Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter II. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 15, sentence 118

[99] The word _koshchei_, says Afanasief, may fairly be derived from _kost'_, a bone, for changes between _st_ and _shch_ are not uncommon--as in the cases of _pustoi_, waste, _pushcha_, a wild wood, or of _gustoi_, thick, _gushcha_, sediment, etc. The verb _okostenyet'_, to grow numb, describes the state into which a skazka represents the realm of the "Sleeping Beauty," as being thrown by Koshchei.

Who acts: 99, changes, skazka, Koshchei · What happens: say, derive, not be, grow, describe, represent · To what, where: Afanasief, kost, state, realm · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore», Chapter II. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 15. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (99, changes, skazka, Koshchei), 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	[	[	PUNCT	_	2 99	punct
2	99	99	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	10 says	nsubj
3	]	]	PUNCT	_	2 99	punct
4	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 word	det
5	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 says	nsubj
6	_	_	PUNCT	_	7 koshchei	punct
7	koshchei	koshchei	X	Foreign=Yes	5 word	appos
8	_	_	PUNCT	_	7 koshchei	punct
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 word	punct
10	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	Afanasief	Afanasief	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 derived	nsubj:pass
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 Afanasief	punct
13	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	16 derived	aux
14	fairly	fairly	ADV	_	16 derived	advmod
15	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	16 derived	aux:pass
16	derived	derive	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 says	ccomp
17	from	from	ADP	_	19 kost	case
18	_	_	PUNCT	_	19 kost	punct
19	kost	kost	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 derived	obl
20	'	'	PUNCT	_	19 kost	punct
21	_	_	PUNCT	_	19 kost	punct
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 bone	punct
23	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	24 bone	det
24	bone	bone	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 kost	conj
25	,	,	PUNCT	_	27 changes	punct
26	for	for	ADP	_	27 changes	case
27	changes	change	NOUN	Number=Plur	38 uncommon	nsubj
28	between	between	ADP	_	30 st	case
29	_	_	PUNCT	_	28 between	punct
30	st	St	PROPN	Number=Sing	27 changes	nmod
31	_	_	PUNCT	_	27 changes	punct
32	and	and	CCONJ	_	34 shch	cc
33	_	_	PUNCT	_	34 shch	punct
34	shch	shch	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 changes	conj
35	_	_	PUNCT	_	27 changes	punct
36	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	38 uncommon	cop
37	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	38 uncommon	advmod
38	uncommon	uncommon	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 derived	conj
39	--	--	PUNCT	_	43 cases	punct
40	as	as	ADP	_	43 cases	case
41	in	in	ADP	_	43 cases	case
42	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	43 cases	det
43	cases	case	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 says	parataxis
44	of	of	ADP	_	46 pustoi	case
45	_	_	PUNCT	_	44 of	punct
46	pustoi	pustoi	X	Foreign=Yes	43 cases	nmod
47	_	_	PUNCT	_	43 cases	punct
48	,	,	PUNCT	_	49 waste	punct
49	waste	waste	NOUN	Number=Sing	43 cases	conj
50	,	,	PUNCT	_	52 pushcha	punct
51	_	_	PUNCT	_	52 pushcha	punct
52	pushcha	pushcha	X	Foreign=Yes	43 cases	conj
53	_	_	PUNCT	_	43 cases	punct
54	,	,	PUNCT	_	57 wood	punct
55	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	57 wood	det
56	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	57 wood	amod
57	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	43 cases	conj
58	,	,	PUNCT	_	65 thick	punct
59	or	or	CCONJ	_	65 thick	cc
60	of	of	ADP	_	62 gustoi	case
61	_	_	PUNCT	_	60 of	punct
62	gustoi	gustoi	X	Foreign=Yes	65 thick	nsubj
63	_	_	PUNCT	_	62 gustoi	punct
64	,	,	PUNCT	_	65 thick	punct
65	thick	thick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	57 wood	amod
66	,	,	PUNCT	_	68 gushcha	punct
67	_	_	PUNCT	_	68 gushcha	punct
68	gushcha	gushcha	X	Foreign=Yes	65 thick	conj
69	_	_	PUNCT	_	68 gushcha	punct
70	,	,	PUNCT	_	71 sediment	punct
71	sediment	sediment	NOUN	Number=Sing	68 gushcha	conj
72	,	,	PUNCT	_	73 etc.	punct
73	etc.	etc.	NOUN	Abbr=Yes Number=Plur	68 gushcha	conj
74	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	75 verb	det
75	verb	verb	NOUN	Number=Sing	68 gushcha	obj
76	_	_	PUNCT	_	77 okostenyet	punct
77	okostenyet	okostenyet	NOUN	Number=Sing	75 verb	appos
78	'	'	PUNCT	_	77 okostenyet	punct
79	_	_	PUNCT	_	68 gushcha	punct
80	,	,	PUNCT	_	82 grow	punct
81	to	to	PART	_	82 grow	mark
82	grow	grow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	68 gushcha	conj
83	numb	numb	ADJ	Degree=Pos	82 grow	xcomp
84	,	,	PUNCT	_	85 describes	punct
85	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	82 grow	parataxis
86	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	87 state	det
87	state	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	85 describes	obj
88	into	into	ADP	_	89 which	case
89	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	92 represents	obl
90	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	91 skazka	det
91	skazka	skazka	NOUN	Number=Sing	92 represents	nsubj
92	represents	represent	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	85 describes	parataxis
93	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	94 realm	det
94	realm	realm	NOUN	Number=Sing	92 represents	obj
95	of	of	ADP	_	99 Beauty	case
96	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	99 Beauty	det
97	"	"	PUNCT	_	98 Sleeping	punct
98	Sleeping	sleep	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	99 Beauty	amod
99	Beauty	beauty	NOUN	Number=Sing	94 realm	nmod
100	,	,	PUNCT	_	99 Beauty	punct
101	"	"	PUNCT	_	99 Beauty	punct
102	as	as	SCONJ	_	104 thrown	mark
103	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	104 thrown	aux:pass
104	thrown	throw	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	92 represents	advcl
105	by	by	ADP	_	106 Koshchei	case
106	Koshchei	Koshchei	PROPN	Number=Sing	104 thrown	obl
107	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 says	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	99				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	derive	may · passive		Afanasief	kost and a bone	fairly property	vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.material»: subject=Result from kost=Material
3	not is	present	changes between st and shch			uncommon property	tree rules
4	grow	to-infinitive	99 not said here			numb property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5	describe	present		the state			vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent state=Theme
6	represent	present	a skazka	the realm of the Sleeping Beauty			vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot realm=Theme
7	sleep in a quote	gerund					vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
8	throw	gerund · passive	Koshchei				vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

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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