Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Ghost Stories., part 4, sentence 76
In the East these are generally attributed to the fact of its being possessed by an evil spirit, but in some parts of Europe no such explanation of its conduct is given, though it may often be implied. "
Who acts: evil spirit, conduct, explanation · What happens: attribute, possess, give, imply, explain, conduct · To what, where: these, East, such explanation, parts, explanation
This is a sentence of «Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore», Ghost Stories., part 4. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (evil spirit, conduct, explanation), 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 East | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 East | det |
| 3 | East | East | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 attributed | obl |
| 4 | these | this | PRON | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 7 attributed | nsubj:pass |
| 5 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 attributed | aux:pass |
| 6 | generally | generally | ADV | _ | 7 attributed | advmod |
| 7 | attributed | attribute | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 8 | to | to | ADP | _ | 10 fact | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 fact | det |
| 10 | fact | fact | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 attributed | obl |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 its | case |
| 12 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 fact | acl |
| 13 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 14 possessed | aux:pass |
| 14 | possessed | possess | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 12 its | parataxis |
| 15 | by | by | ADP | _ | 18 spirit | case |
| 16 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 18 spirit | det |
| 17 | evil | evil | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 spirit | amod |
| 18 | spirit | spirit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 possessed | obl |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 given | punct |
| 20 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 33 given | cc |
| 21 | in | in | ADP | _ | 23 parts | case |
| 22 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 23 parts | det |
| 23 | parts | part | NOUN | Number=Plur | 33 given | obl |
| 24 | of | of | ADP | _ | 25 Europe | case |
| 25 | Europe | Europe | PROPN | Number=Sing | 23 parts | nmod |
| 26 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 28 explanation | det |
| 27 | such | such | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 28 explanation | amod |
| 28 | explanation | explanation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 given | nsubj:pass |
| 29 | of | of | ADP | _ | 31 conduct | case |
| 30 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 31 conduct | nmod:poss |
| 31 | conduct | conduct | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 explanation | nmod |
| 32 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 33 given | aux:pass |
| 33 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 14 possessed | conj |
| 34 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 implied | punct |
| 35 | though | though | SCONJ | _ | 40 implied | mark |
| 36 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 40 implied | nsubj:pass |
| 37 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 40 implied | aux |
| 38 | often | often | ADV | _ | 40 implied | advmod |
| 39 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 40 implied | aux:pass |
| 40 | implied | imply | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 33 given | advcl |
| 41 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 attributed | punct |
| 42 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 attributed | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | attribute | present · passive | these | the East | to the fact; generally property | tree rules | |||
| 2 | possess | gerund · passive | a evil spirit | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot | |||||
| 3 | give | present · passive | no such explanation of explanation's conduct | some parts of Europe | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ||||
| 4 | imply | may · passive | explanation | often property | vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic | ||||
| 5 | explain | explanation's conduct | nom explanation «communication intransitive»: of=agent | ||||||
| 6 | conduct | explanation | nom conduct «act 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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