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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

casedetoblnsubj:passaux:passadvmodcasedetoblcaseaclaux:passparataxiscasedetamodoblpunctcccasedetoblcasenmoddetamodnsubj:passcasenmod:possnmodaux:passconjpunctmarknsubj:passauxadvmodaux:passadvclpunctpunctrootInADPtheDETEastPROPNthesePRONareAUXgenerallyADVattributedVERBtoADPtheDETfactNOUNofADPitsPRONbeingAUXpossessedVERBbyADPanDETevilADJspiritNOUN,PUNCTbutCCONJinADPsomeDETpartsNOUNofADPEuropePROPNnoDETsuchADJexplanationNOUNofADPitsPRONconductNOUNisAUXgivenVERB,PUNCTthoughSCONJitPRONmayAUXoftenADVbeAUXimpliedVERB.PUNCT"PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1IninADP_3 Eastcase
2thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art3 Eastdet
3EastEastPROPNNumber=Sing7 attributedobl
4thesethisPRONNumber=Plur PronType=Dem7 attributednsubj:pass
5arebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin7 attributedaux:pass
6generallygenerallyADV_7 attributedadvmod
7attributedattributeVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Passrootroot
8totoADP_10 factcase
9thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art10 factdet
10factfactNOUNNumber=Sing7 attributedobl
11ofofADP_12 itscase
12itsitsPRONCase=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs10 factacl
13beingbeAUXTense=Pres VerbForm=Part14 possessedaux:pass
14possessedpossessVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass12 itsparataxis
15bybyADP_18 spiritcase
16anaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art18 spiritdet
17evilevilADJDegree=Pos18 spiritamod
18spiritspiritNOUNNumber=Sing14 possessedobl
19,,PUNCT_33 givenpunct
20butbutCCONJ_33 givencc
21ininADP_23 partscase
22somesomeDETPronType=Ind23 partsdet
23partspartNOUNNumber=Plur33 givenobl
24ofofADP_25 Europecase
25EuropeEuropePROPNNumber=Sing23 partsnmod
26nonoDETPronType=Neg28 explanationdet
27suchsuchADJDegree=Pos28 explanationamod
28explanationexplanationNOUNNumber=Sing33 givennsubj:pass
29ofofADP_31 conductcase
30itsitsPRONCase=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs31 conductnmod:poss
31conductconductNOUNNumber=Sing28 explanationnmod
32isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin33 givenaux:pass
33givengiveVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass14 possessedconj
34,,PUNCT_40 impliedpunct
35thoughthoughSCONJ_40 impliedmark
36ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs40 impliednsubj:pass
37maymayAUXVerbForm=Fin40 impliedaux
38oftenoftenADV_40 impliedadvmod
39bebeAUXVerbForm=Inf40 impliedaux:pass
40impliedimplyVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass33 givenadvcl
41..PUNCT_7 attributedpunct
42""PUNCT_7 attributedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1attributepresent · passivethesethe Eastto the fact; generally propertytree rules
2possessgerund · passivea evil spiritvn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot
3givepresent · passiveno such explanation of explanation's conductsome parts of Europevn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
4implymay · passiveexplanationoften propertyvn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic
5explainexplanation's conductnom explanation «communication intransitive»: of=agent
6conductexplanationnom 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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