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Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter II. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 1, sentence 38

But as a general rule it is some queen or princess whom he tears away from her home, as Pluto carried off Proserpina, and who remains with him reluctantly, and hails as her rescuer the hero who comes to give him battle.

Who acts: rule, outline, Pluto, hero · What happens: be, tear away, carry off, remain, come, give · To what, where: queen, Proserpina, hails, battle, outline

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 (rule, outline, Pluto, hero), 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

cccasedetamodoblnsubjcopdetccconjobjnsubjacl:relcladvmodcasenmod:possoblpunctmarknsubjparataxiscaseoblpunctccnsubjconjcaseobladvmodpunctccoblcasenmod:possnmoddetapposnsubjacl:relclmarkxcompiobjobjpunctrootButCCONJasADPaDETgeneralADJruleNOUNitPRONisAUXsomeDETqueenNOUNorCCONJprincessNOUNwhomPRONhePRONtearsVERBawayADVfromADPherPRONhomeNOUN,PUNCTasSCONJPlutoPROPNcarriedVERBoffADPProserpinaPROPN,PUNCTandCCONJwhoPRONremainsVERBwithADPhimPRONreluctantlyADV,PUNCTandCCONJhailsNOUNasADPherPRONrescuerNOUNtheDETheroNOUNwhoPRONcomesVERBtoPARTgiveVERBhimPRONbattleNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ButbutCCONJ_9 queencc
2asasADP_5 rulecase
3aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art5 ruledet
4generalgeneralADJDegree=Pos5 ruleamod
5ruleruleNOUNNumber=Sing9 queenobl
6ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs9 queennsubj
7isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin9 queencop
8somesomeDETPronType=Ind9 queendet
9queenqueenNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
10ororCCONJ_11 princesscc
11princessprincessNOUNNumber=Sing9 queenconj
12whomwhomPRONPronType=Rel14 tearsobj
13hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs14 tearsnsubj
14tearstearVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin9 queenacl:relcl
15awayawayADV_14 tearsadvmod
16fromfromADP_18 homecase
17herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs18 homenmod:poss
18homehomeNOUNNumber=Sing14 tearsobl
19,,PUNCT_22 carriedpunct
20asasSCONJ_22 carriedmark
21PlutoPlutoPROPNNumber=Sing22 carriednsubj
22carriedcarryVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin14 tearsparataxis
23offoffADP_24 Proserpinacase
24ProserpinaProserpinaPROPNNumber=Sing22 carriedobl
25,,PUNCT_28 remainspunct
26andandCCONJ_28 remainscc
27whowhoPRONPronType=Rel28 remainsnsubj
28remainsremainVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin14 tearsconj
29withwithADP_30 himcase
30himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs28 remainsobl
31reluctantlyreluctantlyADV_28 remainsadvmod
32,,PUNCT_34 hailspunct
33andandCCONJ_34 hailscc
34hailshailNOUNNumber=Plur28 remainsobl
35asasADP_37 rescuercase
36herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs37 rescuernmod:poss
37rescuerrescuerNOUNNumber=Sing34 hailsnmod
38thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art39 herodet
39heroheroNOUNNumber=Sing37 rescuerappos
40whowhoPRONPronType=Rel41 comesnsubj
41comescomeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin39 heroacl:relcl
42totoPART_43 givemark
43givegiveVERBVerbForm=Inf41 comesxcomp
44himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs43 giveiobj
45battlebattleNOUNNumber=Sing43 giveobj
46..PUNCT_9 queenpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is apresentrulesome queen or princessas a general ruletree rules
2tear awaypresentoutlinesome queen or princessfrom princess's home; away propertyvn split-23.2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent whom=Patient from home=Co-Patient
3carry offpastPlutoProserpinavn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent proserpina=Theme
4remainpresenthails as Pluto's rescuerwith outline; reluctantly propertyvn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5comepresentthe herotree rules
6giveto-infinitivethe hero not said herebattleoutlinevn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient battle=Theme

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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