Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter I. INTRODUCTORY, part 5, sentence 94

The word _Golovikha_ means, in its strict sense, the wife of a _Golova_, or elected chief [_Golova_ = head] of a _Volost_, or association of village communities; but here it is used for a "female _Golova_," a species of "mayoress."

Who acts: word, female Golova, working · What happens: mean, elect, use, sense · To what, where: strict sense, working

This is a sentence of «Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore», Chapter I. INTRODUCTORY, part 5. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (word, female Golova, working), 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	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 word	det
2	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 means	nsubj
3	_	_	PUNCT	_	4 Golovikha	punct
4	Golovikha	Golovikha	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 word	appos
5	_	_	PUNCT	_	4 Golovikha	punct
6	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 sense	punct
8	in	in	ADP	_	11 sense	case
9	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 sense	nmod:poss
10	strict	strict	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 sense	amod
11	sense	sense	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 means	obj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 wife	punct
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 wife	det
14	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 sense	appos
15	of	of	ADP	_	18 Golova	case
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 Golova	det
17	_	_	PUNCT	_	18 Golova	punct
18	Golova	Golova	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 wife	nmod
19	_	_	PUNCT	_	14 wife	punct
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 chief	punct
21	or	or	CCONJ	_	23 chief	cc
22	elected	elect	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	23 chief	amod
23	chief	chief	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 sense	conj
24	[	[	PUNCT	_	26 Golova	punct
25	_	_	PUNCT	_	26 Golova	punct
26	Golova	Golova	PROPN	Number=Sing	23 chief	appos
27	_	_	PUNCT	_	29 head	punct
28	=	=	SYM	_	29 head	punct
29	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 Golova	appos
30	]	]	PUNCT	_	26 Golova	punct
31	of	of	ADP	_	34 Volost	case
32	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	34 Volost	det
33	_	_	PUNCT	_	34 Volost	punct
34	Volost	Volost	PROPN	Number=Sing	23 chief	nmod
35	_	_	PUNCT	_	34 Volost	punct
36	,	,	PUNCT	_	38 association	punct
37	or	or	CCONJ	_	38 association	cc
38	association	association	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 Volost	appos
39	of	of	ADP	_	41 communities	case
40	village	village	NOUN	Number=Sing	41 communities	compound
41	communities	community	NOUN	Number=Plur	38 association	nmod
42	;	;	PUNCT	_	47 used	punct
43	but	but	CCONJ	_	44 here	cc
44	here	here	ADV	PronType=Dem	47 used	advmod
45	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	47 used	nsubj:pass
46	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	47 used	aux:pass
47	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 means	conj
48	for	for	ADP	_	53 Golova	case
49	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	53 Golova	det
50	"	"	PUNCT	_	53 Golova	punct
51	female	female	ADJ	Degree=Pos	53 Golova	amod
52	_	_	PUNCT	_	51 female	punct
53	Golova	Golova	PROPN	Number=Sing	47 used	obl:agent
54	_	_	PUNCT	_	47 used	punct
55	,	,	PUNCT	_	58 species	punct
56	"	"	PUNCT	_	58 species	punct
57	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	58 species	det
58	species	species	NOUN	Number=Sing	47 used	obl
59	of	of	ADP	_	61 mayoress	case
60	"	"	PUNCT	_	61 mayoress	punct
61	mayoress	mayoress	NOUN	Number=Sing	58 species	nmod
62	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 means	punct
63	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 means	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	mean	present	the word	working's strict sense or elected chief of a Volost			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sense=Topic
2	elect	participle					vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	use	present · passive	a female Golova	working	here	a species of mayoress obl	vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient
4	sense		working				nom sense «cognition 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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