Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter II. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 16, sentence 145
[193] I break off the narrative at this point, because what follows is inferior in dramatic interest, and I am afraid of diminishing the reader's admiration for one of the best folk-tales I know.
Who acts: 193, I, reader · What happens: break off, follow, be, diminish, know, admire · To what, where: narrative, point, dramatic interest, admiration, best folk tales
This is a sentence of «Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore», Chapter II. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 16. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (193, I, reader), 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 | _ | 2 193 | punct |
| 2 | 193 | 193 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 5 break | nsubj |
| 3 | ] | ] | PUNCT | _ | 2 193 | punct |
| 4 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 5 break | nsubj |
| 5 | break | break | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | off | off | ADP | _ | 5 break | compound:prt |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 narrative | det |
| 8 | narrative | narrative | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 break | obj |
| 9 | at | at | ADP | _ | 11 point | case |
| 10 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 11 point | det |
| 11 | point | point | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 break | obl |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 follows | punct |
| 13 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 15 follows | mark |
| 14 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 15 follows | nsubj |
| 15 | follows | follow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 break | conj |
| 16 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 17 inferior | cop |
| 17 | inferior | inferior | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 follows | xcomp |
| 18 | in | in | ADP | _ | 20 interest | case |
| 19 | dramatic | dramatic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 20 interest | amod |
| 20 | interest | interest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 inferior | obl |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 afraid | punct |
| 22 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 25 afraid | cc |
| 23 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 25 afraid | nsubj |
| 24 | am | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 25 afraid | cop |
| 25 | afraid | afraid | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 follows | advcl |
| 26 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 27 diminishing | mark |
| 27 | diminishing | diminish | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 25 afraid | advcl |
| 28 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 29 reader | det |
| 29 | reader | reader | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 admiration | nmod:poss |
| 30 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 29 reader | case |
| 31 | admiration | admiration | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 diminishing | obj |
| 32 | for | for | ADP | _ | 33 one | case |
| 33 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 27 diminishing | obl |
| 34 | of | of | ADP | _ | 39 tales | case |
| 35 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 39 tales | det |
| 36 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 39 tales | amod |
| 37 | folk | folk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 tales | compound |
| 38 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 37 folk | punct |
| 39 | tales | tale | NOUN | Number=Plur | 33 one | nmod |
| 40 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 41 know | nsubj |
| 41 | know | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 39 tales | acl:relcl |
| 42 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 break | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | break off | present | 193 | the narrative | this point | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer narrative=Patient | |||
| 2 | follow | present | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 3 | is | present | dramatic interest | inferior property | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | is | present | I | afraid property | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | diminish | gerund | I not said here | the reader's admiration | for one of the best folk tales | vn caused_calibratable_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Causer admiration=Patient | |||
| 6 | know | present | I | the best folk tales not said here | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer tale=Stimulus | ||||
| 7 | admire | the reader | nom admiration «feeling 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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