Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter II. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 16, sentence 82
This corresponds with the derivation of the word _yaksha_ contained in the following legend: "The Vishnu Pur[=a]na, i. 5, narrates that they (the Yakshas) were produced by Brahm[=a] as beings emaciate with hunger, of hideous aspect, and with long beards, and that, crying out 'Let us eat,' they were denominated Yakshas (fr.
Who acts: This, Vishnu Pur, Brahm, beings, that, us · What happens: correspond, contain, follow, narrate, produce, emaciate · To what, where: following legend, philologists, us · 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 (This, Vishnu Pur, Brahm, beings), 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 | This | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 2 corresponds | nsubj |
| 2 | corresponds | correspond | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | with | with | ADP | _ | 5 derivation | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 derivation | det |
| 5 | derivation | derivation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 corresponds | obl |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 word | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 word | det |
| 8 | word | word | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 derivation | nmod |
| 9 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 8 word | punct |
| 10 | yaksha | yaksha | X | Foreign=Yes | 8 word | appos |
| 11 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 12 contained | punct |
| 12 | contained | contain | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 corresponds | parataxis |
| 13 | in | in | ADP | _ | 16 legend | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 legend | det |
| 15 | following | follow | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 16 legend | amod |
| 16 | legend | legend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 contained | obl |
| 17 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 21 Pur | punct |
| 18 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 21 Pur | punct |
| 19 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 Pur | det |
| 20 | Vishnu | Vishnu | PROPN | Number=Sing | 21 Pur | compound |
| 21 | Pur | Pur | PROPN | Number=Sing | 31 narrates | nsubj |
| 22 | [ | [ | PUNCT | _ | 26 na | punct |
| 23 | = | = | SYM | _ | 26 na | punct |
| 24 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 26 na | det |
| 25 | ] | ] | PUNCT | _ | 26 na | punct |
| 26 | na | na | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 Pur | appos |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 5 | punct |
| 28 | i. | i. | X | Foreign=Yes | 29 5 | nsubj |
| 29 | 5 | 5 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 26 na | appos |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 narrates | punct |
| 31 | narrates | narrate | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 corresponds | parataxis |
| 32 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 39 produced | mark |
| 33 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 39 produced | nsubj:pass |
| 34 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 36 Yakshas | punct |
| 35 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 36 Yakshas | det |
| 36 | Yakshas | Yakshas | PROPN | Number=Sing | 33 they | appos |
| 37 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 36 Yakshas | punct |
| 38 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 39 produced | aux:pass |
| 39 | produced | produce | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 31 narrates | advcl |
| 40 | by | by | ADP | _ | 41 Brahm | case |
| 41 | Brahm | Brahm | PROPN | Number=Sing | 39 produced | obl |
| 42 | [ | [ | PUNCT | _ | 44 a | punct |
| 43 | = | = | SYM | _ | 44 a | punct |
| 44 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 41 Brahm | conj |
| 45 | ] | ] | PUNCT | _ | 48 emaciate | punct |
| 46 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 48 emaciate | mark |
| 47 | beings | being | NOUN | Number=Plur | 48 emaciate | nsubj |
| 48 | emaciate | emaciate | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 44 a | conj |
| 49 | with | with | ADP | _ | 50 hunger | case |
| 50 | hunger | hunger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 48 emaciate | obl |
| 51 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 54 aspect | punct |
| 52 | of | of | ADP | _ | 54 aspect | case |
| 53 | hideous | hideous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 54 aspect | amod |
| 54 | aspect | aspect | NOUN | Number=Sing | 48 emaciate | obl |
| 55 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 59 beards | punct |
| 56 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 59 beards | cc |
| 57 | with | with | ADP | _ | 59 beards | case |
| 58 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 59 beards | amod |
| 59 | beards | beard | NOUN | Number=Plur | 54 aspect | conj |
| 60 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 64 crying | punct |
| 61 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 64 crying | cc |
| 62 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 64 crying | nsubj |
| 63 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 64 crying | punct |
| 64 | crying | cry | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 48 emaciate | advcl |
| 65 | out | out | ADP | _ | 64 crying | compound:prt |
| 66 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 67 Let | punct |
| 67 | Let | let | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 64 crying | conj |
| 68 | us | we | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 67 Let | obj |
| 69 | eat | eat | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 67 Let | xcomp |
| 70 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 74 denominated | punct |
| 71 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 74 denominated | punct |
| 72 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 74 denominated | nsubj |
| 73 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 74 denominated | aux:pass |
| 74 | denominated | denominate | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 67 Let | advcl |
| 75 | Yakshas | Yakshas | PROPN | Number=Sing | 74 denominated | obj |
| 76 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 77 fr | punct |
| 77 | fr | fr | NOUN | Number=Sing | 75 Yakshas | appos |
| 78 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 corresponds | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | correspond | present | This | with the derivation of the word | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | contain | participle | the following legend | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in legend=Location | |||||
| 3 | follow | gerund | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 4 | narrate speech: other in a quote | present | the Vishnu Pur | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 5 | produce in a quote | past · passive | Brahm | philologists = philologist | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Result | ||||
| 6 | emaciate in a quote | present | beings | with hunger; of hideous aspect and long beards | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with hunger=Instrument | ||||
| 7 | cry out speech: express in a quote | gerund | that | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 8 | let in a quote | infinitive | that not said here | us | tree rules | ||||
| 9 | eat in a quote | infinitive | us not said here | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 10 | denominate in a quote | past · passive | philologists = philologist | tree rules |
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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