Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter II. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 8, sentence 49

The South-Russian peasantry have from immemorial times maintained a firm belief in the existence of water-nymphs, called Rusalkas, closely resembling the Nereids of Modern Greece, the female Nixies of the North of Europe, and throughout the whole of Russia, at least in outlying districts, there still lingers a sort of cultus of certain male water-sprites who bear the name of Vodyanies, and who are almost identical with the beings who haunt the waters of various countries--such as the German _Nix_, the Swedish _Nek_, the Finnish _Naekke_, etc.[142]

Who acts: Russian peasantry, immemorial times, certain male water sprites, beings, water nymphs · What happens: have, maintain, call, resemble, outlie, linger · To what, where: firm belief, existence, water nymphs, Nereids, sort, name · Speech: someone speaks here

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 (Russian peasantry, immemorial times, certain male water sprites, beings), 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	5 peasantry	det
2	South	South	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 Russian	compound
3	-	-	PUNCT	_	2 South	punct
4	Russian	Russian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 peasantry	amod
5	peasantry	peasantry	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 have	nsubj
6	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	from	from	SCONJ	_	10 maintained	mark
8	immemorial	immemorial	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 times	amod
9	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 maintained	nsubj
10	maintained	maintain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 have	ccomp
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 belief	det
12	firm	firm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 belief	amod
13	belief	belief	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 maintained	obj
14	in	in	ADP	_	16 existence	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 existence	det
16	existence	existence	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 maintained	obl
17	of	of	ADP	_	20 nymphs	case
18	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 nymphs	compound
19	-	-	PUNCT	_	18 water	punct
20	nymphs	nymph	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 existence	nmod
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 called	punct
22	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	20 nymphs	acl
23	Rusalkas	Rusalkas	PROPN	Number=Sing	22 called	xcomp
24	,	,	PUNCT	_	26 resembling	punct
25	closely	closely	ADV	_	26 resembling	advmod
26	resembling	resemble	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	22 called	advcl
27	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	28 Nereids	det
28	Nereids	nereid	NOUN	Number=Plur	26 resembling	obj
29	of	of	ADP	_	31 Greece	case
30	Modern	modern	ADJ	Degree=Pos	31 Greece	amod
31	Greece	Greece	PROPN	Number=Sing	28 Nereids	nmod
32	,	,	PUNCT	_	35 Nixies	punct
33	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	35 Nixies	det
34	female	female	ADJ	Degree=Pos	35 Nixies	amod
35	Nixies	nixy	NOUN	Number=Plur	28 Nereids	conj
36	of	of	ADP	_	38 North	case
37	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	38 North	det
38	North	North	PROPN	Number=Sing	35 Nixies	nmod
39	of	of	ADP	_	40 Europe	case
40	Europe	Europe	PROPN	Number=Sing	38 North	nmod
41	,	,	PUNCT	_	45 whole	punct
42	and	and	CCONJ	_	45 whole	cc
43	throughout	throughout	ADP	_	45 whole	case
44	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	45 whole	det
45	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 have	parataxis
46	of	of	ADP	_	47 Russia	case
47	Russia	Russia	PROPN	Number=Sing	45 whole	obl
48	,	,	PUNCT	_	50 least	punct
49	at	at	ADP	_	50 least	case
50	least	least	ADJ	Degree=Sup	45 whole	obl
51	in	in	ADP	_	53 districts	case
52	outlying	outlie	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	53 districts	amod
53	districts	district	NOUN	Number=Plur	50 least	obl
54	,	,	PUNCT	_	57 lingers	punct
55	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	57 lingers	expl
56	still	still	ADV	_	57 lingers	advmod
57	lingers	linger	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 have	parataxis
