Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter I. INTRODUCTORY, part 4, sentence 48

On certain occasions he almost believes that to get drunk is a duty he owes either to the Church, or to the memory of the Dead; at times without the slightest apparent cause, he is seized by a sudden and irresistible craving for ardent spirits, and he commences a drinking-bout which lasts--with intervals of coma--for days, or even weeks, after which he resumes his everyday life and his usual sobriety as calmly as if no interruption had taken place.

Who acts: friend, drunk, sudden craving, drinking bout · What happens: believe, get, be, owe, seize, commence · To what, where: certain occasions, duty, Church, friend, drinking bout, everyday life

This is a sentence of «Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore», Chapter I. INTRODUCTORY, part 4. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (friend, drunk, sudden craving, drinking bout), 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	On	on	ADP	_	3 occasions	case
2	certain	certain	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 occasions	amod
3	occasions	occasion	NOUN	Number=Plur	39 seized	obl
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 believes	nsubj
5	almost	almost	ADV	_	6 believes	advmod
6	believes	believe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 occasions	acl:relcl
7	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	6 believes	obj
8	to	to	PART	_	9 get	mark
9	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 believes	xcomp
10	drunk	drunk	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 duty	nsubj
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 duty	cop
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 duty	det
13	duty	duty	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 get	obj
14	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 owes	nsubj
15	owes	owe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 duty	acl:relcl
16	either	either	ADV	PronType=Ind	15 owes	advmod
17	to	to	ADP	_	19 Church	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 Church	det
19	Church	Church	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 owes	obl
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 memory	punct
21	or	or	CCONJ	_	24 memory	cc
22	to	to	ADP	_	24 memory	case
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 memory	det
24	memory	memory	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 Church	appos
25	of	of	ADP	_	27 Dead	case
26	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 Dead	det
27	Dead	Dead	PROPN	Number=Sing	24 memory	nmod
28	;	;	PUNCT	_	30 times	punct
29	at	at	ADP	_	30 times	case
30	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 occasions	conj
31	without	without	ADP	_	35 cause	case
32	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	35 cause	det
33	slightest	slight	ADJ	Degree=Sup	35 cause	amod
34	apparent	apparent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	35 cause	amod
35	cause	cause	NOUN	Number=Sing	30 times	nmod
36	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 occasions	punct
37	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	39 seized	nsubj
38	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	39 seized	aux:pass
39	seized	seize	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
40	by	by	ADP	_	45 craving	case
41	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	45 craving	det
42	sudden	sudden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	45 craving	amod
43	and	and	CCONJ	_	44 irresistible	cc
44	irresistible	irresistible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	42 sudden	conj
45	craving	craving	NOUN	Number=Sing	39 seized	obl
46	for	for	ADP	_	48 spirits	case
47	ardent	ardent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	48 spirits	amod
48	spirits	spirit	NOUN	Number=Plur	45 craving	nmod
49	,	,	PUNCT	_	52 commences	punct
50	and	and	CCONJ	_	52 commences	cc
51	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	52 commences	nsubj
52	commences	commence	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	39 seized	conj
53	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	56 bout	det
54	drinking	drinking	NOUN	Number=Sing	56 bout	compound
55	-	-	PUNCT	_	54 drinking	punct
56	bout	bout	NOUN	Number=Sing	52 commences	obj
57	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	58 lasts	nsubj
58	lasts	last	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	56 bout	acl:relcl
59	--	--	PUNCT	_	61 intervals	punct
60	with	with	ADP	_	61 intervals	case
61	intervals	interval	NOUN	Number=Plur	58 lasts	obl
62	of	of	ADP	_	63 coma	case
63	coma	coma	NOUN	Number=Sing	61 intervals	nmod
64	--	--	PUNCT	_	66 days	punct
65	for	for	ADP	_	66 days	case
66	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	52 commences	obl
67	,	,	PUNCT	_	70 weeks	punct
68	or	or	CCONJ	_	70 weeks	cc
69	even	even	ADV	_	70 weeks	advmod
70	weeks	week	NOUN	Number=Plur	39 seized	obl:unmarked
71	,	,	PUNCT	_	75 resumes	punct
72	after	after	ADP	_	73 which	case
73	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	75 resumes	obl
74	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	75 resumes	nsubj
75	resumes	resume	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	39 seized	parataxis
76	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	78 life	nmod:poss
77	everyday	everyday	ADJ	Degree=Pos	78 life	amod
78	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	75 resumes	obj
79	and	and	CCONJ	_	82 sobriety	cc
80	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	82 sobriety	nmod:poss
81	usual	usual	ADJ	Degree=Pos	82 sobriety	amod
82	sobriety	sobriety	NOUN	Number=Sing	78 life	conj
83	as	as	ADV	ExtPos=CCONJ	90 taken	cc
84	calmly	calmly	ADV	_	83 as	fixed
85	as	as	ADP	_	83 as	fixed
86	if	if	SCONJ	_	90 taken	mark
87	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	88 interruption	det
88	interruption	interruption	NOUN	Number=Sing	90 taken	nsubj:pass
89	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	90 taken	aux
90	taken	take	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	75 resumes	conj
91	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	90 taken	obj
92	.	.	PUNCT	_	39 seized	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	believe	present	friend	certain occasions and times without the slightest apparent cause				almost property	tree rules
2	get	to-infinitive	friend not said here						vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
3	is a	present	drunk	a duty					tree rules
4	owe	present	friend	a duty not said here	the Church			either property	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent duty=Theme to church=Goal
5	seize	present · passive	a sudden craving for ardent spirits	friend		certain occasions and times without the slightest apparent cause	week		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme
6	commence	present	friend	a drinking bout			day		vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bout=Eventuality
7	last	present	a drinking bout					with intervals of coma	vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme
8	resume	present	friend	friend's everyday life and friend's usual sobriety					vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent life=Eventuality
9	take a condition, not said to happen	past · perfect · passive		no interruption					vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme place=Destination

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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