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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 comes | nsubj |
| 2 | comes | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 2 comes | advmod |
| 4 | as | as | ADP | _ | 7 phantom | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 phantom | det |
| 6 | mere | mere | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 phantom | amod |
| 7 | phantom | phantom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 comes | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 intangible | punct |
| 9 | intangible | intangible | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 phantom | amod |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 impalpable | punct |
| 11 | impalpable | impalpable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 intangible | conj |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 incapable | punct |
| 13 | incapable | incapable | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 phantom | conj |
| 14 | of | of | ADP | _ | 16 exertion | case |
| 15 | physical | physical | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 exertion | amod |
| 16 | exertion | exertion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 incapable | nmod |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 haunting | punct |
| 18 | haunting | haunt | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 comes | advcl |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 dwelling | det |
| 20 | dwelling | dwelling | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 haunting | obj |
| 21 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 25 home | nsubj |
| 22 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 25 home | advmod |
| 23 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 25 home | cop |
| 24 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 25 home | nmod:poss |
| 25 | home | home | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 dwelling | acl:relcl |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 spot | punct |
| 27 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 29 spot | cc |
| 28 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 29 spot | det |
| 29 | spot | spot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 haunting | obl |
| 30 | to | to | ADP | _ | 31 which | case |
| 31 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 34 drawn | obl |
| 32 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 34 drawn | nsubj |
| 33 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 34 drawn | aux:pass |
| 34 | drawn | draw | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 29 spot | acl:relcl |
| 35 | by | by | ADP | _ | 37 memory | case |
| 36 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 37 memory | det |
| 37 | memory | memory | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 drawn | obl |
| 38 | of | of | ADP | _ | 41 crime | case |
| 39 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 41 crime | det |
| 40 | unexpiated | unexpiated | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 41 crime | amod |
| 41 | crime | crime | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 memory | nmod |
| 42 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 comes | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not come | present | visitor | as a mere phantom and incapable of physical exertion | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | haunt | gerund | visitor not said here | the dwelling | the spot obl | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus dwelling=Experiencer | |||
| 3 | is a | past | the dwelling | visitor's home | once property | tree rules | |||
| 4 | draw | present · passive | the memory of some unexpiated crime | visitor | the spot | vn 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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