Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Magic and Witchcraft., part 6, sentence 38
Those readers who are acquainted with the works of Gogol, the great Russian novelist, who was a native of that part of the country, will observe how closely he has kept to popular traditions in his thrilling story of the _Vy_, which has been translated into English, from the French, under the title of "The King of the Gnomes."
Who acts: great Russian novelist, readers, English, Gogol · What happens: acquaint, be, observe, keep, thrill, translate · To what, where: readers, native, Gogol, thrilling story, Vy, French
This is a sentence of «Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore», Magic and Witchcraft., part 6. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (great Russian novelist, readers, English, Gogol), 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 | Those | that | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 2 readers | det |
| 2 | readers | reader | NOUN | Number=Plur | 29 observe | nsubj |
| 3 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 acquainted | nsubj |
| 4 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 acquainted | aux:pass |
| 5 | acquainted | acquaint | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 readers | acl:relcl |
| 6 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 works | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 works | det |
| 8 | works | work | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 acquainted | obl |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 Gogol | case |
| 10 | Gogol | Gogol | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 works | nmod |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 novelist | punct |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 novelist | det |
| 13 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 novelist | amod |
| 14 | Russian | Russian | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 novelist | amod |
| 15 | novelist | novelist | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 Gogol | appos |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 native | punct |
| 17 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 20 native | nsubj |
| 18 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 20 native | cop |
| 19 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 20 native | det |
| 20 | native | native | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 novelist | appos |
| 21 | of | of | ADP | _ | 23 part | case |
| 22 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 23 part | det |
| 23 | part | part | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 native | nmod |
| 24 | of | of | ADP | _ | 26 country | case |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 country | det |
| 26 | country | country | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 part | nmod |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 readers | punct |
| 28 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 29 observe | aux |
| 29 | observe | observe | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 30 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 34 kept | advmod |
| 31 | closely | closely | ADV | _ | 34 kept | advmod |
| 32 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 34 kept | nsubj:pass |
| 33 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 34 kept | aux |
| 34 | kept | keep | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 29 observe | advcl |
| 35 | to | to | ADP | _ | 37 traditions | case |
| 36 | popular | popular | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 37 traditions | amod |
| 37 | traditions | tradition | NOUN | Number=Plur | 34 kept | obl |
| 38 | in | in | ADP | _ | 41 story | case |
| 39 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 41 story | nmod:poss |
| 40 | thrilling | thrill | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 41 story | amod |
| 41 | story | story | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 kept | obl |
| 42 | of | of | ADP | _ | 45 Vy | case |
| 43 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 45 Vy | det |
| 44 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 45 Vy | punct |
| 45 | Vy | Vy | PROPN | Number=Sing | 41 story | nmod |
| 46 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 45 Vy | punct |
| 47 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 51 translated | punct |
| 48 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 51 translated | nsubj:pass |
| 49 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 51 translated | aux |
| 50 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 51 translated | aux:pass |
| 51 | translated | translate | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 45 Vy | acl |
| 52 | into | into | ADP | _ | 53 English | case |
| 53 | English | English | PROPN | Number=Sing | 51 translated | obl:agent |
| 54 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 57 French | punct |
| 55 | from | from | ADP | _ | 57 French | case |
| 56 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 57 French | det |
| 57 | French | French | PROPN | Number=Sing | 51 translated | obl |
| 58 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 61 title | punct |
| 59 | under | under | ADP | _ | 61 title | case |
| 60 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 61 title | det |
| 61 | title | title | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 kept | obl |
| 62 | of | of | ADP | _ | 65 King | case |
| 63 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 65 King | punct |
| 64 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 65 King | det |
| 65 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 61 title | nmod |
| 66 | of | of | ADP | _ | 68 Gnomes | case |
| 67 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 68 Gnomes | det |
| 68 | Gnomes | Gnome | PROPN | Number=Plur | 65 King | nmod |
| 69 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 29 observe | punct |
| 70 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 29 observe | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | acquaint speech: other | present · passive | that readers | with the works of Gogol | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | is a | past | the great Russian novelist | a native | of that part of the country | tree rules | |||
| 3 | observe | future | that readers | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | keep | present · perfect · passive | Gogol | Gogol's thrilling story of the Vy | to popular traditions; under the title of the King of the Gnomes; closely property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme in story=Location | |||
| 5 | thrill | gerund | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | ||||||
| 6 | translate | present · perfect · passive | English | the Vy | the French | vn turn-26.6.1 «NP V NP.patient PP.material PP.result»: agent=Agent subject=Patient from french=Initial_State | |||
| 7 | work | Gogol | nom work «act intransitive»: of=agent | ||||||
| 8 | title | the King of the Gnomes | nom title «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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