Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter II. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 8, sentence 53

He is of a somewhat shadowy form, and his functions are not very clearly defined, for the part he usually fills is sometimes allotted to Koshchei or to the Snake, but the stories generally represent him as a patriarchal monarch, living in subaqueous halls of light and splendor, whence he emerges at times to seize a human victim.

Who acts: King, stories · What happens: be, not define, fill, allot, represent, live · To what, where: functions, part, Koshchei, King, subaqueous halls, human victim

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 (King, stories), 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	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 form	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 form	cop
3	of	of	ADP	_	7 form	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 form	det
5	somewhat	somewhat	ADV	_	6 shadowy	advmod
6	shadowy	shadowy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 form	amod
7	form	form	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 defined	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 defined	cc
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 functions	nmod:poss
11	functions	function	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 defined	nsubj:pass
12	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 defined	aux:pass
13	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	16 defined	advmod
14	very	very	ADV	_	15 clearly	advmod
15	clearly	clearly	ADV	_	16 defined	advmod
16	defined	define	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 form	parataxis
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	26 allotted	punct
18	for	for	ADP	_	20 part	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 part	det
20	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 allotted	obl
21	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	23 fills	nsubj
22	usually	usually	ADV	_	23 fills	advmod
23	fills	fill	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 part	acl:relcl
24	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	26 allotted	aux:pass
25	sometimes	sometimes	ADV	PronType=Ind	26 allotted	advmod
26	allotted	allot	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	16 defined	conj
27	to	to	ADP	_	28 Koshchei	case
28	Koshchei	Koshchei	PROPN	Number=Sing	26 allotted	obl
29	or	or	CCONJ	_	32 Snake	cc
30	to	to	ADP	_	32 Snake	case
31	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	32 Snake	det
32	Snake	snake	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 Koshchei	conj
33	,	,	PUNCT	_	38 represent	punct
34	but	but	CCONJ	_	38 represent	cc
35	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	36 stories	det
36	stories	story	NOUN	Number=Plur	38 represent	nsubj
37	generally	generally	ADV	_	38 represent	advmod
38	represent	represent	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 form	parataxis
39	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	38 represent	obj
40	as	as	ADP	_	43 monarch	case
41	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	43 monarch	det
42	patriarchal	patriarchal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	43 monarch	amod
43	monarch	monarch	NOUN	Number=Sing	38 represent	obl
44	,	,	PUNCT	_	45 living	punct
45	living	live	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	38 represent	advcl
46	in	in	ADP	_	48 halls	case
47	subaqueous	subaqueous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	48 halls	amod
48	halls	hall	NOUN	Number=Plur	45 living	obl
49	of	of	ADP	_	50 light	case
50	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	48 halls	nmod
51	and	and	CCONJ	_	52 splendor	cc
52	splendor	splendor	NOUN	Number=Sing	50 light	conj
53	,	,	PUNCT	_	56 emerges	punct
54	whence	whence	ADV	PronType=Int	56 emerges	advmod
55	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	56 emerges	nsubj
56	emerges	emerge	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	45 living	parataxis
57	at	at	ADP	_	58 times	case
58	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	56 emerges	obl
59	to	to	PART	_	60 seize	mark
60	seize	seize	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	56 emerges	advcl
61	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	63 victim	det
62	human	human	ADJ	Degree=Pos	63 victim	amod
63	victim	victim	NOUN	Number=Sing	60 seize	obj
64	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 form	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	King					of a shadowy form	tree rules
2	not define	present · passive		King's functions				clearly property	vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
3	fill	present	King	the part not said here				usually property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent part=Patient
4	allot	present · passive			Koshchei or the Snake			for the part; sometimes property	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: to koshchei=Goal
5	represent	present	the stories	King				as a patriarchal monarch; generally property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent he=Theme as monarch=Attribute
6	live	gerund	the stories not said here			subaqueous halls of light and splendor			vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in hall=Location
7	emerge	present	King				time	whence property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
8	seize	to-infinitive	King not said here	a human victim					vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent victim=Theme

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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