Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter I. INTRODUCTORY, part 1, sentence 9

Rather is it believed of most folk-tales that they, in their original forms, were framed centuries upon centuries ago; while of some of them it is supposed that they may be traced back through successive ages to those myths in which, during a prehistoric period, the oldest of philosophers expressed their ideas relative to the material or the spiritual world.

Who acts: most folk tales, prehistoric period, ideas, Tales · What happens: believe, frame, suppose, trace back, express, relative · To what, where: Rather, original forms, some, forms, successive ages, myths

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 (most folk tales, prehistoric period, ideas, Tales), 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	Rather	rather	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 believed	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 believed	aux:pass
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 believed	nsubj:pass
4	believed	believe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	9 tales	case
6	most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	9 tales	amod
7	folk	folk	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 tales	compound
8	-	-	PUNCT	_	7 folk	punct
9	tales	tale	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 believed	obl
10	that	that	ADP	_	11 they	case
11	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 tales	nmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 forms	punct
13	in	in	ADP	_	16 forms	case
14	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 forms	nmod:poss
15	original	original	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 forms	amod
16	forms	form	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 framed	nsubj:pass
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 forms	punct
18	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 framed	aux:pass
19	framed	frame	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 tales	acl:relcl
20	centuries	century	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 framed	obj
21	upon	upon	ADP	_	22 centuries	case
22	centuries	century	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 framed	obl
23	ago	ago	ADV	_	19 framed	advmod
24	;	;	PUNCT	_	32 supposed	punct
25	while	while	SCONJ	_	32 supposed	mark
26	of	of	ADP	_	27 some	case
27	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	32 supposed	nsubj:pass
28	of	of	ADP	_	29 them	case
29	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	27 some	nmod
30	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	32 supposed	nsubj:pass
31	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	32 supposed	aux:pass
32	supposed	suppose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 believed	conj
33	that	that	SCONJ	_	37 traced	mark
34	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	37 traced	nsubj:pass
35	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	37 traced	aux
36	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	37 traced	aux:pass
37	traced	trace	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	32 supposed	advcl
38	back	back	ADV	_	37 traced	advmod
39	through	through	ADP	_	41 ages	case
40	successive	successive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	41 ages	amod
41	ages	age	NOUN	Number=Plur	37 traced	obl
42	to	to	ADP	_	44 myths	case
43	those	that	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	44 myths	det
44	myths	myth	NOUN	Number=Plur	37 traced	obl
45	in	in	ADP	_	46 which	case
46	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	57 expressed	obl
47	,	,	PUNCT	_	51 period	punct
48	during	during	ADP	_	51 period	case
49	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	51 period	det
50	prehistoric	prehistoric	ADJ	Degree=Pos	51 period	amod
51	period	period	NOUN	Number=Sing	57 expressed	nsubj
52	,	,	PUNCT	_	54 oldest	punct
53	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	54 oldest	det
54	oldest	old	ADJ	Degree=Sup	51 period	appos
55	of	of	ADP	_	56 philosophers	case
56	philosophers	philosopher	NOUN	Number=Plur	54 oldest	obl
57	expressed	express	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	44 myths	advcl
58	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	59 ideas	nmod:poss
59	ideas	idea	NOUN	Number=Plur	60 relative	nsubj
60	relative	relative	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	57 expressed	ccomp
61	to	to	ADP	_	63 material	case
62	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	63 material	det
63	material	material	NOUN	Number=Sing	60 relative	obl
64	or	or	CCONJ	_	67 world	cc
65	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	67 world	det
66	spiritual	spiritual	ADJ	Degree=Pos	67 world	amod
67	world	world	NOUN	Number=Sing	63 material	conj
68	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 believed	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	believe	present · passive		Rather			of most folk tales that Tales	vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus
2	frame	past · passive	most folk tales that Tales not said here	Tales's original forms		century	ago property	vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: subject=Destination
3	suppose	present · passive		some				vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Attribute
4	trace back	may · passive		forms = form		through successive ages	to that myths	vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
5	express	past	a prehistoric period		that myths			tree rules
6	relative	present	myth's ideas				to the material or the spiritual world	tree rules
7	form		Tales = tale					nom form «communication transitive»: poss=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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