Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter II. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 1, sentence 36

To his abode, whether in the bowels of the earth, or in the open light of day--whether it be a sumptuous palace or "an _izba_ on fowl's legs," a hut upheld by slender supports on which it turns as on a pivot--he carries off his prey.

Who acts: earth, outline · What happens: be, uphold, turn, carry off, light · To what, where: sumptuous palace, legs, hut, slender supports, prey, abode

This is a sentence of «Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore», Chapter II. MYTHOLOGICAL, 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 (earth, outline), 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	To	to	ADP	_	3 abode	case
2	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 abode	nmod:poss
3	abode	abode	NOUN	Number=Sing	55 carries	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 bowels	punct
5	whether	whether	SCONJ	_	8 bowels	mark
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 bowels	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 bowels	det
8	bowels	bowel	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 abode	conj
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 earth	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 earth	det
11	earth	earth	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 bowels	nmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 light	punct
13	or	or	CCONJ	_	17 light	cc
14	in	in	ADP	_	17 light	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 light	det
16	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 light	amod
17	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 abode	conj
18	of	of	ADP	_	19 day	case
19	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 light	nmod
20	--	--	PUNCT	_	26 palace	punct
21	whether	whether	SCONJ	_	26 palace	mark
22	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	26 palace	nsubj
23	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	26 palace	cop
24	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	26 palace	det
25	sumptuous	sumptuous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	26 palace	amod
26	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 abode	conj
27	or	or	CCONJ	_	31 izba	cc
28	"	"	PUNCT	_	31 izba	punct
29	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	31 izba	det
30	_	_	ADJ	Degree=Pos	31 izba	amod
31	izba	izba	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 palace	conj
32	_	_	PUNCT	_	36 legs	punct
33	on	on	ADP	_	36 legs	case
34	fowl	fowl	NOUN	Number=Sing	36 legs	nmod:poss
35	's	's	PART	_	34 fowl	case
36	legs	leg	NOUN	Number=Plur	26 palace	nmod
37	,	,	PUNCT	_	40 hut	punct
38	"	"	PUNCT	_	40 hut	punct
39	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	40 hut	det
40	hut	hut	NOUN	Number=Sing	36 legs	conj
41	upheld	uphold	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	40 hut	acl
42	by	by	ADP	_	44 supports	case
43	slender	slender	ADJ	Degree=Pos	44 supports	amod
44	supports	support	NOUN	Number=Plur	41 upheld	obl
45	on	on	ADP	_	46 which	case
46	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	48 turns	obl
47	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	48 turns	nsubj
48	turns	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	44 supports	acl:relcl
49	as	as	ADP	_	52 pivot	case
50	on	on	ADP	_	52 pivot	case
51	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	52 pivot	det
52	pivot	pivot	NOUN	Number=Sing	48 turns	obl
53	--	--	PUNCT	_	3 abode	punct
54	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	55 carries	nsubj
55	carries	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
56	off	off	ADP	_	55 carries	compound:prt
57	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	58 prey	nmod:poss
58	prey	prey	NOUN	Number=Sing	55 carries	obj
59	.	.	PUNCT	_	55 carries	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is a	infinitive	earth	a sumptuous palace or a _ izba	fowl's legs and a hut		tree rules
2	uphold	participle		a hut not said here		by slender supports	tree rules
3	turn	present	earth		slender supports	as a pivot	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme on which=Trajectory
4	carry off	present	outline	outline's prey	outline's abode and the bowels of the earth or the open light of day and a sumptuous palace or a _ izba		vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent prey=Theme to abode=Destination
5	light			day			nom light «phenomenon 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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