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Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Ghost Stories., part 2, sentence 190

He comes not as a mere phantom, intangible, impalpable, incapable of physical exertion, haunting the dwelling which once was his home, or the spot to which he is drawn by the memory of some unexpiated crime.

Who acts: visitor, dwelling, memory · What happens: not come, haunt, be, draw · To what, where: dwelling, home, visitor, spot

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 (visitor, dwelling, memory), 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

nsubjadvmodcasedetamodoblpunctamodpunctconjpunctconjcaseamodnmodpunctadvcldetobjnsubjadvmodcopnmod:possacl:relclpunctccdetoblcaseoblnsubjaux:passacl:relclcasedetoblcasedetamodnmodpunctrootHePRONcomesVERBnotPARTasADPaDETmereADJphantomNOUN,PUNCTintangibleADJ,PUNCTimpalpableADJ,PUNCTincapableNOUNofADPphysicalADJexertionNOUN,PUNCThauntingVERBtheDETdwellingNOUNwhichPRONonceADVwasAUXhisPRONhomeNOUN,PUNCTorCCONJtheDETspotNOUNtoADPwhichPRONhePRONisAUXdrawnVERBbyADPtheDETmemoryNOUNofADPsomeDETunexpiatedADJcrimeNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs2 comesnsubj
2comescomeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3notnotPARTPolarity=Neg2 comesadvmod
4asasADP_7 phantomcase
5aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art7 phantomdet
6meremereADJDegree=Pos7 phantomamod
7phantomphantomNOUNNumber=Sing2 comesobl
8,,PUNCT_9 intangiblepunct
9intangibleintangibleADJDegree=Pos7 phantomamod
10,,PUNCT_11 impalpablepunct
11impalpableimpalpableADJDegree=Pos9 intangibleconj
12,,PUNCT_13 incapablepunct
13incapableincapableNOUNNumber=Sing7 phantomconj
14ofofADP_16 exertioncase
15physicalphysicalADJDegree=Pos16 exertionamod
16exertionexertionNOUNNumber=Sing13 incapablenmod
17,,PUNCT_18 hauntingpunct
18hauntinghauntVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part2 comesadvcl
19thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art20 dwellingdet
20dwellingdwellingNOUNNumber=Sing18 hauntingobj
21whichwhichPRONPronType=Rel25 homensubj
22onceonceADVNumForm=Word NumType=Mult25 homeadvmod
23wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin25 homecop
24hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs25 homenmod:poss
25homehomeNOUNNumber=Sing20 dwellingacl:relcl
26,,PUNCT_29 spotpunct
27ororCCONJ_29 spotcc
28thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art29 spotdet
29spotspotNOUNNumber=Sing18 hauntingobl
30totoADP_31 whichcase
31whichwhichPRONPronType=Rel34 drawnobl
32hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs34 drawnnsubj
33isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin34 drawnaux:pass
34drawndrawVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass29 spotacl:relcl
35bybyADP_37 memorycase
36thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art37 memorydet
37memorymemoryNOUNNumber=Sing34 drawnobl
38ofofADP_41 crimecase
39somesomeDETPronType=Ind41 crimedet
40unexpiatedunexpiatedADJDegree=Pos41 crimeamod
41crimecrimeNOUNNumber=Sing37 memorynmod
42..PUNCT_2 comespunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1not comepresentvisitoras a mere phantom and incapable of physical exertionvn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2hauntgerundvisitor not said herethe dwellingthe spot oblvn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus dwelling=Experiencer
3is apastthe dwellingvisitor's homeonce propertytree rules
4drawpresent · passivethe memory of some unexpiated crimevisitorthe spotvn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent subject=Theme to which=Destination

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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