Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter II. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 9, sentence 159
51, 56, 113, 181, and the opening of No. 31), "Der Koenigssohn und die Teufelstochter," (Haltrich, No. 26), and "Gruenus Kravalle" (Wolf's "Deutsche Hausmaerchen," No. 29)--the Norse "Mastermaid," (Asbjoernsen and Moe, No. 46, Dasent, No. 11) and "The Three Princesses of Whiteland," (A. and M. No. 9, Dasent, No. 26)--the Lithuanian story (Schleicher, No. 26, p. 75) in which a "field-devil" exacts from a farmer the promise of a child--the Wallachian stories (Schott, Nos.
Who acts: 51, field devil · What happens: die, exact, promise · To what, where: Teufelstochter, promise, Lithuanian story, child · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore», Chapter II. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 9. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (51, field devil), 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 | 51 | 51 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 21 die | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 56 | punct |
| 3 | 56 | 56 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 1 51 | conj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 113 | punct |
| 5 | 113 | 113 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 1 51 | conj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 181 | punct |
| 7 | 181 | 181 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 1 51 | conj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 opening | punct |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 opening | cc |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 opening | det |
| 11 | opening | opening | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 die | nsubj |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 No. | case |
| 13 | No. | no. | NOUN | Abbr=Yes Number=Sing | 11 opening | nmod |
| 14 | 31 | 31 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 13 No. | flat |
| 15 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 14 31 | punct |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 Der | punct |
| 17 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 18 Der | punct |
| 18 | Der | Der | PROPN | Number=Sing | 21 die | nsubj |
| 19 | Koenigssohn | Koenigssohn | PROPN | Number=Sing | 18 Der | flat |
| 20 | und | und | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 Der | amod |
| 21 | die | die | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 22 | Teufelstochter | Teufelstochter | PROPN | Number=Sing | 21 die | obj |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 Teufelstochter | punct |
| 24 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 22 Teufelstochter | punct |
| 25 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 26 Haltrich | punct |
| 26 | Haltrich | Haltrich | PROPN | Number=Sing | 22 Teufelstochter | appos |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 No. | punct |
| 28 | No. | No. | PROPN | Abbr=Yes Number=Sing | 26 Haltrich | appos |
| 29 | 26 | 26 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 28 No. | flat |
| 30 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 26 Haltrich | punct |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 Gruenus | punct |
| 32 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 34 Gruenus | cc |
| 33 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 34 Gruenus | punct |
| 34 | Gruenus | Gruenus | PROPN | Number=Sing | 22 Teufelstochter | conj |
| 35 | Kravalle | Kravalle | PROPN | Number=Sing | 34 Gruenus | flat |
| 36 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 34 Gruenus | punct |
| 37 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 38 Wolf | punct |
| 38 | Wolf | Wolf | PROPN | Number=Sing | 34 Gruenus | conj |
| 39 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 38 Wolf | case |
| 40 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 41 Deutsche | punct |
| 41 | Deutsche | Deutsche | PROPN | Number=Sing | 34 Gruenus | conj |
| 42 | Hausmaerchen | Hausmaerchen | PROPN | Number=Sing | 41 Deutsche | flat |
| 43 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 45 No. | punct |
| 44 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 45 No. | punct |
| 45 | No. | no. | NOUN | Abbr=Yes Number=Sing | 34 Gruenus | appos |
| 46 | 29 | 29 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 45 No. | flat |
| 47 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 45 No. | punct |
| 48 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 52 Mastermaid | punct |
| 49 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 50 Norse | det |
| 50 | Norse | Norse | PROPN | Number=Sing | 52 Mastermaid | compound |
| 51 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 52 Mastermaid | punct |
| 52 | Mastermaid | Mastermaid | PROPN | Number=Sing | 34 Gruenus | appos |
| 53 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 52 Mastermaid | punct |
| 54 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 52 Mastermaid | punct |
| 55 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 56 Asbjoernsen | punct |
| 56 | Asbjoernsen | Asbjoernsen | PROPN | Number=Sing | 34 Gruenus | appos |
| 57 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 58 Moe | cc |
| 58 | Moe | Moe | PROPN | Number=Sing | 56 Asbjoernsen | conj |
| 59 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 60 No. | punct |
| 60 | No. | No. | PROPN | Abbr=Yes Number=Sing | 56 Asbjoernsen | appos |
| 61 | 46 | 46 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 60 No. | flat |
