Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter II. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 14, sentence 41
174-5) in which two _Chivuti_, or Jews, are tricked into eating their baked mother; in the Modern Greek stories (Hahn, No. 3 and ii. p. 181), in which the hero bakes (1) a _Drakaena_, while her husband, the _Drakos_, is at church, (2) a _Lamiopula_, during the absence of the _Lamia_, her mother; and in the Albanian story of "Augenhuendin" (Hahn, No. 95), in which the heroine gets rid in a similar manner of Maro, the daughter of that four eyed +sykieneza+.
Who acts: hero, Drakos, heroine, husband · What happens: trick, eat, bake, be, get, eye · To what, where: Chivuti, baked mother, 1, church, Albanian story, sykieneza
This is a sentence of «Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore», Chapter II. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 14. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (hero, Drakos, heroine, husband), 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 | 174-5 | 174-5 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | root | root |
| 2 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 4 which | punct |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 which | case |
| 4 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 1 174-5 | nmod |
| 5 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 4 which | appos |
| 6 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 14 tricked | punct |
| 7 | Chivuti | Chivuti | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 tricked | nsubj:pass |
| 8 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 11 Jews | punct |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 Jews | punct |
| 10 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 11 Jews | cc |
| 11 | Jews | Jew | PROPN | Number=Plur | 7 Chivuti | conj |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 Chivuti | punct |
| 13 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 tricked | aux:pass |
| 14 | tricked | trick | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 two | parataxis |
| 15 | into | into | SCONJ | _ | 16 eating | mark |
| 16 | eating | eat | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 14 tricked | advcl |
| 17 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 19 mother | nmod:poss |
| 18 | baked | bake | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 19 mother | amod |
| 19 | mother | mother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 eating | obj |
| 20 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 25 stories | punct |
| 21 | in | in | ADP | _ | 25 stories | case |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 stories | det |
| 23 | Modern | modern | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 25 stories | amod |
| 24 | Greek | Greek | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 25 stories | amod |
| 25 | stories | story | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 tricked | conj |
| 26 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 27 Hahn | punct |
| 27 | Hahn | Hahn | PROPN | Number=Sing | 25 stories | appos |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 No. | punct |
| 29 | No. | no. | NOUN | Abbr=Yes Number=Sing | 27 Hahn | appos |
| 30 | 3 | 3 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 29 No. | flat |
| 31 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 32 ii | cc |
| 32 | ii | II | NUM | NumForm=Roman NumType=Card | 30 3 | conj |
| 33 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 27 Hahn | punct |
| 34 | p. | P. | PROPN | Number=Sing | 27 Hahn | conj |
| 35 | 181 | 181 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 34 p. | flat |
| 36 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 27 Hahn | punct |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 42 bakes | punct |
| 38 | in | in | ADP | _ | 39 which | case |
| 39 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 42 bakes | obl |
| 40 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 41 hero | det |
| 41 | hero | hero | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 bakes | nsubj |
| 42 | bakes | bake | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 25 stories | parataxis |
| 43 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 44 1 | punct |
| 44 | 1 | 1 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 42 bakes | obj |
| 45 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 44 1 | punct |
| 46 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 48 Drakaena | det |
| 47 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 48 Drakaena | punct |
| 48 | Drakaena | Drakaena | PROPN | Number=Sing | 42 bakes | obl |
| 49 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 42 bakes | punct |
| 50 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 118 eyed | punct |
| 51 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 118 eyed | mark |
| 52 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 53 husband | nmod:poss |
| 53 | husband | husband | NOUN | Number=Sing | 118 eyed | nsubj |
| 54 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 62 church | punct |
| 55 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 62 church | det |
| 56 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 62 church | punct |
| 57 | Drakos | Drakos | PROPN | Number=Sing | 62 church | nsubj |
| 58 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 57 Drakos | punct |
| 59 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 57 Drakos | punct |
| 60 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 62 church | cop |
| 61 | at | at | ADP | _ | 62 church | case |
