Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter II. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 11, sentence 66
The rest of the story is very similar to that of "Norka," which has already been given, only instead of the beast of that name we have the Baba Yaga, whom Ivan finds asleep, with a magic sword at her head.
Who acts: rest, we, Ivan · What happens: be, give, have, find · To what, where: Baba Yaga
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 (rest, we, Ivan), 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 | 2 rest | det |
| 2 | rest | rest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 similar | nsubj |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 story | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 story | det |
| 5 | story | story | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 rest | nmod |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 similar | cop |
| 7 | very | very | ADV | _ | 8 similar | advmod |
| 8 | similar | similar | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 9 | to | to | ADP | _ | 10 that | case |
| 10 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 8 similar | obl |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 Norka | case |
| 12 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 13 Norka | punct |
| 13 | Norka | Norka | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 that | nmod |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 given | punct |
| 15 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 20 given | punct |
| 16 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 20 given | obj |
| 17 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 20 given | aux |
| 18 | already | already | ADV | _ | 20 given | advmod |
| 19 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 20 given | aux:pass |
| 20 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 similar | parataxis |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 beast | punct |
| 22 | only | only | ADV | _ | 26 beast | advmod |
| 23 | instead | instead | ADV | ExtPos=ADP | 26 beast | case |
| 24 | of | of | ADP | _ | 23 instead | fixed |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 beast | det |
| 26 | beast | beast | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 given | parataxis |
| 27 | of | of | ADP | _ | 29 name | case |
| 28 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 29 name | det |
| 29 | name | name | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 have | obl |
| 30 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 31 have | nsubj |
| 31 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 26 beast | parataxis |
| 32 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 Yaga | det |
| 33 | Baba | Baba | PROPN | Number=Sing | 34 Yaga | compound |
| 34 | Yaga | Yaga | PROPN | Number=Sing | 31 have | obj |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 finds | punct |
| 36 | whom | whom | PRON | PronType=Rel | 38 finds | obj |
| 37 | Ivan | Ivan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 38 finds | nsubj |
| 38 | finds | find | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 34 Yaga | acl:relcl |
| 39 | asleep | asleep | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 38 finds | xcomp |
| 40 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 sword | punct |
| 41 | with | with | ADP | _ | 44 sword | case |
| 42 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 44 sword | det |
| 43 | magic | magic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 44 sword | amod |
| 44 | sword | sword | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 finds | obl |
| 45 | at | at | ADP | _ | 47 head | case |
| 46 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 47 head | nmod:poss |
| 47 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 sword | nmod |
| 48 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 similar | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | the rest of the story | to that; similar property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | give | present · perfect · passive | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: which=Theme | ||||||
| 3 | have | present | we | the Baba Yaga | of that name | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent yaga=Patient | |||
| 4 | find | present | Ivan | the Baba Yaga | with a magic sword at Norka's head; asleep property | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent whom=Topic |
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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