Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter II. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 11, sentence 36

Similar instruments are found in the folk-tales of every land, whether they appear as the brush, comb, and mirror of the German water-sprite;[164] or the rod, stone, and pitcher of water of the Norse Troll;[165] or the knife, comb, and handful of salt which, in the Modern Greek story, save Asterinos and Pulja from their fiendish mother;[166] or the twig, the stone, and the bladder of water, found in the ear of the filly, which saves her master from the Gaelic giant;[167] or the brush, comb, and egg, the last of which produces a frozen lake with "mirror-smooth" surface, whereon the pursuing Old Prussian witch slips and breaks her neck;[168] or the wand which causes a river to flow and a mountain to rise between the youth who waves it and the "wicked old Rakshasa" who chases him in the Deccan story;[169] or the handful of earth, cup of water, and dry sticks and match, which impede and finally destroy the Rakshasa in the almost identical episode of Somadeva's tale of "The Prince of Varddhamana."

Who acts: instruments, handful, filly, Old Prussian witch, 168, youth · What happens: find, appear, save, produce, freeze, pursue · To what, where: Similar instruments, folk tales, mirror, Asterinos, Modern Greek story, ear · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore», Chapter II. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 11. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (instruments, handful, filly, Old Prussian witch), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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The tree

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Similar	similar	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 instruments	amod
2	instruments	instrument	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 found	nsubj:pass
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 found	aux:pass
4	found	find	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	9 tales	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 tales	det
7	folk	folk	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 tales	compound
8	-	-	PUNCT	_	7 folk	punct
9	tales	tale	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 found	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 land	case
11	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	12 land	det
12	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 tales	nmod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 appear	punct
14	whether	whether	SCONJ	_	16 appear	mark
15	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 appear	nsubj
16	appear	appear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 found	conj
17	as	as	ADP	_	19 brush	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 brush	det
19	brush	brush	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 appear	obl
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 comb	punct
21	comb	comb	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 brush	conj
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 mirror	punct
23	and	and	CCONJ	_	24 mirror	cc
24	mirror	mirror	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 appear	obl
25	of	of	ADP	_	30 sprite	case
26	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	30 sprite	det
27	German	German	ADJ	Degree=Pos	30 sprite	amod
28	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	30 sprite	compound
29	-	-	PUNCT	_	28 water	punct
30	sprite	sprite	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 mirror	nmod
31	;	;	PUNCT	_	33 164	punct
32	[	[	PUNCT	_	33 164	punct
33	164	164	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	16 appear	obl
34	]	]	PUNCT	_	33 164	punct
35	or	or	CCONJ	_	37 rod	cc
36	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	37 rod	det
37	rod	rod	NOUN	Number=Sing	33 164	conj
38	,	,	PUNCT	_	39 stone	punct
39	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	33 164	conj
40	,	,	PUNCT	_	42 pitcher	punct
41	and	and	CCONJ	_	42 pitcher	cc
42	pitcher	pitcher	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 appear	obl
43	of	of	ADP	_	44 water	case
44	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	42 pitcher	nmod
45	of	of	ADP	_	48 Troll	case
46	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	48 Troll	det
47	Norse	norse	ADJ	Degree=Pos	48 Troll	amod
48	Troll	troll	NOUN	Number=Sing	42 pitcher	nmod
49	;	;	PUNCT	_	51 165	punct
50	[	[	PUNCT	_	51 165	punct
51	165	165	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	4 found	parataxis
52	]	]	PUNCT	_	51 165	punct
53	or	or	CCONJ	_	55 knife	cc
54	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	55 knife	det
55	knife	knife	NOUN	Number=Sing	51 165	conj
56	,	,	PUNCT	_	57 comb	punct
57	comb	comb	NOUN	Number=Sing	51 165	conj
58	,	,	PUNCT	_	60 handful	punct
59	and	and	CCONJ	_	60 handful	cc
60	handful	handful	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 found	parataxis
61	of	of	ADP	_	62 salt	case
62	salt	salt	NOUN	Number=Sing	60 handful	nmod
63	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	71 save	nsubj
64	,	,	PUNCT	_	63 which	punct
65	in	in	ADP	_	69 story	case
66	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	69 story	det
67	Modern	modern	ADJ	Degree=Pos	69 story	amod
68	Greek	Greek	ADJ	Degree=Pos	69 story	amod
69	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	71 save	obl
70	,	,	PUNCT	_	69 story	punct
71	save	save	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	60 handful	acl:relcl
72	Asterinos	Asterinos	PROPN	Number=Sing	71 save	obj
73	and	and	CCONJ	_	74 Pulja	cc
74	Pulja	Pulja	PROPN	Number=Sing	72 Asterinos	conj
75	from	from	ADP	_	78 mother	case