| 62 | church | church | NOUN | Number=Sing | 53 husband | conj |
| 63 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 65 2 | punct |
| 64 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 65 2 | punct |
| 65 | 2 | 2 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 53 husband | appos |
| 66 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 65 2 | punct |
| 67 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 69 Lamiopula | det |
| 68 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 69 Lamiopula | punct |
| 69 | Lamiopula | Lamiopula | PROPN | Number=Sing | 53 husband | appos |
| 70 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 69 Lamiopula | punct |
| 71 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 74 absence | punct |
| 72 | during | during | ADP | _ | 74 absence | case |
| 73 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 74 absence | det |
| 74 | absence | absence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 69 Lamiopula | appos |
| 75 | of | of | ADP | _ | 78 Lamia | case |
| 76 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 78 Lamia | det |
| 77 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 78 Lamia | punct |
| 78 | Lamia | lamia | NOUN | Number=Sing | 74 absence | nmod |
| 79 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 69 Lamiopula | punct |
| 80 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 82 mother | punct |
| 81 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 82 mother | nmod:poss |
| 82 | mother | mother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 69 Lamiopula | conj |
| 83 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 118 eyed | punct |
| 84 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 118 eyed | cc |
| 85 | in | in | ADP | _ | 88 story | case |
| 86 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 88 story | det |
| 87 | Albanian | Albanian | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 88 story | amod |
| 88 | story | story | NOUN | Number=Sing | 118 eyed | nsubj |
| 89 | of | of | ADP | _ | 91 Augenhuendin | case |
| 90 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 91 Augenhuendin | punct |
| 91 | Augenhuendin | Augenhuendin | PROPN | Number=Sing | 88 story | nmod |
| 92 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 91 Augenhuendin | punct |
| 93 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 94 Hahn | punct |
| 94 | Hahn | Hahn | PROPN | Number=Sing | 91 Augenhuendin | flat |
| 95 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 96 No. | punct |
| 96 | No. | No. | PROPN | Abbr=Yes Number=Sing | 94 Hahn | appos |
| 97 | 95 | 95 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 96 No. | flat |
| 98 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 94 Hahn | punct |
| 99 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 104 gets | punct |
| 100 | in | in | ADP | _ | 101 which | case |
| 101 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 104 gets | obl |
| 102 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 103 heroine | det |
| 103 | heroine | heroine | NOUN | Number=Sing | 104 gets | nsubj |
| 104 | gets | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 88 story | parataxis |
| 105 | rid | rid | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 104 gets | xcomp |
| 106 | in | in | ADP | _ | 109 manner | case |
| 107 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 109 manner | det |
| 108 | similar | similar | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 109 manner | amod |
| 109 | manner | manner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 104 gets | obl |
| 110 | of | of | ADP | _ | 111 Maro | case |
| 111 | Maro | Maro | PROPN | Number=Sing | 109 manner | nmod |
| 112 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 114 daughter | punct |
| 113 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 114 daughter | det |
| 114 | daughter | daughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 111 Maro | appos |
| 115 | of | of | ADP | _ | 117 four | case |
| 116 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 117 four | det |
| 117 | four | four | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 114 daughter | nmod |
| 118 | eyed | eye | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 42 bakes | conj |
| 119 | + | + | SYM | _ | 120 sykieneza | cc |
| 120 | sykieneza | sykieneza | NOUN | Number=Sing | 118 eyed | obj |
| 121 | + | + | SYM | _ | 120 sykieneza | compound |
| 122 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 174-5 | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | trick | present · passive | Chivuti or Jews | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | |||||
| 2 | eat | gerund | Chivuti's baked mother | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mother=Patient | |||||
| 3 | bake | participle | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ||||||
| 4 | bake | present | the hero | 1 | in the Modern Greek stories; a Drakaena obl | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent 1=Patient in which=Instrument | |||
| 5 | is | present | Drakos | the church | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | get | present | the heroine | the Albanian story of Augenhuendin | in a similar manner of Maro; rid property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | |||
| 7 | eye | past | No.'s husband and the church | sykieneza | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sykieneza=Stimulus | ||||
| 8 | absent | the Lamia | nom absence «state transitive»: of=patient |
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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