Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter II. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 8, sentence 47
The snakes which figure in this weird story, the termination of which is so unusually tragic, bear a strong resemblance to the Indian Nagas, the inhabitants of Patala or the underground world, serpents which take at will the human shape and often mix with mortals.
Who acts: snakes, serpents · What happens: figure, be, bear, take, mix · To what, where: weird story, strong resemblance, human shape
This is a sentence of «Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore», Chapter II. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 8. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (snakes, serpents), 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 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 snakes | det |
| 2 | snakes | snake | NOUN | Number=Plur | 19 bear | nsubj |
| 3 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 4 figure | nsubj |
| 4 | figure | figure | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 snakes | acl:relcl |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 story | case |
| 6 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 8 story | det |
| 7 | weird | weird | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 story | amod |
| 8 | story | story | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 figure | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 termination | punct |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 termination | det |
| 11 | termination | termination | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 story | appos |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 which | case |
| 13 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 17 tragic | obl |
| 14 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 17 tragic | cop |
| 15 | so | so | ADV | _ | 17 tragic | advmod |
| 16 | unusually | unusually | ADV | _ | 17 tragic | advmod |
| 17 | tragic | tragic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 termination | acl:relcl |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 snakes | punct |
| 19 | bear | bear | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 20 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 22 resemblance | det |
| 21 | strong | strong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 22 resemblance | amod |
| 22 | resemblance | resemblance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 bear | obj |
| 23 | to | to | ADP | _ | 26 Nagas | case |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 Nagas | det |
| 25 | Indian | Indian | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 26 Nagas | amod |
| 26 | Nagas | naga | NOUN | Number=Plur | 19 bear | obl |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 inhabitants | punct |
| 28 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 29 inhabitants | det |
| 29 | inhabitants | inhabitant | NOUN | Number=Plur | 26 Nagas | conj |
| 30 | of | of | ADP | _ | 31 Patala | case |
| 31 | Patala | Patala | PROPN | Number=Sing | 29 inhabitants | nmod |
| 32 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 35 world | cc |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 35 world | det |
| 34 | underground | underground | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 35 world | amod |
| 35 | world | world | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 Patala | conj |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 serpents | punct |
| 37 | serpents | serpent | NOUN | Number=Plur | 26 Nagas | conj |
| 38 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 39 take | nsubj |
| 39 | take | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 37 serpents | acl:relcl |
| 40 | at | at | ADP | _ | 44 shape | case |
| 41 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 44 shape | aux |
| 42 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 44 shape | det |
| 43 | human | human | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 44 shape | amod |
| 44 | shape | shape | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 take | obl |
| 45 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 47 mix | cc |
| 46 | often | often | ADV | _ | 47 mix | advmod |
| 47 | mix | mix | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 39 take | conj |
| 48 | with | with | ADP | _ | 49 mortals | case |
| 49 | mortals | mortal | NOUN | Number=Plur | 47 mix | obl |
| 50 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 19 bear | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | figure | present | the snakes | this weird story | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 2 | is | present | of the termination; tragic, unusually property | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | bear | infinitive | the snakes | a strong resemblance | to the Indian Nagas and the inhabitants of Patala or the underground world and serpents | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent resemblance=Patient | |||
| 4 | take | present | serpents | the human shape | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent at shape=Asset | ||||
| 5 | mix | present | serpents not said here | with mortals; often property | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V PP.co-patient»: agent=Patient with mortal=Co-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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