Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter II. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 16, sentence 24

See also the _Zagovor_, or spell, "to give a good youth a longing for a fair maiden," ("Songs of the Russian People," p. 369,) in which "the Longing" is described as lying under a plank in a hut, weeping and sobbing, and "waiting to get at the white light," and is desired to gnaw its way into the youth's heart.

Who acts: you, Russian People · What happens: see, give, describe, lie, weep, sob · To what, where: Zagovor, good youth, Longing, Songs, plank, white light · Speech: someone speaks here

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 (you, Russian People), 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	See	see	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	also	also	ADV	_	1 See	advmod
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Zagovor	det
4	_	_	PUNCT	_	5 Zagovor	punct
5	Zagovor	Zagovor	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 See	obj
6	_	_	PUNCT	_	5 Zagovor	punct
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 spell	punct
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 spell	cc
9	spell	spell	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 Zagovor	appos
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 give	punct
11	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 give	punct
12	to	to	PART	_	13 give	mark
13	give	give	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 See	conj
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 youth	det
15	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 youth	amod
16	youth	youth	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 give	obj
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 longing	det
18	longing	longing	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 give	obj
19	for	for	ADP	_	22 maiden	case
20	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	22 maiden	det
21	fair	fair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 maiden	amod
22	maiden	maiden	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 give	obl
23	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 maiden	punct
24	"	"	PUNCT	_	22 maiden	punct
25	(	(	PUNCT	_	27 Songs	punct
26	"	"	PUNCT	_	27 Songs	punct
27	Songs	song	NOUN	Number=Plur	22 maiden	conj
28	of	of	ADP	_	31 People	case
29	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	31 People	det
30	Russian	Russian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	31 People	amod
31	People	People	PROPN	Number=Plur	27 Songs	nmod
32	,	,	PUNCT	_	31 People	punct
33	"	"	PUNCT	_	31 People	punct
34	p.	P.	PROPN	Number=Sing	31 People	nmod
35	369	369	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	34 p.	flat
36	,	,	PUNCT	_	31 People	punct
37	)	)	PUNCT	_	31 People	punct
38	in	in	ADP	_	39 which	case
39	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	45 described	obl
40	"	"	PUNCT	_	42 Longing	punct
41	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	42 Longing	det
42	Longing	longing	NOUN	Number=Sing	45 described	nsubj:pass
43	"	"	PUNCT	_	42 Longing	punct
44	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	45 described	aux:pass
45	described	describe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	27 Songs	parataxis
46	as	as	SCONJ	_	47 lying	mark
47	lying	lie	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	45 described	advcl
48	under	under	ADP	_	50 plank	case
49	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	50 plank	det
50	plank	plank	NOUN	Number=Sing	47 lying	obl
51	in	in	ADP	_	53 hut	case
52	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	53 hut	det
53	hut	hut	NOUN	Number=Sing	47 lying	obl
54	,	,	PUNCT	_	55 weeping	punct
55	weeping	weep	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	47 lying	conj
56	and	and	CCONJ	_	57 sobbing	cc
57	sobbing	sob	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	55 weeping	conj
58	,	,	PUNCT	_	61 waiting	punct
59	and	and	CCONJ	_	61 waiting	cc
60	"	"	PUNCT	_	61 waiting	punct
61	waiting	wait	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	47 lying	conj
62	to	to	PART	_	63 get	mark
63	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	61 waiting	xcomp
64	at	at	ADP	_	67 light	case
65	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	67 light	det
66	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	67 light	amod
67	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	63 get	obl
68	,	,	PUNCT	_	61 waiting	punct
69	"	"	PUNCT	_	61 waiting	punct
70	and	and	CCONJ	_	72 desired	cc
71	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	72 desired	aux:pass
72	desired	desire	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	45 described	conj
73	to	to	PART	_	74 gnaw	mark
74	gnaw	gnaw	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	72 desired	xcomp
75	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	76 way	nmod:poss
76	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	74 gnaw	obj
77	into	into	ADP	_	81 heart	case
78	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	79 youth	det
79	youth	youth	NOUN	Number=Sing	81 heart	nmod:poss
80	's	's	PART	_	79 youth	case
81	heart	heart	NOUN	Number=Sing	74 gnaw	obl
82	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 See	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	see	imperative	you not said here	the Zagovor			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer zagovor=Stimulus
2	give in a quote	to-infinitive	you not said here	a good youth		for a fair maiden and Songs of the Russian People p.	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent youth=Recipient longing=Theme for maiden=Asset
3	describe	present · passive		the Longing	Songs of the Russian People p.		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Theme
4	lie	gerund			a plank	in a hut	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent under plank=Location
5	weep	gerund					vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
6	sob	gerund					vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
7	wait in a quote	gerund					tree rules
8	get in a quote	to-infinitive			the white light		vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
9	desire	present · passive					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: clause=Theme
10	gnaw not said to happen	to-infinitive		longing's way	the youth's heart		vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Patient
11	sing in a quote		the Russian People p.				nom song «communication intransitive»: of=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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