Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Ghost Stories., part 1, sentence 154
In the name, if not in the nature, of the _Ad_, or subterranean abode of evil spirits and sinful souls, we recognize the influence of the Byzantine Hades; but most of the tales in which it occurs are supposed to draw their original inspiration from Indian sources, while they owe to Christian, Brahmanic, Buddhistic, and Mohammedan influences the form in which they now appear.
Who acts: we, influence, tales, Mohammedan · What happens: recognize, occur, suppose, draw, owe, influence · To what, where: influence, name, tales, most, original inspiration, Indian sources
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 (we, influence, tales, Mohammedan), 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 name | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 name | det |
| 3 | name | name | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 recognize | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 nature | punct |
| 5 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 9 nature | mark |
| 6 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 9 nature | advmod |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 nature | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 nature | det |
| 9 | nature | nature | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 name | conj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 name | punct |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 Ad | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 Ad | det |
| 13 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 14 Ad | punct |
| 14 | Ad | Ad | PROPN | Number=Sing | 28 recognize | obl |
| 15 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 14 Ad | punct |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 abode | punct |
| 17 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 19 abode | cc |
| 18 | subterranean | subterranean | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 abode | amod |
| 19 | abode | abode | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 Ad | appos |
| 20 | of | of | ADP | _ | 22 spirits | case |
| 21 | evil | evil | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 22 spirits | amod |
| 22 | spirits | spirit | NOUN | Number=Plur | 19 abode | nmod |
| 23 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 25 souls | cc |
| 24 | sinful | sinful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 25 souls | amod |
| 25 | souls | soul | NOUN | Number=Plur | 22 spirits | conj |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 Ad | punct |
| 27 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 28 recognize | nsubj |
| 28 | recognize | recognize | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 29 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 30 influence | det |
| 30 | influence | influence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 recognize | obj |
| 31 | of | of | ADP | _ | 34 Hades | case |
| 32 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 Hades | det |
| 33 | Byzantine | Byzantine | PROPN | Number=Sing | 34 Hades | compound |
| 34 | Hades | Hade | PROPN | Number=Plur | 30 influence | nmod |
| 35 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 46 supposed | punct |
| 36 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 46 supposed | cc |
| 37 | most | most | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 46 supposed | nsubj:pass |
| 38 | of | of | ADP | _ | 40 tales | case |
| 39 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 40 tales | det |
| 40 | tales | tale | NOUN | Number=Plur | 37 most | nmod |
| 41 | in | in | ADP | _ | 42 which | case |
| 42 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 44 occurs | obl |
| 43 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 44 occurs | nsubj |
| 44 | occurs | occur | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 40 tales | acl:relcl |
| 45 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 46 supposed | aux:pass |
| 46 | supposed | suppose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 28 recognize | conj |
| 47 | to | to | PART | _ | 48 draw | mark |
| 48 | draw | draw | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 46 supposed | xcomp |
| 49 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 51 inspiration | nmod:poss |
| 50 | original | original | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 51 inspiration | amod |
| 51 | inspiration | inspiration | NOUN | Number=Sing | 48 draw | obj |
| 52 | from | from | ADP | _ | 54 sources | case |
| 53 | Indian | Indian | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 54 sources | amod |
| 54 | sources | source | NOUN | Number=Plur | 48 draw | obl |
| 55 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 58 owe | punct |
| 56 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 58 owe | mark |
| 57 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 58 owe | nsubj |
| 58 | owe | owe | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 46 supposed | conj |
| 59 | to | to | ADP | _ | 60 Christian | case |
| 60 | Christian | Christian | PROPN | Number=Sing | 58 owe | obl |
| 61 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 62 Brahmanic | punct |
| 62 | Brahmanic | Brahmanic | PROPN | Number=Sing | 60 Christian | conj |
| 63 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 64 Buddhistic | punct |
| 64 | Buddhistic | Buddhistic | PROPN | Number=Sing | 60 Christian | conj |
| 65 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 68 influences | punct |
| 66 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 68 influences | cc |
| 67 | Mohammedan | Mohammedan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 68 influences | nsubj |
| 68 | influences | influence | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 28 recognize | parataxis |
| 69 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 70 form | det |
| 70 | form | form | NOUN | Number=Sing | 68 influences | obj |
| 71 | in | in | ADP | _ | 72 which | case |
| 72 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 75 appear | obl |
| 73 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 75 appear | nsubj |
| 74 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 75 appear | advmod |
| 75 | appear | appear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 68 influences | conj |
| 76 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 28 recognize | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | recognize | present | we | the influence of the Byzantine Hades | the name and the nature | of the Ad | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer influence=Stimulus | ||
| 2 | occur | present | influence | the tales | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in which=Location | ||||
| 3 | suppose | present · passive | most of the tales | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Attribute clause=Theme | |||||
| 4 | draw | to-infinitive | tales's original inspiration | Indian sources | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent inspiration=Theme from source=Initial_Location | ||||
| 5 | owe | present | tales = tale | Christian and Brahmanic and Buddhistic | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent to christian=Goal | ||||
| 6 | influence | present | Mohammedan | the form | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent form=Patient | ||||
| 7 | appear | present | tales = tale | now | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in which=Location | ||||
| 8 | inspire | tales = tale | nom inspiration «cognition transitive»: poss=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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