Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter II. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 13, sentence 48

Thus in the story of _Kniaz Danila Govorila_,[196] Prince Daniel the Talker is bent upon marrying his sister, pleading the excuse so often given in stories on this theme, namely, that she is the only maiden whose finger will fit the magic ring which is to indicate to him his destined wife.

Who acts: 196, heroine, magic ring · What happens: be, marry, plead, give, destine · To what, where: sister, excuse, stories, Daniel

This is a sentence of «Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore», Chapter II. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 13. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (196, heroine, magic ring), 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	Thus	thus	ADV	_	20 bent	advmod
2	in	in	ADP	_	4 story	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 story	det
4	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Thus	obl
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 Danila	case
6	_	_	PUNCT	_	5 of	punct
7	Kniaz	Kniaz	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 Danila	compound
8	Danila	Danila	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 story	nmod
9	Govorila	Govorila	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 Danila	flat
10	_	_	PUNCT	_	1 Thus	punct
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 196	punct
12	[	[	PUNCT	_	13 196	punct
13	196	196	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	20 bent	nsubj
14	]	]	PUNCT	_	13 196	punct
15	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 Daniel	compound
16	Daniel	Daniel	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 196	nmod:unmarked
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 Talker	det
18	Talker	Talker	PROPN	Number=Sing	20 bent	nsubj
19	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 bent	cop
20	bent	bent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
21	upon	upon	SCONJ	_	22 marrying	mark
22	marrying	marry	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	20 bent	advcl
23	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	24 sister	nmod:poss
24	sister	sister	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 marrying	obj
25	,	,	PUNCT	_	26 pleading	punct
26	pleading	plead	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	22 marrying	conj
27	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	28 excuse	det
28	excuse	excuse	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 pleading	obj
29	so	so	ADV	_	31 given	advmod
30	often	often	ADV	_	31 given	advmod
31	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	26 pleading	advcl
32	in	in	ADP	_	33 stories	case
33	stories	story	NOUN	Number=Plur	31 given	obl
34	on	on	ADP	_	36 theme	case
35	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	36 theme	det
36	theme	theme	NOUN	Number=Sing	31 given	obl
37	,	,	PUNCT	_	38 namely	punct
38	namely	namely	ADJ	Degree=Pos	36 theme	amod
39	,	,	PUNCT	_	49 fit	punct
40	that	that	SCONJ	_	49 fit	mark
41	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	49 fit	nsubj
42	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	49 fit	cop
43	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	47 finger	det
44	only	only	ADJ	Degree=Pos	47 finger	amod
45	maiden	maiden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	47 finger	amod
46	whose	whose	PRON	Poss=Yes PronType=Rel	47 finger	nmod:poss
47	finger	finger	NOUN	Number=Sing	49 fit	nsubj
48	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	49 fit	aux
49	fit	fit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	38 namely	advcl
50	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	52 ring	det
51	magic	magic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	52 ring	amod
52	ring	ring	NOUN	Number=Sing	49 fit	obj
53	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	56 indicate	nsubj
54	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	56 indicate	cop
55	to	to	PART	_	56 indicate	mark
56	indicate	indicate	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	52 ring	acl:relcl
57	to	to	ADP	_	58 him	case
58	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	56 indicate	obl
59	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	61 wife	nmod:poss
60	destined	destine	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	61 wife	amod
61	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	56 indicate	obl
62	.	.	PUNCT	_	20 bent	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	is	present	196 Prince Daniel				bent, thus property	tree rules
2	marry	gerund	196 Prince Daniel not said here	Daniel's sister				vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sister=Patient
3	plead speech: request	gerund	196 Prince Daniel not said here	the excuse				tree rules
4	give	participle	196 Prince Daniel not said here			stories	on this theme; often property	vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient
5	is	present	heroine				fit property	tree rules
6	is	present	the magic ring		Daniel		Daniel's destined wife obl; indicate property	tree rules
7	destine	participle						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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