Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter II. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 10, sentence 75
In their general character they bear a strong resemblance to the Giantesses, Lamias, female Trolls, Ogresses, Dragonesses, &c., of Europe, but in some of their traits they differ from those well-known beings, and therefore they are worthy of a detailed notice.
Who acts: beings, some · What happens: bear, differ, know, be · To what, where: strong resemblance, general character, traits, known beings
This is a sentence of «Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore», Chapter II. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 10. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (beings, some), 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 | In | in | ADP | _ | 4 character | case |
| 2 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 character | nmod:poss |
| 3 | general | general | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 character | amod |
| 4 | character | character | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 bear | obl |
| 5 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 bear | nsubj |
| 6 | bear | bear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 resemblance | det |
| 8 | strong | strong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 resemblance | amod |
| 9 | resemblance | resemblance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 bear | obj |
| 10 | to | to | ADP | _ | 12 Giantesses | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 Giantesses | det |
| 12 | Giantesses | giantess | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 resemblance | nmod |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 Lamias | punct |
| 14 | Lamias | lamia | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 Giantesses | conj |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 Trolls | punct |
| 16 | female | female | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 Trolls | amod |
| 17 | Trolls | troll | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 Giantesses | conj |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 Ogresses | punct |
| 19 | Ogresses | ogress | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 Giantesses | conj |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 Dragonesses | punct |
| 21 | Dragonesses | dragoness | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 Giantesses | conj |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 c. | punct |
| 23 | & | & | CCONJ | _ | 24 c. | cc |
| 24 | c. | c. | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 bear | obl |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 Europe | punct |
| 26 | of | of | ADP | _ | 27 Europe | case |
| 27 | Europe | Europe | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 bear | obl |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 48 worthy | punct |
| 29 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 48 worthy | cc |
| 30 | in | in | ADP | _ | 31 some | case |
| 31 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 48 worthy | nsubj |
| 32 | of | of | ADP | _ | 34 traits | case |
| 33 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 34 traits | nmod:poss |
| 34 | traits | trait | NOUN | Number=Plur | 31 some | nmod |
| 35 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 36 differ | nsubj |
| 36 | differ | differ | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 34 traits | acl:relcl |
| 37 | from | from | ADP | _ | 42 beings | case |
| 38 | those | that | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 42 beings | det |
| 39 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 41 known | advmod |
| 40 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 39 well | punct |
| 41 | known | know | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 42 beings | amod |
| 42 | beings | being | NOUN | Number=Plur | 36 differ | obl |
| 43 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 48 worthy | punct |
| 44 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 48 worthy | cc |
| 45 | therefore | therefore | ADV | _ | 48 worthy | advmod |
| 46 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 48 worthy | nsubj |
| 47 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 48 worthy | cop |
| 48 | worthy | worthy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 bear | conj |
| 49 | of | of | ADP | _ | 52 notice | case |
| 50 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 52 notice | det |
| 51 | detailed | detailed | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 52 notice | amod |
| 52 | notice | notice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 48 worthy | obl |
| 53 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 bear | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bear | present | beings = being | a strong resemblance | beings's general character | to the Giantesses and Lamias and female Trolls and Ogresses and Dragonesses; of Europe; c. obl | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent resemblance=Patient | ||
| 2 | differ | present | beings = being | beings's traits not said here | that known beings | tree rules | |||
| 3 | know | participle | well property | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 4 | is | present | some | of a detailed notice; therefore, worthy property | 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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