Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Magic and Witchcraft., part 8, sentence 120
After quoting three mythic descriptions found among the Karens, the Algonquins, and the Aztecs, Mr. Tylor remarks, "On the suggestion of this group of solar conceptions and that of Maui's death, we may perhaps explain as derived from a broken-down fancy of solar-myth, that famous episode of Greek legend, where the good ship Argo passed between the Symplegades, those two huge cliffs that opened and closed again with swift and violent collision."
Who acts: Tylor, three mythic descriptions, we, good ship, two huge cliffs, group · What happens: quote, find, remark, explain, derive, break · To what, where: three mythic descriptions, Karens, suggestion, two huge cliffs, broken down fancy, Symplegades · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore», Magic and Witchcraft., part 8. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Tylor, three mythic descriptions, we, good ship), 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 | After | after | SCONJ | _ | 2 quoting | mark |
| 2 | quoting | quote | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 20 remarks | advcl |
| 3 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 5 descriptions | nummod |
| 4 | mythic | mythic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 descriptions | amod |
| 5 | descriptions | description | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 quoting | obj |
| 6 | found | find | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 descriptions | acl |
| 7 | among | among | ADP | _ | 9 Karens | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 Karens | det |
| 9 | Karens | Karen | PROPN | Number=Plur | 6 found | obj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 Algonquins | punct |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 Algonquins | det |
| 12 | Algonquins | Algonquin | PROPN | Number=Plur | 9 Karens | conj |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 Aztecs | punct |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 Aztecs | cc |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 Aztecs | det |
| 16 | Aztecs | Aztec | PROPN | Number=Plur | 2 quoting | obl |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 quoting | punct |
| 18 | Mr. | Mr. | PROPN | Number=Sing | 19 Tylor | nmod:desc |
| 19 | Tylor | Tylor | PROPN | Number=Sing | 20 remarks | nsubj |
| 20 | remarks | remark | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 suggestion | punct |
| 22 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 25 suggestion | punct |
| 23 | On | on | ADP | _ | 25 suggestion | case |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 suggestion | det |
| 25 | suggestion | suggestion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 remarks | obl |
| 26 | of | of | ADP | _ | 28 group | case |
| 27 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 28 group | det |
| 28 | group | group | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 suggestion | nmod |
| 29 | of | of | ADP | _ | 31 conceptions | case |
| 30 | solar | solar | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 31 conceptions | amod |
| 31 | conceptions | conception | NOUN | Number=Plur | 28 group | nmod |
| 32 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 37 death | cc |
| 33 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 37 death | nsubj |
| 34 | of | of | ADP | _ | 37 death | case |
| 35 | Maui | Maui | PROPN | Number=Sing | 37 death | nmod:poss |
| 36 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 35 Maui | case |
| 37 | death | death | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 suggestion | conj |
| 38 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 42 explain | punct |
| 39 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 42 explain | nsubj |
| 40 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 42 explain | aux |
| 41 | perhaps | perhaps | ADV | _ | 42 explain | advmod |
| 42 | explain | explain | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 20 remarks | parataxis |
| 43 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 44 derived | mark |
| 44 | derived | derive | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 42 explain | xcomp |
| 45 | from | from | ADP | _ | 50 fancy | case |
| 46 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 50 fancy | det |
| 47 | broken | break | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 50 fancy | amod |
| 48 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 47 broken | punct |
| 49 | down | down | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 50 fancy | amod |
| 50 | fancy | fancy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 explain | obl |
| 51 | of | of | ADP | _ | 54 myth | case |
| 52 | solar | solar | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 54 myth | amod |
| 53 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 52 solar | punct |
| 54 | myth | myth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 50 fancy | nmod |
| 55 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 58 episode | punct |
| 56 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 58 episode | det |
| 57 | famous | famous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 58 episode | amod |
| 58 | episode | episode | NOUN | Number=Sing | 50 fancy | conj |
| 59 | of | of | ADP | _ | 61 legend | case |
| 60 | Greek | Greek | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 61 legend | amod |
| 61 | legend | legend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 58 episode | nmod |
| 62 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 68 passed | punct |
| 63 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 68 passed | advmod |
| 64 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 66 ship | det |
| 65 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 66 ship | amod |
| 66 | ship | ship | NOUN | Number=Sing | 68 passed | nsubj |
| 67 | Argo | Argo | PROPN | Number=Sing | 66 ship | appos |
| 68 | passed | pass | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 61 legend | conj |
| 69 | between | between | ADP | _ | 71 Symplegades | case |
| 70 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 71 Symplegades | det |
| 71 | Symplegades | Symplegade | PROPN | Number=Plur | 68 passed | obl |
| 72 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 76 cliffs | punct |
| 73 | those | that | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 76 cliffs | det |
| 74 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 76 cliffs | nummod |
| 75 | huge | huge | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 76 cliffs | amod |
| 76 | cliffs | cliff | NOUN | Number=Plur | 42 explain | obl |
| 77 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 78 opened | nsubj |
| 78 | opened | open | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 76 cliffs | acl:relcl |
| 79 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 80 closed | cc |
| 80 | closed | close | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 78 opened | conj |
| 81 | again | again | ADV | _ | 80 closed | advmod |
| 82 | with | with | ADP | _ | 83 swift | case |
| 83 | swift | swift | NOUN | Number=Sing | 80 closed | obl |
| 84 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 86 collision | cc |
| 85 | violent | violent | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 86 collision | amod |
| 86 | collision | collision | NOUN | Number=Sing | 83 swift | conj |
| 87 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 20 remarks | punct |
| 88 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 20 remarks | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | quote speech: other | gerund | Tylor Mr. not said here | three mythic descriptions | the Aztecs obl | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent description=Topic | |||
| 2 | find | participle | three mythic descriptions not said here | the Karens and the Algonquins | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent karen=Topic | ||||
| 3 | remark speech: assert | present | Tylor Mr. | the suggestion of this group of solar conceptions and Maui's death | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 4 | explain speech: assert in a quote | may | we | that two huge cliffs | a broken down fancy of solar myth and that famous episode of Greek legend | perhaps property | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||
| 5 | derive in a quote | participle | we not said here | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 6 | break in a quote | participle | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | ||||||
| 7 | pass in a quote | past | the good ship | the Symplegades | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme between symplegade=Location | ||||
| 8 | open in a quote | past | that two huge cliffs | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 9 | close in a quote | participle | that two huge cliffs not said here | again | with swift and violent collision | vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with swift=Theme | |||
| 10 | suggest in a quote | this group of solar conceptions | nom suggestion «cognition intransitive»: of=agent | ||||||
| 11 | die in a quote | Maui | nom death «event intransitive»: poss=agent | ||||||
| 12 | fancy in a quote | solar myth | nom fancy «cognition 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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