Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Magic and Witchcraft., part 5, sentence 87

It would be easy to fill with similar stories, not only a section of a chapter, but a whole volume; but instead of quoting any more of them, I will take a few specimens from a different, though a somewhat kindred group of tales--those which relate to the magic powers supposed to be wielded in modern times by dealers in the Black Art.

Who acts: I, dealers · What happens: be, fill, quote, take, relate, suppose · To what, where: section, more, few specimens, magic powers, chapter

This is a sentence of «Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore», Magic and Witchcraft., part 5. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I, dealers), 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	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 easy	expl
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 easy	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 easy	cop
4	easy	easy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 fill	mark
6	fill	fill	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 easy	csubj
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 stories	case
8	similar	similar	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 stories	amod
9	stories	story	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 fill	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 section	punct
11	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	14 section	advmod
12	only	only	ADV	_	14 section	advmod
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 section	det
14	section	section	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 fill	obl
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 chapter	case
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 chapter	det
17	chapter	chapter	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 section	nmod
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 volume	punct
19	but	but	CCONJ	_	22 volume	cc
20	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	22 volume	det
21	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 volume	amod
22	volume	volume	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 section	conj
23	;	;	PUNCT	_	35 take	punct
24	but	but	CCONJ	_	35 take	cc
25	instead	instead	ADV	ExtPos=SCONJ	27 quoting	mark
26	of	of	ADP	_	25 instead	fixed
27	quoting	quote	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	35 take	advcl
28	any	any	ADV	_	29 more	advmod
29	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	27 quoting	obj
30	of	of	ADP	_	31 them	case
31	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	29 more	nmod
32	,	,	PUNCT	_	27 quoting	punct
33	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	35 take	nsubj
34	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	35 take	aux
35	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 easy	parataxis
36	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	38 specimens	det
37	few	few	ADJ	Degree=Pos	38 specimens	amod
38	specimens	specimen	NOUN	Number=Plur	35 take	obj
39	from	from	SCONJ	_	41 different	mark
40	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	41 different	det
41	different	different	ADJ	Degree=Pos	35 take	advcl
42	,	,	PUNCT	_	47 group	punct
43	though	though	SCONJ	_	47 group	mark
44	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	47 group	det
45	somewhat	somewhat	ADV	_	46 kindred	advmod
46	kindred	kindred	ADJ	Degree=Pos	47 group	amod
47	group	group	NOUN	Number=Sing	35 take	obl
48	of	of	ADP	_	49 tales	case
49	tales	tale	NOUN	Number=Plur	47 group	nmod
50	--	--	PUNCT	_	51 those	punct
51	those	that	PRON	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	49 tales	nmod
52	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	53 relate	nsubj
53	relate	relate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	51 those	acl:relcl
54	to	to	ADP	_	57 powers	case
55	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	57 powers	det
56	magic	magic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	57 powers	amod
57	powers	power	NOUN	Number=Plur	53 relate	obl
58	supposed	suppose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	57 powers	acl
59	to	to	PART	_	61 wielded	mark
60	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	61 wielded	aux:pass
61	wielded	wield	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	58 supposed	xcomp
62	in	in	ADP	_	64 times	case
63	modern	modern	ADJ	Degree=Pos	64 times	amod
64	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	61 wielded	obl
65	by	by	ADP	_	66 dealers	case
66	dealers	dealer	NOUN	Number=Plur	61 wielded	obl
67	in	in	ADP	_	70 Art	case
68	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	70 Art	det
69	Black	Black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	70 Art	amod
70	Art	Art	PROPN	Number=Sing	66 dealers	nmod
71	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 easy	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	is	would				easy property	tree rules
2	fill	to-infinitive		a section of a chapter but a whole volume		with similar stories	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with story=Instrument
3	quote speech: other	gerund	I not said here	more of section			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent more=Topic
4	take	future	I	a few specimens		a kindred group of tales those obl	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent specimen=Theme
5	relate	present				to the magic powers	vn relate-86.2-2 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme to power=Co-Theme
6	suppose	participle		the magic powers not said here			vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
7	wield	to-infinitive · passive	dealers in the Black Art		time		vn hold-15.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
8	section			a chapter			nom section «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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