Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter II. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 7, sentence 10

[122] In another version of the same story, but told of a Snake, the fatal blow is struck by a small stone found in the yolk of an egg, which is inside a duck, which is inside a hare, which is inside a stone, which is on an island [_i.e._, the fabulous island Buyan].

Who acts: small stone, yolk, duck, hare, stone · What happens: tell, strike, find, be · To what, where: fabulous island, fatal blow, small stone, yolk, stone, island · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore», Chapter II. MYTHOLOGICAL, 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 (small stone, yolk, duck, hare), 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	[	[	PUNCT	_	2 122	punct
2	122	122	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	root	root
3	]	]	PUNCT	_	2 122	punct
4	In	in	ADP	_	6 version	case
5	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	6 version	det
6	version	version	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 122	nmod
7	of	of	ADP	_	10 story	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 story	det
9	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 story	amod
10	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 version	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 told	punct
12	but	but	CCONJ	_	13 told	cc
13	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 122	conj
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 Snake	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 Snake	det
16	Snake	snake	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 told	obl
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 struck	punct
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 blow	det
19	fatal	fatal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 blow	amod
20	blow	blow	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 struck	nsubj
21	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	22 struck	aux:pass
22	struck	strike	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 told	ccomp
23	by	by	ADP	_	26 stone	case
24	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	26 stone	det
25	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	26 stone	amod
26	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 struck	obl
27	found	find	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	26 stone	acl
28	in	in	ADP	_	30 yolk	case
29	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	30 yolk	det
30	yolk	yolk	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 found	obl
31	of	of	ADP	_	33 egg	case
32	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	33 egg	det
33	egg	egg	NOUN	Number=Sing	30 yolk	nmod
34	,	,	PUNCT	_	39 duck	punct
35	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	39 duck	nsubj
36	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	39 duck	cop
37	inside	inside	ADP	_	39 duck	case
38	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	39 duck	det
39	duck	duck	NOUN	Number=Sing	30 yolk	conj
40	,	,	PUNCT	_	45 hare	punct
41	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	45 hare	nsubj
42	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	45 hare	cop
43	inside	inside	ADP	_	45 hare	case
44	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	45 hare	det
45	hare	hare	NOUN	Number=Sing	39 duck	conj
46	,	,	PUNCT	_	51 stone	punct
47	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	51 stone	nsubj
48	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	51 stone	cop
49	inside	inside	ADP	_	51 stone	case
50	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	51 stone	det
51	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	45 hare	appos
52	,	,	PUNCT	_	57 island	punct
53	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	57 island	nsubj
54	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	57 island	cop
55	on	on	ADP	_	57 island	case
56	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	57 island	det
57	island	island	NOUN	Number=Sing	51 stone	conj
58	[	[	PUNCT	_	60 i.e.	punct
59	_	_	PUNCT	_	60 i.e.	punct
60	i.e.	i.e.	ADV	_	57 island	conj
61	_	_	PUNCT	_	22 struck	punct
62	,	,	PUNCT	_	65 island	punct
63	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	65 island	det
64	fabulous	fabulous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	65 island	amod
65	island	island	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 told	obl
66	Buyan	Buyan	PROPN	Number=Sing	65 island	appos
67	]	]	PUNCT	_	66 Buyan	punct
68	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 122	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	past		the fabulous island		of a Snake	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	strike	present · passive	a small stone	the fatal blow			vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient
3	find	participle		a small stone not said here	the yolk of a egg and a duck and a hare		vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent
4	is	present	the yolk of a egg and a duck and a hare			inside a duck and a hare	tree rules
5	is	present	a duck and a hare			inside a hare	tree rules
6	is	present	a hare		a stone and a island		tree rules
7	is	present	a stone and a island		a island		tree rules

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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