Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Magic and Witchcraft., part 1, sentence 46
As a general rule, the two waters of which mention is made in the Skazkas possess the virtues, and are employed in the manner, mentioned above; but there are cases in which their powers are of a different nature.
Who acts: Skazkas, cases · What happens: make, possess, employ, mention, be · To what, where: two waters, virtues, manner
This is a sentence of «Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore», Magic and Witchcraft., part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Skazkas, cases), 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 | As | as | ADP | _ | 4 rule | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 rule | det |
| 3 | general | general | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 rule | amod |
| 4 | rule | rule | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 made | obl |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 rule | punct |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 waters | det |
| 7 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 8 waters | nummod |
| 8 | waters | water | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 made | nsubj:pass |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 mention | case |
| 10 | which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 11 mention | det |
| 11 | mention | mention | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 waters | nmod |
| 12 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 made | aux:pass |
| 13 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 14 | in | in | SCONJ | _ | 17 possess | mark |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 Skazkas | det |
| 16 | Skazkas | skazka | NOUN | Number=Plur | 17 possess | nsubj |
| 17 | possess | possess | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 made | advcl |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 virtues | det |
| 19 | virtues | virtue | NOUN | Number=Plur | 17 possess | obj |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 employed | punct |
| 21 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 23 employed | cc |
| 22 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 23 employed | aux:pass |
| 23 | employed | employ | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 13 made | conj |
| 24 | in | in | ADP | _ | 26 manner | case |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 manner | det |
| 26 | manner | manner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 employed | obl |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 mentioned | punct |
| 28 | mentioned | mention | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 23 employed | conj |
| 29 | above | above | ADV | _ | 28 mentioned | advmod |
| 30 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 33 are | punct |
| 31 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 33 are | cc |
| 32 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 33 are | expl |
| 33 | are | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 made | conj |
| 34 | cases | case | NOUN | Number=Plur | 43 nature | nsubj |
| 35 | in | in | ADP | _ | 36 which | case |
| 36 | which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 38 powers | det |
| 37 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 38 powers | nmod:poss |
| 38 | powers | power | NOUN | Number=Plur | 34 cases | nmod |
| 39 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 43 nature | cop |
| 40 | of | of | ADP | _ | 43 nature | case |
| 41 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 43 nature | det |
| 42 | different | different | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 43 nature | amod |
| 43 | nature | nature | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 are | ccomp |
| 44 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 13 made | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present · passive | the two waters of which mention | as a general rule | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | ||||
| 2 | possess | present | the Skazkas | the virtues | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot virtue=Theme | ||||
| 3 | employ | present · passive | the manner | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP» | |||||
| 4 | mention speech: other | participle | above property | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 5 | be | present | there | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 6 | is | present | cases cases's powers | of a different nature | 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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