Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Ghost Stories., part 1, sentence 108

In another instance the myth has been turned into one of those tales of the Munchausen class, the title of which is the "saw" _Ne lyubo, ne slushai_, _i.e._, "If you don't like, don't listen"--the final words being understood; "but let me tell you a story."

Who acts: you, grandfather, Munchausen class · What happens: turn, be, not like, not listen, understand, let · To what, where: myth, instance, saw, final words, grandfather, story · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore», Ghost Stories., 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 (you, grandfather, Munchausen class), 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	In	in	ADP	_	3 instance	case
2	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	3 instance	det
3	instance	instance	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 turned	obl
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 myth	det
5	myth	myth	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 turned	nsubj:pass
6	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 turned	aux
7	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	8 turned	aux:pass
8	turned	turn	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
9	into	into	ADP	_	10 one	case
10	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 turned	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 tales	case
12	those	that	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	13 tales	det
13	tales	tale	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 one	nmod
14	of	of	ADP	_	17 class	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 class	det
16	Munchausen	Munchausen	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 class	compound
17	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 tales	nmod
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 title	punct
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 title	det
20	title	title	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 class	appos
21	of	of	ADP	_	22 which	case
22	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	26 saw	obl
23	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	26 saw	cop
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	26 saw	det
25	"	"	PUNCT	_	26 saw	punct
26	saw	saw	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 title	acl:relcl
27	"	"	PUNCT	_	26 saw	punct
28	_	_	PUNCT	_	30 lyubo	punct
29	Ne	Ne	PROPN	Number=Sing	30 lyubo	compound
30	lyubo	lyubo	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 tales	nmod
31	,	,	PUNCT	_	32 ne	punct
32	ne	ne	NOUN	Number=Sing	30 lyubo	conj
33	slushai	slushai	X	Foreign=Yes	32 ne	dep
34	_	_	PUNCT	_	10 one	punct
35	,	,	PUNCT	_	37 i.e.	punct
36	_	_	PUNCT	_	37 i.e.	punct
37	i.e.	i.e.	ADV	_	8 turned	obl
38	_	_	PUNCT	_	37 i.e.	punct
39	,	,	PUNCT	_	37 i.e.	punct
40	"	"	PUNCT	_	45 like	punct
41	If	if	SCONJ	_	45 like	mark
42	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	45 like	nsubj
43	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	45 like	aux
44	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	45 like	advmod
45	like	like	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 turned	parataxis
46	,	,	PUNCT	_	49 listen	punct
47	do	do	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	49 listen	aux
48	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	49 listen	advmod
49	listen	listen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	45 like	conj
50	"	"	PUNCT	_	45 like	punct
51	--	--	PUNCT	_	56 understood	punct
52	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	54 words	det
53	final	final	ADJ	Degree=Pos	54 words	amod
54	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	56 understood	nsubj:pass
55	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	56 understood	aux:pass
56	understood	understand	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	45 like	conj
57	;	;	PUNCT	_	45 like	punct
58	"	"	PUNCT	_	45 like	punct
59	but	but	CCONJ	_	60 let	cc
60	let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	45 like	conj
61	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	60 let	obj
62	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	60 let	xcomp
63	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	62 tell	iobj
64	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	65 story	det
65	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	62 tell	obj
66	.	.	PUNCT	_	45 like	punct
67	"	"	PUNCT	_	45 like	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	turn	present · perfect · passive		the myth		another instance	into one of that tales of the Munchausen class Ne lyubo and ne	tree rules
2	is a in a quote	present		the saw			of the title	tree rules
3	not like a condition, not said to happen, in a quote	present · do-support	you					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot
4	not listen in a quote	infinitive · do-support	you not said here					vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent
5	understand	gerund · passive		the final words				vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Stimulus
6	let in a quote	infinitive	you not said here	the grandfather = grandfather				tree rules
7	tell speech: assert in a quote	infinitive	the grandfather = grandfather not said here	a story	you			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient story=Topic
8	tell		the Munchausen class					nom tale «communication intransitive»: of=agent

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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