Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Magic and Witchcraft., part 7, sentence 140
We have already seen that, as the Phoenix, of which it seems to be a Slavonic counterpart, dies in the flame from which it springs again into life, so the _Zhar-Ptitsa_ sinks into a death-like slumber when the day dawns, to awake to fresh life after the sunset.
Who acts: We, it, notice, Zhar, day dawns · What happens: see, seem, be, die, spring, sink · To what, where: that, Slavonic counterpart, flame, like slumber
This is a sentence of «Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore», Magic and Witchcraft., part 7. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (We, it, notice, Zhar), 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 | We | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 4 seen | nsubj |
| 2 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 seen | aux |
| 3 | already | already | ADV | _ | 4 seen | advmod |
| 4 | seen | see | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 seen | obj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 Phoenix | punct |
| 7 | as | as | ADP | _ | 9 Phoenix | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 Phoenix | det |
| 9 | Phoenix | Phoenix | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 seen | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 seems | punct |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 which | case |
| 12 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 14 seems | obl |
| 13 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 seems | nsubj |
| 14 | seems | seem | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 seen | parataxis |
| 15 | to | to | PART | _ | 19 counterpart | mark |
| 16 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 19 counterpart | cop |
| 17 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 19 counterpart | det |
| 18 | Slavonic | slavonic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 counterpart | amod |
| 19 | counterpart | counterpart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 seems | xcomp |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 dies | punct |
| 21 | dies | die | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 19 counterpart | conj |
| 22 | in | in | ADP | _ | 24 flame | case |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 flame | det |
| 24 | flame | flame | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 dies | obl |
| 25 | from | from | ADP | _ | 26 which | case |
| 26 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 28 springs | obl |
| 27 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 28 springs | nsubj |
| 28 | springs | spring | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 24 flame | acl:relcl |
| 29 | again | again | ADV | _ | 28 springs | advmod |
| 30 | into | into | ADP | _ | 31 life | case |
| 31 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 springs | obl |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 _ | punct |
| 33 | so | so | ADV | _ | 35 _ | advmod |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 35 _ | det |
| 35 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 14 seems | punct |
| 36 | Zhar | Zhar | PROPN | Number=Sing | 40 sinks | nsubj |
| 37 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 38 Ptitsa | punct |
| 38 | Ptitsa | Ptitsa | PROPN | Number=Sing | 36 Zhar | flat |
| 39 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 36 Zhar | punct |
| 40 | sinks | sink | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 35 _ | parataxis |
| 41 | into | into | ADP | _ | 46 slumber | case |
| 42 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 46 slumber | det |
| 43 | death | death | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 like | compound |
| 44 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 43 death | punct |
| 45 | like | like | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 46 slumber | amod |
| 46 | slumber | slumber | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 sinks | obl |
| 47 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 53 awake | mark |
| 48 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 50 dawns | det |
| 49 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 50 dawns | compound |
| 50 | dawns | dawn | NOUN | Number=Plur | 53 awake | nsubj |
| 51 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 53 awake | punct |
| 52 | to | to | PART | _ | 53 awake | mark |
| 53 | awake | awake | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 40 sinks | advcl |
| 54 | to | to | ADP | _ | 56 life | case |
| 55 | fresh | fresh | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 56 life | amod |
| 56 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 53 awake | obl |
| 57 | after | after | ADP | _ | 59 sunset | case |
| 58 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 59 sunset | det |
| 59 | sunset | sunset | NOUN | Number=Sing | 53 awake | obl |
| 60 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 seen | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | present · perfect | We | that | as the Phoenix | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer that=Stimulus as phoenix=Attribute | |||
| 2 | seem | present | it | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | is a | to-infinitive | a Slavonic counterpart | tree rules | |||||
| 4 | die | present | in the flame | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in flame=Attribute | |||||
| 5 | spring | present | notice | the flame | again | into life | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into life=Destination | ||
| 6 | sink | present | Zhar | a like slumber | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 7 | awake | to-infinitive | the day dawns | sunset | to fresh life | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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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