Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter II. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 5, sentence 131
For an explanation of the myth which lies at the root of all these stories, see Cox's "Mythology of the Aryan Nations," ii.
Who acts: myth, you · What happens: lie, see, explain · To what, where: root
This is a sentence of «Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore», Chapter II. MYTHOLOGICAL, 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 (myth, you), 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 | For | for | ADP | _ | 3 explanation | case |
| 2 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 explanation | det |
| 3 | explanation | explanation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 see | obl |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 myth | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 myth | det |
| 6 | myth | myth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 explanation | nmod |
| 7 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 8 lies | nsubj |
| 8 | lies | lie | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 myth | acl:relcl |
| 9 | at | at | ADP | _ | 11 root | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 root | det |
| 11 | root | root | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 lies | obl |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 15 stories | case |
| 13 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 15 stories | det:predet |
| 14 | these | this | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 15 stories | det |
| 15 | stories | story | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 root | nmod |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 explanation | punct |
| 17 | see | see | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 18 | Cox | Cox | PROPN | Number=Sing | 21 Mythology | nmod:poss |
| 19 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 18 Cox | case |
| 20 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 21 Mythology | punct |
| 21 | Mythology | mythology | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 Nations | nsubj |
| 22 | of | of | ADP | _ | 25 Nations | case |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 Nations | det |
| 24 | Aryan | Aryan | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 25 Nations | amod |
| 25 | Nations | Nation | PROPN | Number=Plur | 17 see | obl |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 Nations | punct |
| 27 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 25 Nations | punct |
| 28 | ii | II | NUM | NumForm=Roman NumType=Card | 25 Nations | flat |
| 29 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 17 see | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lie | present | the myth | the root of all stories | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at root=Location | ||||
| 2 | see | imperative | you not said here | for a explanation of the myth; of the Aryan Nations | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 3 | explain | the myth | nom explanation «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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