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Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter I. INTRODUCTORY, part 2, sentence 1

There is a good deal of social life in the Russian villages during the long winter evenings, and at some of the gatherings which then take place skazkas are told, though at those in which only the young people participate, songs, games, and dances are more popular.

Who acts: good deal, gatherings, young people, dances · What happens: be, take, tell, participate, deal · To what, where: place skazkas, some, songs, social life · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore», Chapter I. INTRODUCTORY, part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (good deal, gatherings, young people, dances), 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

expldetamodnsubjcaseamodnmodcasedetamodnmodcasedetamodcompoundnmodpunctcccasensubj:passcasedetnmodnsubjadvmodacl:relclcompoundobjaux:passparataxispunctmarkcasedetcaseobladvmoddetamodnsubjacl:relclpunctiobjpunctconjpunctccnsubjcopadvmodconjpunctrootTherePRONisVERBaDETgoodADJdealNOUNofADPsocialADJlifeNOUNinADPtheDETRussianADJvillagesNOUNduringADPtheDETlongADJwinterNOUNeveningsNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJatADPsomeDETofADPtheDETgatheringsNOUNwhichPRONthenADVtakeVERBplaceNOUNskazkasNOUNareAUXtoldVERB,PUNCTthoughSCONJatADPthoseDETinADPwhichPRONonlyADVtheDETyoungADJpeopleNOUNparticipateVERB,PUNCTsongsNOUN,PUNCTgamesNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJdancesNOUNareAUXmoreADVpopularADJ.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1TheretherePRONPronType=Dem2 isexpl
2isbeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art5 dealdet
4goodgoodADJDegree=Pos5 dealamod
5dealdealNOUNNumber=Sing2 isnsubj
6ofofADP_8 lifecase
7socialsocialADJDegree=Pos8 lifeamod
8lifelifeNOUNNumber=Sing5 dealnmod
9ininADP_12 villagescase
10thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art12 villagesdet
11RussianRussianADJDegree=Pos12 villagesamod
12villagesvillageNOUNNumber=Plur8 lifenmod
13duringduringADP_17 eveningscase
14thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art17 eveningsdet
15longlongADJDegree=Pos17 eveningsamod
16winterwinterNOUNNumber=Sing17 eveningscompound
17eveningseveningNOUNNumber=Plur12 villagesnmod
18,,PUNCT_31 toldpunct
19andandCCONJ_31 toldcc
20atatADP_21 somecase
21somesomeDETPronType=Ind31 toldnsubj:pass
22ofofADP_24 gatheringscase
23thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art24 gatheringsdet
24gatheringsgatheringNOUNNumber=Plur21 somenmod
25whichwhichPRONPronType=Rel27 takensubj
26thenthenADVPronType=Dem27 takeadvmod
27taketakeVERBVerbForm=Inf24 gatheringsacl:relcl
28placeplaceNOUNNumber=Sing29 skazkascompound
29skazkasskazkaNOUNNumber=Plur27 takeobj
30arebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin31 toldaux:pass
31toldtellVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass2 isparataxis
32,,PUNCT_35 thosepunct
33thoughthoughSCONJ_35 thosemark
34atatADP_35 thosecase
35thosethatDETNumber=Plur PronType=Dem44 songsdet
36ininADP_37 whichcase
37whichwhichPRONPronType=Rel42 participateobl
38onlyonlyADV_41 peopleadvmod
39thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art41 peopledet
40youngyoungADJDegree=Pos41 peopleamod
41peoplepeopleNOUNNumber=Plur42 participatensubj
42participateparticipateVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin35 thoseacl:relcl
43,,PUNCT_44 songspunct
44songssongNOUNNumber=Plur31 toldiobj
45,,PUNCT_46 gamespunct
46gamesgameNOUNNumber=Plur44 songsconj
47,,PUNCT_52 popularpunct
48andandCCONJ_52 popularcc
49dancesdanceNOUNNumber=Plur52 popularnsubj
50arebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin52 popularcop
51moremoreADVDegree=Cmp52 popularadvmod
52popularpopularADJDegree=Pos44 songsconj
53..PUNCT_2 ispunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1bepresenta good deal of social life in the Russian villages during the long winter eveningstherevn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2takeinfinitivethe gatheringsplace skazkasthenvn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent skazka=Theme
3tell speech: assertpresent · passivesomethat songs and gamesvn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient song=Topic
4participatepresentthe young peoplevn cooperate-73.1-2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in which=Theme
5ispresentdancespopular propertytree rules
6dealsocial life in the Russian villages during the long winter eveningsnom deal «act 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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