76	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	78 mother	nmod:poss
77	fiendish	fiendish	ADJ	Degree=Pos	78 mother	amod
78	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	71 save	obl
79	;	;	PUNCT	_	81 166	punct
80	[	[	PUNCT	_	81 166	punct
81	166	166	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	4 found	obl
82	]	]	PUNCT	_	81 166	punct
83	or	or	CCONJ	_	85 twig	cc
84	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	85 twig	det
85	twig	twig	NOUN	Number=Sing	81 166	conj
86	,	,	PUNCT	_	88 stone	punct
87	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	88 stone	det
88	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	81 166	conj
89	,	,	PUNCT	_	92 bladder	punct
90	and	and	CCONJ	_	92 bladder	cc
91	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	92 bladder	det
92	bladder	bladder	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 found	obl
93	of	of	ADP	_	94 water	case
94	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	92 bladder	nmod
95	,	,	PUNCT	_	96 found	punct
96	found	find	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 found	conj
97	in	in	ADP	_	99 ear	case
98	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	99 ear	det
99	ear	ear	NOUN	Number=Sing	96 found	obl
100	of	of	ADP	_	102 filly	case
101	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	102 filly	det
102	filly	filly	NOUN	Number=Sing	99 ear	nmod
103	,	,	PUNCT	_	105 saves	punct
104	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	105 saves	nsubj
105	saves	save	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	102 filly	acl:relcl
106	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	107 master	nmod:poss
107	master	master	NOUN	Number=Sing	105 saves	obj
108	from	from	ADP	_	111 giant	case
109	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	111 giant	det
110	Gaelic	gaelic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	111 giant	amod
111	giant	giant	NOUN	Number=Sing	105 saves	obl
112	;	;	PUNCT	_	114 167	punct
113	[	[	PUNCT	_	114 167	punct
114	167	167	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	4 found	obl
115	]	]	PUNCT	_	114 167	punct
116	or	or	CCONJ	_	118 brush	cc
117	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	118 brush	det
118	brush	brush	NOUN	Number=Sing	114 167	conj
119	,	,	PUNCT	_	120 comb	punct
120	comb	comb	NOUN	Number=Sing	118 brush	conj
121	,	,	PUNCT	_	123 egg	punct
122	and	and	CCONJ	_	123 egg	cc
123	egg	egg	NOUN	Number=Sing	114 167	conj
124	,	,	PUNCT	_	126 last	punct
125	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	126 last	det
126	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	123 egg	amod
127	of	of	SCONJ	_	129 produces	mark
128	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	129 produces	nsubj
129	produces	produce	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	126 last	advcl
130	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	132 lake	det
131	frozen	freeze	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	132 lake	amod
132	lake	lake	NOUN	Number=Sing	129 produces	obj
133	with	with	SCONJ	_	137 smooth	mark
134	"	"	PUNCT	_	137 smooth	punct
135	mirror	mirror	NOUN	Number=Sing	137 smooth	compound
136	-	-	PUNCT	_	135 mirror	punct
137	smooth	smooth	ADJ	Degree=Pos	139 surface	amod
138	"	"	PUNCT	_	137 smooth	punct
139	surface	surface	NOUN	Number=Sing	132 lake	nmod
140	,	,	PUNCT	_	147 slips	punct
141	whereon	whereon	ADV	PronType=Int	147 slips	advmod
142	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	146 witch	det
143	pursuing	pursue	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	146 witch	nsubj
144	Old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	146 witch	amod
145	Prussian	prussian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	146 witch	amod
146	witch	witch	NOUN	Number=Sing	147 slips	nsubj
147	slips	slip	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	139 surface	acl:relcl
148	and	and	CCONJ	_	149 breaks	cc
149	breaks	break	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	147 slips	conj
150	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	151 neck	nmod:poss
151	neck	neck	NOUN	Number=Sing	149 breaks	obj
152	;	;	PUNCT	_	160 causes	punct
153	[	[	PUNCT	_	154 168	punct
154	168	168	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	160 causes	nsubj
155	]	]	PUNCT	_	154 168	punct
156	or	or	CCONJ	_	158 wand	cc
157	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	158 wand	det
158	wand	wand	NOUN	Number=Sing	154 168	conj
159	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	160 causes	nsubj
160	causes	cause	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 found	parataxis
161	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	162 river	det
162	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	160 causes	obj
163	to	to	PART	_	164 flow	mark
164	flow	flow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	162 river	acl
165	and	and	CCONJ	_	167 mountain	cc
166	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	167 mountain	det
167	mountain	mountain	NOUN	Number=Sing	160 causes	conj
168	to	to	PART	_	169 rise	mark
169	rise	rise	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	160 causes	advcl
170	between	between	ADP	_	172 youth	case
171	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	172 youth	det
172	youth	youth	NOUN	Number=Sing	169 rise	obl
173	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	174 waves	nsubj
174	waves	wave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	172 youth	acl:relcl
175	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	174 waves	obj
176	and	and	CCONJ	_	181 Rakshasa	cc
177	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	181 Rakshasa	det
178	"	"	PUNCT	_	181 Rakshasa	punct
179	wicked	wicked	ADJ	Degree=Pos	181 Rakshasa	amod
