_	26 apologue	case
24	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	26 apologue	det
25	demoralized	demoralize	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	26 apologue	amod
26	apologue	apologue	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 myth	conj
27	or	or	CCONJ	_	28 parable	cc
28	parable	parable	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 apologue	conj
29	--	--	PUNCT	_	33 regarded	punct
30	whether	whether	SCONJ	_	33 regarded	mark
31	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	33 regarded	nsubj:pass
32	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	33 regarded	aux:pass
33	regarded	regard	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 considered	conj
34	at	at	ADP	_	36 time	case
35	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	36 time	nummod
36	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	33 regarded	obl
37	as	as	ADP	_	39 relic	case
38	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	39 relic	det
39	relic	relic	NOUN	Number=Sing	33 regarded	obl
40	of	of	ADP	_	42 wisdom	case
41	primeval	primeval	NOUN	Number=Sing	42 wisdom	compound
42	wisdom	wisdom	NOUN	Number=Sing	39 relic	nmod
43	,	,	PUNCT	_	46 another	punct
44	or	or	CCONJ	_	46 another	cc
45	at	at	ADP	_	46 another	case
46	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	39 relic	conj
47	as	as	ADP	_	50 transcript	case
48	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	50 transcript	det
49	blurred	blur	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	50 transcript	amod
50	transcript	transcript	NOUN	Number=Sing	46 another	nmod
51	of	of	ADP	_	53 page	case
52	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	53 page	det
53	page	page	NOUN	Number=Sing	50 transcript	nmod
54	of	of	ADP	_	56 history	case
55	mediaeval	mediaeval	NOUN	Number=Sing	56 history	compound
56	history	history	NOUN	Number=Sing	53 page	nmod
57	--	--	PUNCT	_	60 agree	punct
58	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	59 critics	nmod:poss
59	critics	critic	NOUN	Number=Plur	60 agree	nsubj
60	agree	agree	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	50 transcript	parataxis
61	in	in	SCONJ	_	62 declaring	mark
62	declaring	declare	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	60 agree	advcl
63	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	62 declaring	obj
64	to	to	PART	_	68 creation	mark
65	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	68 creation	cop
66	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	68 creation	det
67	mere	mere	ADJ	Degree=Pos	68 creation	amod
68	creation	creation	NOUN	Number=Sing	62 declaring	xcomp
69	of	of	ADP	_	72 fancy	case
70	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	72 fancy	det
71	popular	popular	ADJ	Degree=Pos	72 fancy	amod
72	fancy	fancy	NOUN	Number=Sing	68 creation	nmod
73	,	,	PUNCT	_	76 expression	punct
74	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	76 expression	det
75	chance	chance	NOUN	Number=Sing	76 expression	compound
76	expression	expression	NOUN	Number=Sing	68 creation	conj
77	of	of	ADP	_	80 thought	case
78	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	80 thought	det
79	uncultured	uncultured	ADJ	Degree=Pos	80 thought	amod
80	thought	thought	NOUN	Number=Sing	76 expression	nmod
81	of	of	ADP	_	84 tiller	case
82	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	84 tiller	det
83	rude	rude	ADJ	Degree=Pos	84 tiller	amod
84	tiller	tiller	NOUN	Number=Sing	80 thought	nmod
85	of	of	ADP	_	86 this	case
86	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	84 tiller	nmod
87	or	or	CCONJ	_	89 soil	cc
88	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	89 soil	det
89	soil	soil	NOUN	Number=Sing	84 tiller	conj
90	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 considered	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	consider	infinitive · passive		origin			vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Attribute
2	distort	participle					vn knead-26.5 «NP.material V PP.product»: agent=Material
3	demoralize	participle					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
4	regard	infinitive · passive		origin	time	as a relic of primeval wisdom	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP PP.value»: subject=Theme as relic=Value
5	blur	participle					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
6	agree speech: agree	present	origin's critics				vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
7	declare speech: other	gerund	origin's critics not said here	origin			vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Attribute
8	is a	to-infinitive	origin's critics not said here	no mere creation and no chance expression of the uncultured thought of the rude tiller of this or that soil		of the popular fancy	tree rules
9	page			mediaeval history			nom page «communication transitive»: of=patient
10	think			the rude tiller of this or that soil			nom thought «cognition 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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