Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter III. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 7, sentence 68
[252] A tradition of our own relates that the Lords of the Admiralty, wishing to prove the absurdity of the English sailor's horror of Friday, commenced a ship on a Friday, launched her on a Friday, named her "The Friday," procured a Captain Friday to command her, and sent her to sea on a Friday, and--she was never heard of again.
Who acts: tradition, Lords · What happens: relate, wish, prove, commence, launch, name · To what, where: 252, absurdity, ship, tradition, sea · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore», Chapter III. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 7. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (tradition, Lords), 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 | _ | 2 252 | punct |
| 2 | 252 | 252 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 9 relates | obl |
| 3 | ] | ] | PUNCT | _ | 2 252 | punct |
| 4 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 tradition | det |
| 5 | tradition | tradition | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 relates | nsubj |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 own | case |
| 7 | our | our | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 own | nmod:poss |
| 8 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 tradition | nmod |
| 9 | relates | relate | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 31 commenced | mark |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 Lords | det |
| 12 | Lords | Lord | PROPN | Number=Plur | 31 commenced | nsubj |
| 13 | of | of | ADP | _ | 15 Admiralty | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 Admiralty | det |
| 15 | Admiralty | admiralty | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 Lords | nmod |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 wishing | punct |
| 17 | wishing | wish | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 12 Lords | advcl |
| 18 | to | to | PART | _ | 19 prove | mark |
| 19 | prove | prove | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 17 wishing | xcomp |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 absurdity | det |
| 21 | absurdity | absurdity | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 prove | obj |
| 22 | of | of | ADP | _ | 27 horror | case |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 sailor | det |
| 24 | English | English | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 25 sailor | amod |
| 25 | sailor | sailor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 horror | nmod:poss |
| 26 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 25 sailor | case |
| 27 | horror | horror | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 absurdity | nmod |
| 28 | of | of | ADP | _ | 29 Friday | case |
| 29 | Friday | Friday | PROPN | Number=Sing | 27 horror | nmod |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 Lords | punct |
| 31 | commenced | commence | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 relates | advcl |
| 32 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 33 ship | det |
| 33 | ship | ship | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 commenced | obj |
| 34 | on | on | ADP | _ | 36 Friday | case |
| 35 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 36 Friday | det |
| 36 | Friday | Friday | PROPN | Number=Sing | 31 commenced | obl |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 launched | punct |
| 38 | launched | launch | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 31 commenced | conj |
| 39 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 38 launched | obj |
| 40 | on | on | ADP | _ | 42 Friday | case |
| 41 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 42 Friday | det |
| 42 | Friday | Friday | PROPN | Number=Sing | 38 launched | obl |
| 43 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 named | punct |
| 44 | named | name | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 38 launched | parataxis |
| 45 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 44 named | obj |
| 46 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 48 Friday | punct |
| 47 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 48 Friday | det |
| 48 | Friday | Friday | PROPN | Number=Sing | 44 named | obl |
| 49 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 51 procured | punct |
| 50 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 51 procured | punct |
| 51 | procured | procure | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 44 named | conj |
| 52 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 54 Friday | det |
| 53 | Captain | Captain | PROPN | Number=Sing | 54 Friday | amod |
| 54 | Friday | Friday | PROPN | Number=Sing | 51 procured | obj |
| 55 | to | to | PART | _ | 56 command | mark |
| 56 | command | command | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 51 procured | advcl |
| 57 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 56 command | obj |
| 58 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 60 sent | punct |
| 59 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 60 sent | cc |
| 60 | sent | send | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 31 commenced | conj |
| 61 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 60 sent | obj |
| 62 | to | to | ADP | _ | 63 sea | case |
| 63 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 60 sent | obl |
| 64 | on | on | ADP | _ | 66 Friday | case |
| 65 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 66 Friday | det |
| 66 | Friday | Friday | PROPN | Number=Sing | 60 sent | obl |
| 67 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 73 heard | punct |
| 68 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 73 heard | cc |
| 69 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 73 heard | punct |
| 70 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 73 heard | nsubj |
| 71 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 73 heard | aux:pass |
| 72 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 73 heard | advmod |
| 73 | heard | hear | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 relates | conj |
| 74 | of | of | ADP | _ | 75 again | case |
| 75 | again | again | ADV | _ | 73 heard | obl |
| 76 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 relates | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | relate | present | a tradition of our own | 252 | vn relate-86.2-2 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | wish | gerund | the Lords of the Admiralty not said here | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 3 | prove not said to happen | to-infinitive | the Lords of the Admiralty not said here | the absurdity of the English sailor's horror of Friday | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent absurdity=Theme | ||||
| 4 | commence | past | the Lords of the Admiralty | a ship | friday | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ship=Eventuality | |||
| 5 | launch | past | the Lords of the Admiralty not said here | tradition | friday | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | |||
| 6 | name | past | tradition | friday | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | ||||
| 7 | procure | past | friday | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 8 | command | to-infinitive | tradition | vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent she=Theme | |||||
| 9 | send | past | the Lords of the Admiralty not said here | tradition | sea | friday | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme to sea=Destination | ||
| 10 | not hear | past · passive | tradition | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: subject=Stimulus |
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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