Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter III. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 2, sentence 175
In Little-Russia the peasantry believe in the existence of small beings, of vaguely defined form, called _Zluidni_ who bring _zlo_ or evil to every habitation in which they take up their quarters. "
Who acts: defined form, beings, small beings · What happens: believe, define, call, bring, take up, exist · To what, where: Little, defined form, zlo, quarters, habitation · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore», Chapter III. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (defined form, beings, small 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 | In | in | ADP | _ | 2 Little | case |
| 2 | Little | Little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 believe | obl |
| 3 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 4 Russia | punct |
| 4 | Russia | Russia | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 Little | conj |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 peasantry | det |
| 6 | peasantry | peasantry | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 Russia | appos |
| 7 | believe | believe | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 existence | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 existence | det |
| 10 | existence | existence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 believe | obl |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 beings | case |
| 12 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 beings | amod |
| 13 | beings | being | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 existence | nmod |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 form | punct |
| 15 | of | of | ADP | _ | 18 form | case |
| 16 | vaguely | vaguely | ADV | _ | 17 defined | advmod |
| 17 | defined | define | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 18 form | amod |
| 18 | form | form | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 bring | nsubj |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 called | punct |
| 20 | called | call | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 18 form | acl |
| 21 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 22 Zluidni | punct |
| 22 | Zluidni | Zluidni | PROPN | Number=Sing | 20 called | xcomp |
| 23 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 22 Zluidni | punct |
| 24 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 25 bring | nsubj |
| 25 | bring | bring | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 believe | parataxis |
| 26 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 27 zlo | punct |
| 27 | zlo | zlo | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 bring | obj |
| 28 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 27 zlo | punct |
| 29 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 30 evil | cc |
| 30 | evil | evil | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 27 zlo | conj |
| 31 | to | to | ADP | _ | 33 habitation | case |
| 32 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 33 habitation | det |
| 33 | habitation | habitation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 evil | obl |
| 34 | in | in | ADP | _ | 35 which | case |
| 35 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 37 take | obl |
| 36 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 37 take | nsubj |
| 37 | take | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 33 habitation | acl:relcl |
| 38 | up | up | ADP | _ | 37 take | compound:prt |
| 39 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 40 quarters | nmod:poss |
| 40 | quarters | quarter | NOUN | Number=Plur | 37 take | obj |
| 41 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 believe | punct |
| 42 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 believe | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | believe | present | Little and Russia | in the existence of small beings | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 2 | define | participle | vaguely property | vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | call | participle | defined form not said here | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | bring | present | defined form | zlo | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent zlo=Theme | ||||
| 5 | take up | present | beings = being | beings's quarters | every habitation | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent quarter=Value in which=Location | |||
| 6 | exist | small beings | nom existence «state 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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