Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, To Him So Deeply Indebted., sentence 34
In the very rare instances in which I have found it necessary to insert any words by way of explanation, I have (except in the case of such additions as "he said" or the like) enclosed them between brackets.
Who acts: I, probability · What happens: find, insert, have, say, enclose · To what, where: rare instances, words, case, cases · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore», To Him So Deeply Indebted.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I, probability), 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 | _ | 5 instances | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 instances | det |
| 3 | very | very | ADV | _ | 4 rare | advmod |
| 4 | rare | rare | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 instances | amod |
| 5 | instances | instance | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 found | obl |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 which | case |
| 7 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 10 found | obl |
| 8 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 10 found | nsubj |
| 9 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 found | aux |
| 10 | found | find | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 11 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 necessary | expl |
| 12 | necessary | necessary | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 found | xcomp |
| 13 | to | to | PART | _ | 14 insert | mark |
| 14 | insert | insert | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 12 necessary | xcomp |
| 15 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 16 words | det |
| 16 | words | word | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 insert | obj |
| 17 | by | by | ADP | _ | 18 way | case |
| 18 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 insert | obl |
| 19 | of | of | ADP | _ | 20 explanation | case |
| 20 | explanation | explanation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 way | nmod |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 have | punct |
| 22 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 23 have | nsubj |
| 23 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 found | conj |
| 24 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 28 case | punct |
| 25 | except | except | ADP | _ | 28 case | case |
| 26 | in | in | ADP | _ | 28 case | case |
| 27 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 28 case | det |
| 28 | case | case | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 have | obj |
| 29 | of | of | ADP | _ | 31 additions | case |
| 30 | such | such | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 31 additions | amod |
| 31 | additions | addition | NOUN | Number=Plur | 28 case | nmod |
| 32 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 35 said | mark |
| 33 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 35 said | punct |
| 34 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 35 said | nsubj |
| 35 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 23 have | advcl |
| 36 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 35 said | punct |
| 37 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 41 enclosed | cc |
| 38 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 39 like | det |
| 39 | like | like | INTJ | _ | 41 enclosed | discourse |
| 40 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 39 like | punct |
| 41 | enclosed | enclose | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 35 said | conj |
| 42 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 41 enclosed | obj |
| 43 | between | between | ADP | _ | 44 brackets | case |
| 44 | brackets | bracket | NOUN | Number=Plur | 41 enclosed | obl |
| 45 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 10 found | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | find | present · perfect | I | the rare instances | necessary property | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent | |||
| 2 | insert | to-infinitive | I not said here | any words | by way of explanation | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent word=Theme by way=Destination | |||
| 3 | have | present | I | the case of such additions | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent case=Patient | ||||
| 4 | say speech: assert in a quote | past | probability | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 5 | enclose | past | probability not said here | cases = case | between brackets | vn contiguous_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme they=Co-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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