58	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	59 sort	det
59	sort	sort	NOUN	Number=Sing	57 lingers	obj
60	of	of	ADP	_	61 cultus	case
61	cultus	cultus	NOUN	Number=Sing	59 sort	nmod
62	of	of	ADP	_	67 sprites	case
63	certain	certain	ADJ	Degree=Pos	67 sprites	amod
64	male	male	ADJ	Degree=Pos	67 sprites	amod
65	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	67 sprites	compound
66	-	-	PUNCT	_	65 water	punct
67	sprites	sprite	NOUN	Number=Plur	61 cultus	nmod
68	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	69 bear	nsubj
69	bear	bear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	67 sprites	acl:relcl
70	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	71 name	det
71	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	69 bear	obj
72	of	of	ADP	_	73 Vodyanies	case
73	Vodyanies	vodyany	NOUN	Number=Plur	71 name	nmod
74	,	,	PUNCT	_	79 identical	punct
75	and	and	CCONJ	_	79 identical	cc
76	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	79 identical	nsubj
77	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	79 identical	cop
78	almost	almost	ADV	_	79 identical	advmod
79	identical	identical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	57 lingers	conj
80	with	with	ADP	_	82 beings	case
81	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	82 beings	det
82	beings	being	NOUN	Number=Plur	79 identical	obl
83	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	84 haunt	nsubj
84	haunt	haunt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	82 beings	acl:relcl
85	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	86 waters	det
86	waters	water	NOUN	Number=Plur	84 haunt	obj
87	of	of	ADP	_	89 countries	case
88	various	various	ADJ	Degree=Pos	89 countries	amod
89	countries	country	NOUN	Number=Plur	86 waters	nmod
90	--	--	PUNCT	_	94 German	punct
91	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	94 German	case
92	as	as	ADP	_	91 such	fixed
93	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	94 German	det
94	German	German	PROPN	Number=Sing	89 countries	nmod
95	_	_	PUNCT	_	96 Nix	punct
96	Nix	Nix	PROPN	Number=Sing	94 German	conj
97	_	_	PUNCT	_	94 German	punct
98	,	,	PUNCT	_	100 Swedish	punct
99	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	100 Swedish	det
100	Swedish	Swedish	ADJ	Degree=Pos	79 identical	parataxis
101	_	_	PUNCT	_	102 Nek	punct
102	Nek	Nek	PROPN	Number=Sing	100 Swedish	vocative
103	_	_	PUNCT	_	100 Swedish	punct
104	,	,	PUNCT	_	106 Finnish	punct
105	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	106 Finnish	det
106	Finnish	finnish	ADJ	Degree=Pos	79 identical	conj
107	_	_	PUNCT	_	108 Naekke	punct
108	Naekke	Naekke	PROPN	Number=Sing	106 Finnish	appos
109	_	_	PUNCT	_	108 Naekke	punct
110	,	,	PUNCT	_	111 etc.	punct
111	etc.	etc.	NOUN	Abbr=Yes Number=Plur	79 identical	parataxis
112	[	[	PUNCT	_	113 142	punct
113	142	142	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	111 etc.	appos
114	]	]	PUNCT	_	113 142	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	the Russian peasantry					tree rules
2	maintain	past	immemorial times	a firm belief	the existence of water nymphs			vn declare-29.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent belief=Theme
3	call	participle		water nymphs not said here				vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	resemble	gerund		the Nereids of Modern Greece and the female Nixies of the North of Europe			closely property	tree rules
5	outlie	gerund						tree rules
6	linger	present		a sort of cultus of certain male water sprites	there	still		tree rules
7	bear	present	certain male water sprites	the name of Vodyanies				vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent name=Patient
8	is	present					with the beings; almost, identical property	tree rules
9	haunt	present	the beings	the waters of various countries such the German and Nix				vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus water=Experiencer
10	be							tree rules
11	exist		water nymphs					nom existence «state intransitive»: of=agent
12	sort			cultus of certain male water sprites				nom sort «cognition transitive»: of=patient
13	name			Vodyanies				nom name «communication transitive»: of=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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