Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter I. INTRODUCTORY, part 7, sentence 38

It would be easy to multiply examples of this style of humor--to find in the folk-tales current all over Russia the equivalents of our own facetious narratives about the wise men of Gotham, the old woman whose petticoats were cut short by the pedlar whose name was Stout, and a number of other inhabitants of Fool-land, to whom the heart of childhood is still closely attached, and also of the exaggeration-stories, the German _Luegenmaehrchen_, on which was founded the narrative of Baron Munchausen's surprising adventures.

Who acts: pedlar, name, Stout, Baron Munchausen · What happens: be, multiply, find, cut, attach, found · To what, where: examples, equivalents, folk tales, petticoats, Stout, heart

This is a sentence of «Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore», Chapter I. INTRODUCTORY, part 7. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (pedlar, name, Stout, Baron Munchausen), 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	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 easy	expl
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 easy	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 easy	cop
4	easy	easy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 multiply	mark
6	multiply	multiply	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 easy	csubj
7	examples	example	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 multiply	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 style	case
9	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	10 style	det
10	style	style	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 examples	nmod
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 humor	case
12	humor	humor	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 style	nmod
13	--	--	PUNCT	_	15 find	punct
14	to	to	PART	_	15 find	mark
15	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 multiply	advcl
16	in	in	ADP	_	20 tales	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 tales	det
18	folk	folk	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 tales	compound
19	-	-	PUNCT	_	18 folk	punct
20	tales	tale	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 find	obl
21	current	current	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 tales	amod
22	all	all	ADV	_	26 equivalents	advmod
23	over	over	ADP	_	24 Russia	case
24	Russia	Russia	PROPN	Number=Sing	22 all	obl
25	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	26 equivalents	det
26	equivalents	equivalent	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 find	obl
27	of	of	ADP	_	31 narratives	case
28	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	31 narratives	nmod:poss
29	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	31 narratives	amod
30	facetious	facetious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	31 narratives	amod
31	narratives	narrative	NOUN	Number=Plur	26 equivalents	nmod
32	about	about	ADP	_	35 men	case
33	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	35 men	det
34	wise	wise	ADJ	Degree=Pos	35 men	amod
35	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	31 narratives	nmod
36	of	of	ADP	_	37 Gotham	case
37	Gotham	Gotham	PROPN	Number=Sing	35 men	nmod
38	,	,	PUNCT	_	41 woman	punct
39	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	41 woman	det
40	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	41 woman	amod
41	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	37 Gotham	appos
42	whose	whose	PRON	Poss=Yes PronType=Rel	43 petticoats	nmod:poss
43	petticoats	petticoat	NOUN	Number=Plur	45 cut	nsubj:pass
44	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	45 cut	aux:pass
45	cut	cut	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	41 woman	acl:relcl
46	short	short	ADJ	Degree=Pos	45 cut	xcomp
47	by	by	ADP	_	49 pedlar	case
48	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	49 pedlar	det
49	pedlar	pedlar	NOUN	Number=Sing	45 cut	obl
50	whose	whose	PRON	Poss=Yes PronType=Rel	51 name	nmod:poss
51	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	53 Stout	nsubj
52	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	53 Stout	cop
53	Stout	Stout	PROPN	Number=Sing	49 pedlar	acl:relcl
54	,	,	PUNCT	_	57 number	punct
55	and	and	CCONJ	_	57 number	cc
56	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	57 number	det
57	number	number	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 easy	conj
58	of	of	ADP	_	60 inhabitants	case
59	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	60 inhabitants	amod
60	inhabitants	inhabitant	NOUN	Number=Plur	57 number	nmod
61	of	of	ADP	_	64 land	case
62	Fool	fool	NOUN	Number=Sing	64 land	compound
63	-	-	PUNCT	_	62 Fool	punct
64	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	60 inhabitants	nmod
65	,	,	PUNCT	_	67 whom	punct
66	to	to	ADP	_	67 whom	case
67	whom	whom	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 easy	obl
68	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	69 heart	det
69	heart	heart	NOUN	Number=Sing	75 attached	nsubj:pass
70	of	of	ADP	_	71 childhood	case
71	childhood	childhood	NOUN	Number=Sing	69 heart	nmod
72	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	75 attached	aux:pass
73	still	still	ADV	_	75 attached	advmod
74	closely	closely	ADV	_	75 attached	advmod
75	attached	attach	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	67 whom	acl:relcl
76	,	,	PUNCT	_	83 stories	punct
77	and	and	CCONJ	_	83 stories	cc
78	also	also	ADV	_	83 stories	advmod
79	of	of	ADP	_	83 stories	case
80	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	83 stories	det
81	exaggeration	exaggeration	NOUN	Number=Sing	83 stories	compound
82	-	-	PUNCT	_	81 exaggeration	punct
83	stories	story	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 easy	parataxis
84	,	,	PUNCT	_	86 German	punct
85	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	86 German	det
86	German	German	ADJ	Degree=Pos	83 stories	conj
87	_	_	PUNCT	_	88 Luegenmaehrchen	punct
88	Luegenmaehrchen	Luegenmaehrchen	PROPN	Number=Sing	86 German	vocative
89	_	_	PUNCT	_	86 German	punct
90	,	,	PUNCT	_	94 founded	punct
91	on	on	ADP	_	92 which	case
92	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	94 founded	obl
93	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	94 founded	aux:pass
94	founded	found	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 easy	conj
95	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	96 narrative	det
96	narrative	narrative	NOUN	Number=Sing	94 founded	obj
97	of	of	ADP	_	102 adventures	case
98	Baron	Baron	PROPN	Number=Sing	99 Munchausen	compound
99	Munchausen	Munchausen	PROPN	Number=Sing	102 adventures	nmod:poss
100	's	's	PART	_	99 Munchausen	case
101	surprising	surprising	ADJ	Degree=Pos	102 adventures	amod
102	adventures	adventure	NOUN	Number=Plur	96 narrative	nmod
103	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 easy	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	would					easy property	tree rules
2	multiply	to-infinitive		examples of this style of humor				vn multiply-108-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent example=Theme
3	find	to-infinitive		the equivalents of our own facetious narratives about the wise men of Gotham	the folk tales			vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent
4	cut	past · passive	the pedlar	petticoats			short property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset subject=Product
5	is a	past	Stout's name	Stout				tree rules
6	attach	present · passive		the heart of childhood		still	closely property	vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
7	found	past · passive		the narrative of Baron Munchausen's surprising adventures				vn base-97.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: narrative=Theme on which=Source
8	exemplify			this style of humor				nom example «cognition transitive»: of=patient
9	name		Stout					nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent
10	adventure		Baron Munchausen					nom adventure «act 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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