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Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Magic and Witchcraft., part 1, sentence 74

In one of the numerous variants of the story in which a prince is exposed to various dangers by his sister--who is induced to plot against his life by her demon lover, the Snake--the hero is sent in search of "a healing and a vivifying water," preserved between two lofty mountains which cleave closely together, except during "two or three minutes" of each day.

Who acts: sister, two lofty mountains, story · What happens: expose, induce, plot, send, vivify, preserve · To what, where: prince, various dangers, story, sister, hero, search

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 (sister, two lofty mountains, story), 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

caseoblcasedetamodoblcasedetnmodcaseobldetnsubj:passaux:passacl:relclcaseamodoblcasenmod:possoblpunctnsubjaux:passacl:relclmarkxcompcasenmod:possoblcasenmod:posscompoundoblpunctdetnsubjpunctdetnsubj:passaux:passcaseoblcasepunctdetnmodccdetamodconjpunctpunctconjcasenummodamodoblnsubjacl:relcladvmodadvmodpunctcasecasepunctnummodccconjoblpunctcasedetnmodpunctrootInADPoneNUMofADPtheDETnumerousADJvariantsNOUNofADPtheDETstoryNOUNinADPwhichPRONaDETprinceNOUNisAUXexposedVERBtoADPvariousADJdangersNOUNbyADPhisPRONsisterNOUN--PUNCTwhoPRONisAUXinducedVERBtoPARTplotVERBagainstADPhisPRONlifeNOUNbyADPherPRONdemonNOUNloverNOUN,PUNCTtheDETSnakePROPN--PUNCTtheDETheroNOUNisAUXsentVERBinADPsearchNOUNofADP"PUNCTaDEThealingNOUNandCCONJaDETvivifyingVERBwaterNOUN,PUNCT"PUNCTpreservedVERBbetweenADPtwoNUMloftyADJmountainsNOUNwhichPRONcleaveVERBcloselyADVtogetherADV,PUNCTexceptADPduringADP"PUNCTtwoNUMorCCONJthreeNUMminutesNOUN"PUNCTofADPeachDETdayNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1IninADP_2 onecase
2oneoneNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card42 sentobl
3ofofADP_6 variantscase
4thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art6 variantsdet
5numerousnumerousADJDegree=Pos6 variantsamod
6variantsvariantNOUNNumber=Plur42 sentobl
7ofofADP_9 storycase
8thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art9 storydet
9storystoryNOUNNumber=Sing6 variantsnmod
10ininADP_11 whichcase
11whichwhichPRONPronType=Rel15 exposedobl
12aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art13 princedet
13princeprinceNOUNNumber=Sing15 exposednsubj:pass
14isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin15 exposedaux:pass
15exposedexposeVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass9 storyacl:relcl
16totoADP_18 dangerscase
17variousvariousADJDegree=Pos18 dangersamod
18dangersdangerNOUNNumber=Plur15 exposedobl
19bybyADP_21 sistercase
20hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs21 sisternmod:poss
21sistersisterNOUNNumber=Sing15 exposedobl
22----PUNCT_25 inducedpunct
23whowhoPRONPronType=Rel25 inducednsubj
24isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin25 inducedaux:pass
25inducedinduceVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass21 sisteracl:relcl
26totoPART_27 plotmark
27plotplotVERBVerbForm=Inf25 inducedxcomp
28againstagainstADP_30 lifecase
29hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs30 lifenmod:poss
30lifelifeNOUNNumber=Sing27 plotobl
31bybyADP_34 lovercase
32herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs34 lovernmod:poss
33demondemonNOUNNumber=Sing34 lovercompound
34loverloverNOUNNumber=Sing27 plotobl
35,,PUNCT_6 variantspunct
36thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art37 Snakedet
37SnakeSnakePROPNNumber=Sing6 variantsnsubj
38----PUNCT_6 variantspunct
39thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art40 herodet
40heroheroNOUNNumber=Sing42 sentnsubj:pass
41isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin42 sentaux:pass
42sentsendVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Passrootroot
43ininADP_44 searchcase
44searchsearchNOUNNumber=Sing42 sentobl
45ofofADP_48 healingcase
46""PUNCT_48 healingpunct
47aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art48 healingdet
48healinghealingNOUNNumber=Sing44 searchnmod
49andandCCONJ_52 watercc
50aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art52 waterdet
51vivifyingvivifyVERBVerbForm=Ger52 wateramod
52waterwaterNOUNNumber=Sing48 healingconj
53,,PUNCT_55 preservedpunct
54""PUNCT_55 preservedpunct
55preservedpreserveVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass42 sentconj
56betweenbetweenADP_59 mountainscase
57twotwoNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card59 mountainsnummod
58loftyloftyADJDegree=Pos59 mountainsamod
59mountainsmountainNOUNNumber=Plur55 preservedobl
60whichwhichPRONPronType=Rel61 cleavensubj
61cleavecleaveVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin59 mountainsacl:relcl
62closelycloselyADV_63 togetheradvmod
63togethertogetherADV_61 cleaveadvmod
64,,PUNCT_71 minutespunct
65exceptexceptADP_71 minutescase
66duringduringADP_71 minutescase
67""PUNCT_71 minutespunct
68twotwoNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card71 minutesnummod
69ororCCONJ_70 threecc
70threethreeNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card68 twoconj
71minutesminuteNOUNNumber=Plur55 preservedobl
72""PUNCT_71 minutespunct
73ofofADP_75 daycase
74eacheachDETPronType=Tot75 daydet
75daydayNOUNNumber=Sing71 minutesnmod
76..PUNCT_42 sentpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1exposepresent · passivePrince's sistera princevarious dangersthe storyvn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent subject=Theme to danger=Recipient
2inducepresent · passivePrince's sistervn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: subject=Patient clause=Result
3plotto-infinitiveagainst Prince's life; by Ptitsa's demon lovervn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4sendpresent · passivethe herosearch of a healing and a vivifying waterin one; of the numerous variants of the storyvn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in one=Destination
5vivify in a quotegerundtree rules
6preserveparticipleminutebetween two lofty mountainsvn defend-72.3 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent
7cleavepresenttwo lofty mountainstogether propertyvn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
8varythe storynom variant «event intransitive»: of=agent
9searcha healing and a vivifying waternom search «act 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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