Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Ghost Stories., part 2, sentence 188

But from these dim sketches of a life beyond, or rather within the grave, in which memories of old days and old friendships are preserved by ghosts of an almost genial and entirely harmless disposition, we will now turn to those more elaborate pictures in which the dead are represented under an altogether terrific aspect.

Who acts: ghosts, we · What happens: preserve, turn, represent, ghost · To what, where: dim sketches, elaborate pictures, dead, genial disposition

This is a sentence of «Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore», Ghost Stories., part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (ghosts, we), 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	But	but	CCONJ	_	27 preserved	cc
2	from	from	ADP	_	5 sketches	case
3	these	this	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	5 sketches	det
4	dim	dim	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 sketches	amod
5	sketches	sketch	NOUN	Number=Plur	27 preserved	nsubj:pass
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 life	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 life	det
8	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sketches	nmod
9	beyond	beyond	ADV	_	8 life	advmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 grave	punct
11	or	or	CCONJ	_	15 grave	cc
12	rather	rather	ADV	_	15 grave	advmod
13	within	within	ADP	_	15 grave	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 grave	det
15	grave	grave	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sketches	conj
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 memories	punct
17	in	in	ADP	_	18 which	case
18	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	19 memories	det
19	memories	memory	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 sketches	conj
20	of	of	ADP	_	22 days	case
21	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 days	amod
22	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 memories	nmod
23	and	and	CCONJ	_	25 friendships	cc
24	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	25 friendships	amod
25	friendships	friendship	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 sketches	conj
26	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	27 preserved	aux:pass
27	preserved	preserve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
28	by	by	ADP	_	29 ghosts	case
29	ghosts	ghost	NOUN	Number=Plur	27 preserved	obl
30	of	of	ADP	_	37 disposition	case
31	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	37 disposition	det
32	almost	almost	ADV	_	33 genial	advmod
33	genial	genial	ADJ	Degree=Pos	37 disposition	amod
34	and	and	CCONJ	_	36 harmless	cc
35	entirely	entirely	ADV	_	36 harmless	advmod
36	harmless	harmless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	33 genial	conj
37	disposition	disposition	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 ghosts	nmod
38	,	,	PUNCT	_	42 turn	punct
39	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	42 turn	nsubj
40	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	42 turn	aux
41	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	42 turn	advmod
42	turn	turn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	27 preserved	conj
43	to	to	ADP	_	47 pictures	case
44	those	that	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	47 pictures	det
45	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	46 elaborate	advmod
46	elaborate	elaborate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	47 pictures	amod
47	pictures	picture	NOUN	Number=Plur	42 turn	obl
48	in	in	ADP	_	49 which	case
49	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	53 represented	obl
50	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	51 dead	det
51	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	53 represented	nsubj:pass
52	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	53 represented	aux:pass
53	represented	represent	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	47 pictures	acl:relcl
54	under	under	ADP	_	58 aspect	case
55	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	58 aspect	det
56	altogether	altogether	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	58 aspect	det
57	terrific	terrific	ADJ	Degree=Pos	58 aspect	amod
58	aspect	aspect	NOUN	Number=Sing	53 represented	obl
59	.	.	PUNCT	_	27 preserved	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	preserve	present · passive	ghosts of a genial disposition	this dim sketches of a life or the grave and which memories of old days and old friendships				vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Beneficiary
2	turn	future	we		that elaborate pictures	now		vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme to picture=Trajectory
3	represent	present · passive		the dead			under a terrific aspect; in that elaborate pictures	vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Theme in which=Attribute
4	ghost			a genial disposition				nom ghost «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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