| 62 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 63 Dasent | punct |
| 63 | Dasent | Dasent | PROPN | Number=Sing | 56 Asbjoernsen | conj |
| 64 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 66 11 | punct |
| 65 | No. | No. | PROPN | Abbr=Yes Number=Sing | 66 11 | nmod:unmarked |
| 66 | 11 | 11 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 56 Asbjoernsen | list |
| 67 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 56 Asbjoernsen | punct |
| 68 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 72 Princesses | cc |
| 69 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 72 Princesses | punct |
| 70 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 72 Princesses | det |
| 71 | Three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 72 Princesses | nummod |
| 72 | Princesses | princess | NOUN | Number=Plur | 34 Gruenus | conj |
| 73 | of | of | ADP | _ | 74 Whiteland | case |
| 74 | Whiteland | Whiteland | PROPN | Number=Sing | 72 Princesses | nmod |
| 75 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 Gruenus | punct |
| 76 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 34 Gruenus | punct |
| 77 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 78 A. | punct |
| 78 | A. | A. | PROPN | Number=Sing | 34 Gruenus | appos |
| 79 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 80 M. | cc |
| 80 | M. | M. | PROPN | Number=Sing | 78 A. | conj |
| 81 | No. | No. | PROPN | Abbr=Yes Number=Sing | 78 A. | appos |
| 82 | 9 | 9 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 81 No. | flat |
| 83 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 84 Dasent | punct |
| 84 | Dasent | Dasent | PROPN | Number=Sing | 78 A. | conj |
| 85 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 86 No. | punct |
| 86 | No. | No. | PROPN | Abbr=Yes Number=Sing | 78 A. | conj |
| 87 | 26 | 26 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 86 No. | flat |
| 88 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 78 A. | punct |
| 89 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 92 story | punct |
| 90 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 92 story | det |
| 91 | Lithuanian | lithuanian | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 92 story | amod |
| 92 | story | story | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 Gruenus | appos |
| 93 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 94 Schleicher | punct |
| 94 | Schleicher | Schleicher | PROPN | Number=Sing | 92 story | appos |
| 95 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 96 No. | punct |
| 96 | No. | No. | PROPN | Abbr=Yes Number=Sing | 94 Schleicher | appos |
| 97 | 26 | 26 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 96 No. | flat |
| 98 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 100 75 | punct |
| 99 | p. | P. | PROPN | Number=Sing | 100 75 | nmod:unmarked |
| 100 | 75 | 75 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 94 Schleicher | nmod:unmarked |
| 101 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 94 Schleicher | punct |
| 102 | in | in | ADP | _ | 103 which | case |
| 103 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 110 exacts | obl |
| 104 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 108 devil | det |
| 105 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 108 devil | punct |
| 106 | field | field | NOUN | Number=Sing | 108 devil | compound |
| 107 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 106 field | punct |
| 108 | devil | devil | NOUN | Number=Sing | 110 exacts | nsubj |
| 109 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 108 devil | punct |
| 110 | exacts | exact | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 92 story | parataxis |
| 111 | from | from | ADP | _ | 113 farmer | case |
| 112 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 113 farmer | det |
| 113 | farmer | farmer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 110 exacts | obl |
| 114 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 115 promise | det |
| 115 | promise | promise | NOUN | Number=Sing | 110 exacts | obj |
| 116 | of | of | ADP | _ | 118 child | case |
| 117 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 118 child | det |
| 118 | child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | 115 promise | nmod |
| 119 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 122 stories | punct |
| 120 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 122 stories | det |
| 121 | Wallachian | Wallachian | PROPN | Number=Sing | 122 stories | compound |
| 122 | stories | story | NOUN | Number=Plur | 115 promise | nmod |
| 123 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 124 Schott | punct |
| 124 | Schott | Schott | PROPN | Number=Sing | 122 stories | appos |
| 125 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 126 Nos | punct |
| 126 | Nos | Nos | PROPN | Number=Sing | 124 Schott | conj |
| 127 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 21 die | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | die in a quote | infinitive | 51 | Teufelstochter and Gruenus and Wolf and Deutsche and the Three Princesses of Whiteland | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | exact | present | a field devil | the promise of a child the Wallachian stories | the Lithuanian story | from a farmer | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent promise=Theme from farmer=Source | ||
| 3 | promise | a child | nom promise «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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