Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter II. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 15, sentence 22
It is defined by Dahl, in its antique sense, as "a raised, lofty habitation, or part of one--a Boyar's castle--a Seigneur's house--the dwelling-place of a ruler within a fortress," &c. The "terem of the women," sometimes styled "of the girls," used to comprise the part of a Seigneur's house, on the upper floor, set aside for the female members of his family.
Who acts: Dahl, word · What happens: define, raise, c., style, use, comprise · To what, where: word, terem, girls, part, upper floor
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 (Dahl, word), 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 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 defined | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 defined | aux:pass |
| 3 | defined | define | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | by | by | ADP | _ | 5 Dahl | case |
| 5 | Dahl | Dahl | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 defined | obl |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 sense | punct |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 sense | case |
| 8 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 sense | nmod:poss |
| 9 | antique | antique | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 sense | amod |
| 10 | sense | sense | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 defined | conj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 habitation | punct |
| 12 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 18 habitation | mark |
| 13 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 18 habitation | punct |
| 14 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 18 habitation | det |
| 15 | raised | raise | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 18 habitation | amod |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 raised | punct |
| 17 | lofty | lofty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 habitation | amod |
| 18 | habitation | habitation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 sense | appos |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 part | punct |
| 20 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 21 part | cc |
| 21 | part | part | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 habitation | conj |
| 22 | of | of | ADP | _ | 23 one | case |
| 23 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 21 part | nmod |
| 24 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 28 castle | punct |
| 25 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 26 Boyar | det |
| 26 | Boyar | Boyar | PROPN | Number=Sing | 28 castle | nmod:poss |
| 27 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 26 Boyar | case |
| 28 | castle | castle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 sense | conj |
| 29 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 33 house | punct |
| 30 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 31 Seigneur | det |
| 31 | Seigneur | Seigneur | PROPN | Number=Sing | 33 house | nmod:poss |
| 32 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 31 Seigneur | case |
| 33 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 sense | conj |
| 34 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 38 place | punct |
| 35 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 38 place | det |
| 36 | dwelling | dwelling | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 place | compound |
| 37 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 36 dwelling | punct |
| 38 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 sense | conj |
| 39 | of | of | ADP | _ | 41 ruler | case |
| 40 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 41 ruler | det |
| 41 | ruler | ruler | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 place | nmod |
| 42 | within | within | ADP | _ | 44 fortress | case |
| 43 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 44 fortress | det |
| 44 | fortress | fortress | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 defined | obl |
| 45 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 48 c. | punct |
| 46 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 48 c. | punct |
| 47 | & | & | CCONJ | _ | 48 c. | cc |
| 48 | c. | c. | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 3 defined | parataxis |
| 49 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 51 terem | det |
| 50 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 51 terem | punct |
| 51 | terem | terem | NOUN | Number=Sing | 48 c. | obj |
| 52 | of | of | ADP | _ | 54 women | case |
| 53 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 54 women | det |
| 54 | women | woman | NOUN | Number=Plur | 51 terem | nmod |
| 55 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 58 styled | punct |
| 56 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 58 styled | punct |
| 57 | sometimes | sometimes | ADV | PronType=Ind | 58 styled | advmod |
| 58 | styled | style | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 48 c. | conj |
| 59 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 58 styled | punct |
| 60 | of | of | ADP | _ | 62 girls | case |
| 61 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 62 girls | det |
| 62 | girls | girl | NOUN | Number=Plur | 58 styled | obl |
| 63 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 65 used | punct |
| 64 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 65 used | punct |
| 65 | used | use | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 62 girls | acl:relcl |
| 66 | to | to | PART | _ | 67 comprise | mark |
| 67 | comprise | comprise | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 65 used | xcomp |
| 68 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 69 part | det |
| 69 | part | part | NOUN | Number=Sing | 67 comprise | obj |
| 70 | of | of | ADP | _ | 74 house | case |
| 71 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 72 Seigneur | det |
| 72 | Seigneur | Seigneur | PROPN | Number=Sing | 74 house | nmod:poss |
| 73 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 72 Seigneur | case |
| 74 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 69 part | nmod |
| 75 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 79 floor | punct |
| 76 | on | on | ADP | _ | 79 floor | case |
| 77 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 79 floor | det |
| 78 | upper | upper | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 79 floor | amod |
| 79 | floor | floor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 67 comprise | obl |
| 80 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 81 set | punct |
| 81 | set | set | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 79 floor | acl |
| 82 | aside | aside | ADV | _ | 81 set | advmod |
| 83 | for | for | ADP | _ | 86 members | case |
| 84 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 86 members | det |
| 85 | female | female | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 86 members | amod |
| 86 | members | member | NOUN | Number=Plur | 81 set | obl |
| 87 | of | of | ADP | _ | 89 family | case |
| 88 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 89 family | nmod:poss |
| 89 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 86 members | nmod |
| 90 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 defined | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | define | present · passive | Dahl | word | within a fortress | vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme | |||
| 2 | raise in a quote | participle | vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 3 | c. | infinitive | the terem of the women | tree rules | |||||
| 4 | style | participle | of the girls; sometimes property | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 5 | use | participle | the girls not said here | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 6 | comprise | to-infinitive | the part of a Seigneur's house | the upper floor | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme part=Pivot | ||||
| 7 | set | participle | the upper floor not said here | for the female members of Dahl's family; aside property | vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for member=Beneficiary | ||||
| 8 | sense | word | nom sense «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |
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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