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Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Ghost Stories., part 5, sentence 104

For several ghastly stories about the longing of Rakshasas and Vetalas for human flesh, some of which bear a strong resemblance to Slavonic vampire tales, see Brockhaus's translation of the first five books of the "Kathasaritsagara," vol. i. p. 94; vol. ii. pp.

Who acts: some, Rakshasas, first five books · What happens: bear, see, long, translate · To what, where: strong resemblance, translation

This is a sentence of «Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore», Ghost Stories., part 5. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (some, Rakshasas, first five books), 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

caseamodamodoblcasedetnmodcasenmodccconjcaseamodnmodpunctnsubjcasenmoddetamodobjcaseamodcompoundoblpunctconjnmod:posscaseobjcasedetamodnummodnmodcasedetpunctnmodpunctpunctapposconjflatflatpunctcompoundflatpunctconjpunctrootForADPseveralADJghastlyADJstoriesNOUNaboutADPtheDETlongingNOUNofADPRakshasasPROPNandCCONJVetalasPROPNforADPhumanADJfleshNOUN,PUNCTsomeDETofADPwhichPRONbearVERBaDETstrongADJresemblanceNOUNtoADPSlavonicADJvampireNOUNtalesNOUN,PUNCTseeVERBBrockhausPROPN'sPARTtranslationNOUNofADPtheDETfirstADJfiveNUMbooksNOUNofADPtheDET"PUNCTKathasaritsagaraPROPN,PUNCT"PUNCTvol.NOUNi.Xp.PROPN94NUM;PUNCTvol.NOUNiiNUM.PUNCTppNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ForforADP_4 storiescase
2severalseveralADJDegree=Pos4 storiesamod
3ghastlyghastlyADJDegree=Pos4 storiesamod
4storiesstoryNOUNNumber=Plur19 bearobl
5aboutaboutADP_7 longingcase
6thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art7 longingdet
7longinglongingNOUNNumber=Sing4 storiesnmod
8ofofADP_9 Rakshasascase
9RakshasasRakshasasPROPNNumber=Sing7 longingnmod
10andandCCONJ_11 Vetalascc
11VetalasVetalasPROPNNumber=Sing9 Rakshasasconj
12forforADP_14 fleshcase
13humanhumanADJDegree=Pos14 fleshamod
14fleshfleshNOUNNumber=Sing7 longingnmod
15,,PUNCT_4 storiespunct
16somesomeDETPronType=Ind19 bearnsubj
17ofofADP_18 whichcase
18whichwhichPRONPronType=Rel16 somenmod
19bearbearVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
20aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art22 resemblancedet
21strongstrongADJDegree=Pos22 resemblanceamod
22resemblanceresemblanceNOUNNumber=Sing19 bearobj
23totoADP_26 talescase
24SlavonicslavonicADJDegree=Pos26 talesamod
25vampirevampireNOUNNumber=Sing26 talescompound
26talestaleNOUNNumber=Plur19 bearobl
27,,PUNCT_28 seepunct
28seeseeVERBVerbForm=Inf19 bearconj
29BrockhausBrockhausPROPNNumber=Sing31 translationnmod:poss
30's'sPART_29 Brockhauscase
31translationtranslationNOUNNumber=Sing28 seeobj
32ofofADP_36 bookscase
33thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art36 booksdet
34firstfirstADJDegree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord36 booksamod
35fivefiveNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card36 booksnummod
36booksbookNOUNNumber=Plur31 translationnmod
37ofofADP_40 Kathasaritsagaracase
38thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art40 Kathasaritsagaradet
39""PUNCT_40 Kathasaritsagarapunct
40KathasaritsagaraKathasaritsagaraPROPNNumber=Sing36 booksnmod
41,,PUNCT_43 vol.punct
42""PUNCT_43 vol.punct
43vol.vol.NOUNNumber=Sing40 Kathasaritsagaraappos
44i.i.XForeign=Yes43 vol.conj
45p.P.PROPNNumber=Sing44 i.flat
469494NUMNumForm=Digit NumType=Card45 p.flat
47;;PUNCT_51 pppunct
48vol.vol.NOUNNumber=Sing51 ppcompound
49iiIINUMNumForm=Roman NumType=Card48 vol.flat
50..PUNCT_48 vol.punct
51ppppNOUNNumber=Sing19 bearconj
52..PUNCT_19 bearpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1bearpresentsomea strong resemblancefor several ghastly stories about the longing of Rakshasas and Vetalas for human flesh; to Slavonic vampire talesvn admire-31.2 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer resemblance=Stimulus for story=Attribute
2seeinfinitivesome not said hereBrockhaus's translation of the first five books of the Kathasaritsagaravn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer translation=Stimulus
3longRakshasas and Vetalasfor human fleshnom longing «feeling intransitive»: of=agent for=obl
4translatethe first five books of the Kathasaritsagaranom translation «communication intransitive»: of=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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