Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter II. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 1, sentence 5

But I have done my best to choose such examples as are most characteristic of that species of the "mythical" folk-tale which prevails in Russia, and to avoid, as far as possible, the repetition of narratives which have already been made familiar to the English reader by translations of German and Scandinavian stories.

Who acts: I, mythical folk tale, translations, narratives, German stories · What happens: do, choose, be, prevail, avoid, make · To what, where: best, such examples, Russia, repetition

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 (I, mythical folk tale, translations, narratives), 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	But	but	CCONJ	_	4 done	cc
2	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 done	nsubj
3	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 done	aux
4	done	do	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 best	nmod:poss
6	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	4 done	obj
7	to	to	PART	_	8 choose	mark
8	choose	choose	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 done	advcl
9	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 examples	amod
10	examples	example	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 choose	obj
11	as	as	ADP	_	14 characteristic	case
12	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 characteristic	cop
13	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	14 characteristic	advmod
14	characteristic	characteristic	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 choose	obl
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 species	case
16	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	17 species	det
17	species	species	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 characteristic	nmod
18	of	of	ADP	_	25 tale	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 tale	det
20	"	"	PUNCT	_	21 mythical	punct
21	mythical	mythical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	25 tale	amod
22	"	"	PUNCT	_	21 mythical	punct
23	folk	folk	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 tale	compound
24	-	-	PUNCT	_	23 folk	punct
25	tale	tale	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 species	nmod
26	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	27 prevails	nsubj
27	prevails	prevail	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	25 tale	acl:relcl
28	in	in	ADP	_	29 Russia	case
29	Russia	Russia	PROPN	Number=Sing	27 prevails	obl
30	,	,	PUNCT	_	33 avoid	punct
31	and	and	CCONJ	_	33 avoid	cc
32	to	to	PART	_	33 avoid	mark
33	avoid	avoid	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 choose	conj
34	,	,	PUNCT	_	36 far	punct
35	as	as	ADV	_	36 far	advmod
36	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	33 avoid	advmod
37	as	as	SCONJ	_	38 possible	mark
38	possible	possible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	36 far	advcl
39	,	,	PUNCT	_	41 repetition	punct
40	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	41 repetition	det
41	repetition	repetition	NOUN	Number=Sing	33 avoid	obl
42	of	of	ADP	_	43 narratives	case
43	narratives	narrative	NOUN	Number=Plur	41 repetition	nmod
44	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	48 made	nsubj:pass
45	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	48 made	aux
46	already	already	ADV	_	48 made	advmod
47	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	48 made	aux:pass
48	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	41 repetition	acl:relcl
49	familiar	familiar	ADJ	Degree=Pos	48 made	xcomp
50	to	to	ADP	_	53 reader	case
51	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	53 reader	det
52	English	English	ADJ	Degree=Pos	53 reader	amod
53	reader	reader	NOUN	Number=Sing	48 made	obl
54	by	by	ADP	_	55 translations	case
55	translations	translation	NOUN	Number=Plur	48 made	obl
56	of	of	ADP	_	60 stories	case
57	German	German	ADJ	Degree=Pos	60 stories	amod
58	and	and	CCONJ	_	59 Scandinavian	cc
59	Scandinavian	scandinavian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	57 German	conj
60	stories	story	NOUN	Number=Plur	55 translations	nmod
61	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 done	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	do	present · perfect	I	my best			vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent good=Eventuality
2	choose	to-infinitive	I not said here	such examples			vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent example=Theme
3	is	present				as characteristic; of that species of the mythical folk tale	tree rules
4	prevail	present	the mythical folk tale		Russia		vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in russia=Location
5	avoid	to-infinitive	I not said here	the repetition of narratives		far property	vn avoid-52 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent
6	make	present · perfect · passive	translations of German stories	the repetition of narratives		to the English reader; familiar property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset subject=Product
7	repeat		narratives				nom repetition «event intransitive»: of=agent
8	translate		German stories				nom translation «communication intransitive»: of=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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