Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Magic and Witchcraft., part 1, sentence 72
The murdered prince is resuscitated by the mythical bird known by the name of the _Zhar-Ptitsa_, which collects his scattered fragments, puts them together, and sprinkles them first with "dead water" and then with "live-water,"--conveyed for that purpose in its beak--after which the prince gets up, thanks his reviver, and goes his way.
Who acts: mythical bird, Zhar Ptitsa, prince, reviver · What happens: murder, resuscitate, know, collect, put, sprinkle · To what, where: murdered prince, mythical bird, scattered fragments, fragments, way, Zhar Ptitsa
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 (mythical bird, Zhar Ptitsa, prince, reviver), 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 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 prince | det |
| 2 | murdered | murder | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 prince | amod |
| 3 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 resuscitated | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 resuscitated | aux:pass |
| 5 | resuscitated | resuscitate | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | by | by | ADP | _ | 9 bird | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 bird | det |
| 8 | mythical | mythical | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 bird | amod |
| 9 | bird | bird | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 resuscitated | obl |
| 10 | known | know | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 bird | acl |
| 11 | by | by | ADP | _ | 13 name | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 name | det |
| 13 | name | name | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 known | obl |
| 14 | of | of | ADP | _ | 19 Ptitsa | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 Ptitsa | det |
| 16 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 17 Zhar | punct |
| 17 | Zhar | Zhar | PROPN | Number=Sing | 19 Ptitsa | compound |
| 18 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 17 Zhar | punct |
| 19 | Ptitsa | Ptitsa | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 name | nmod |
| 20 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 19 Ptitsa | punct |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 collects | punct |
| 22 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 23 collects | nsubj |
| 23 | collects | collect | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 19 Ptitsa | acl:relcl |
| 24 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 26 fragments | nmod:poss |
| 25 | scattered | scatter | ADJ | _ | 26 fragments | amod |
| 26 | fragments | fragment | NOUN | Number=Plur | 23 collects | obj |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 puts | punct |
| 28 | puts | put | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 23 collects | conj |
| 29 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 28 puts | obj |
| 30 | together | together | ADV | _ | 28 puts | advmod |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 sprinkles | punct |
| 32 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 33 sprinkles | cc |
| 33 | sprinkles | sprinkle | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 resuscitated | conj |
| 34 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 33 sprinkles | obj |
| 35 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 33 sprinkles | advmod |
| 36 | with | with | ADP | _ | 39 water | case |
| 37 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 39 water | punct |
| 38 | dead | dead | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 39 water | amod |
| 39 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 sprinkles | obl |
| 40 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 39 water | punct |
| 41 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 47 water | cc |
| 42 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 47 water | advmod |
| 43 | with | with | ADP | _ | 47 water | case |
| 44 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 47 water | punct |
| 45 | live | live | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 47 water | amod |
| 46 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 45 live | punct |
| 47 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 water | conj |
| 48 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 47 water | punct |
| 49 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 47 water | punct |
| 50 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 51 conveyed | punct |
| 51 | conveyed | convey | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 39 water | conj |
| 52 | for | for | ADP | _ | 54 purpose | case |
| 53 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 54 purpose | det |
| 54 | purpose | purpose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 51 conveyed | obl |
| 55 | in | in | ADP | _ | 57 beak | case |
| 56 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 57 beak | nmod:poss |
| 57 | beak | beak | NOUN | Number=Sing | 54 purpose | nmod |
| 58 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 63 gets | punct |
| 59 | after | after | ADP | _ | 60 which | case |
| 60 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 63 gets | obl |
| 61 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 62 prince | det |
| 62 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 63 gets | nsubj |
| 63 | gets | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 33 sprinkles | parataxis |
| 64 | up | up | ADP | _ | 63 gets | compound:prt |
| 65 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 66 thanks | punct |
| 66 | thanks | thank | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 63 gets | conj |
| 67 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 68 reviver | nmod:poss |
| 68 | reviver | reviver | NOUN | Number=Sing | 66 thanks | obj |
| 69 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 71 goes | punct |
| 70 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 71 goes | cc |
| 71 | goes | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 resuscitated | conj |
| 72 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 73 way | nmod:poss |
| 73 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 71 goes | obj |
| 74 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 resuscitated | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | murder | participle | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | resuscitate | present · passive | the mythical bird | the murdered prince | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent subject=Patient | ||||
| 3 | know | participle | the mythical bird not said here | by the name of the Zhar Ptitsa | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 4 | collect | present | the Zhar Ptitsa | Prince's scattered fragments | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fragment=Theme | ||||
| 5 | put | present | the Zhar Ptitsa not said here | fragments = fragment | together property | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent they=Goal | |||
| 6 | sprinkle | present | the mythical bird not said here | fragments = fragment | with dead water and live water; first property | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent they=Destination with water=Theme | |||
| 7 | convey | participle | the mythical bird not said here | for that purpose in purpose's beak | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 8 | get up | present | the prince | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 9 | thank speech: thank | present | Prince's reviver | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 10 | go | present | the mythical bird not said here | Prince's way | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location way=Theme | ||||
| 11 | name | the Zhar Ptitsa | nom name «communication transitive»: of=patient |
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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