180	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	181 Rakshasa	amod
181	Rakshasa	Rakshasa	PROPN	Number=Sing	174 waves	obl
182	"	"	PUNCT	_	184 chases	punct
183	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	184 chases	nsubj
184	chases	chase	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	181 Rakshasa	acl:relcl
185	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	184 chases	obj
186	in	in	ADP	_	189 story	case
187	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	189 story	det
188	Deccan	Deccan	PROPN	Number=Sing	189 story	compound
189	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	184 chases	obl
190	;	;	PUNCT	_	192 169	punct
191	[	[	PUNCT	_	192 169	punct
192	169	169	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	4 found	obl
193	]	]	PUNCT	_	192 169	punct
194	or	or	CCONJ	_	196 handful	cc
195	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	196 handful	det
196	handful	handful	NOUN	Number=Sing	192 169	conj
197	of	of	ADP	_	198 earth	case
198	earth	earth	NOUN	Number=Sing	196 handful	nmod
199	,	,	PUNCT	_	200 cup	punct
200	cup	cup	NOUN	Number=Sing	198 earth	conj
201	of	of	ADP	_	202 water	case
202	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	200 cup	nmod
203	,	,	PUNCT	_	211 impede	punct
204	and	and	CCONJ	_	211 impede	cc
205	dry	dry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	206 sticks	amod
206	sticks	stick	NOUN	Number=Plur	211 impede	nsubj
207	and	and	CCONJ	_	208 match	cc
208	match	match	NOUN	Number=Sing	206 sticks	conj
209	,	,	PUNCT	_	211 impede	punct
210	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	211 impede	nsubj
211	impede	impede	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 found	parataxis
212	and	and	CCONJ	_	214 destroy	cc
213	finally	finally	ADV	_	214 destroy	advmod
214	destroy	destroy	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	211 impede	conj
215	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	216 Rakshasa	det
216	Rakshasa	Rakshasa	PROPN	Number=Sing	214 destroy	obj
217	in	in	ADP	_	221 episode	case
218	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	221 episode	det
219	almost	almost	ADV	_	220 identical	advmod
220	identical	identical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	221 episode	amod
221	episode	episode	NOUN	Number=Sing	214 destroy	obl
222	of	of	ADP	_	225 tale	case
223	Somadeva	Somadeva	PROPN	Number=Sing	225 tale	nmod:poss
224	's	's	PART	_	223 Somadeva	case
225	tale	tale	NOUN	Number=Sing	221 episode	nmod
226	of	of	ADP	_	229 Prince	case
227	"	"	PUNCT	_	229 Prince	punct
228	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	229 Prince	det
229	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	225 tale	nmod
230	of	of	ADP	_	231 Varddhamana	case
231	Varddhamana	Varddhamana	PROPN	Number=Sing	229 Prince	nmod
232	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 found	punct
233	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 found	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	find	present · passive		Similar instruments	the folk tales of every land	166 or the twig and the stone obl; the bladder of water obl; 167 or the brush and comb and egg obl; 169 or the handful of earth and cup of water obl	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic
2	appear	present	instruments = instrument	mirror of the German water sprite		as the brush and comb; 164 or the rod and stone obl; pitcher of water of the Norse Troll obl	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	save	infinitive	handful of salt	Asterinos and Pulja	the Modern Greek story	from instruments's fiendish mother	vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent asterinos=Theme from mother=Source
4	find	participle			the ear of the filly		vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent
5	save	present	the filly	filly's master		from the Gaelic giant	vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent master=Theme from giant=Source
6	produce	present		a frozen lake smooth surface			vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lake=Result
7	freeze	participle					vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
8	pursue	gerund					vn chase-51.6 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent
9	witch						tree rules
10	slip	present	the Old Prussian witch			whereon property	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
11	break	present	the Old Prussian witch not said here	witch's neck			vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer neck=Patient
12	cause	present	168 or the wand	a river			vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition river=Patient
13	flow	to-infinitive	168 or the wand not said here	a river not said here			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
14	rise	to-infinitive	168 or the wand not said here		the youth		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent between youth=Location
15	wave	present	the youth	river		the wicked old Rakshasa obl	vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient
16	chase	present	the wicked old Rakshasa	Rakshasa	the Deccan story		vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent he=Theme in story=Trajectory
17	impede	present	dry sticks and match				vn discourage-64.5-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Causer
18	destroy	present	dry sticks and match not said here	the Rakshasa	the identical episode of Somadeva's tale of the Prince of Varddhamana	finally property	vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rakshasa=Patient
19	tell		every land				nom tale «communication intransitive»: of=agent
20	tell		the Prince of Varddhamana				nom tale «communication intransitive»: of=agent

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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