Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter VI. LEGENDS, part 1, sentence 5

Many of them have been extracted from the various apocryphal books which in olden times had so wide a circulation, and many also from the lives of the Saints; some of them may be traced to such adaptations of Indian legends as the "Varlaam and Josaphat" attributed to St. John of Damascus; and others appear to be ancient heathen traditions, which, with altered names and slightly modified incidents, have been made to do service as Christian narratives.

Who acts: others, ancient heathen traditions, Indian legends · What happens: extract, have, trace, attribute, appear, be · To what, where: Many, various apocryphal books, some, Varlaam, ancient heathen traditions, service

This is a sentence of «Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore», Chapter VI. LEGENDS, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (others, ancient heathen traditions, Indian legends), 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	Many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 extracted	nsubj:pass
2	of	of	ADP	_	3 them	case
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Many	nmod
4	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 extracted	aux
5	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	6 extracted	aux:pass
6	extracted	extract	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	from	from	ADP	_	11 books	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 books	det
9	various	various	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 books	amod
10	apocryphal	apocryphal	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 books	compound
11	books	book	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 extracted	obl
12	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	16 had	obj
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 times	case
14	olden	olden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 times	amod
15	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 had	obl:unmarked
16	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 books	acl:relcl
17	so	so	ADV	_	18 wide	advmod
18	wide	wide	ADV	_	20 circulation	advmod
19	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 circulation	det
20	circulation	circulation	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 had	obj
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	27 lives	punct
22	and	and	CCONJ	_	27 lives	cc
23	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	27 lives	amod
24	also	also	ADV	_	27 lives	advmod
25	from	from	ADP	_	27 lives	case
26	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 lives	det
27	lives	life	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 extracted	obl
28	of	of	ADP	_	30 Saints	case
29	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	30 Saints	det
30	Saints	Saint	PROPN	Number=Plur	27 lives	nmod
31	;	;	PUNCT	_	37 traced	punct
32	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	37 traced	nsubj:pass
33	of	of	ADP	_	34 them	case
34	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	32 some	nmod
35	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	37 traced	aux
36	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	37 traced	aux:pass
37	traced	trace	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 extracted	conj
38	to	to	ADP	_	40 adaptations	case
39	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	40 adaptations	amod
40	adaptations	adaptation	NOUN	Number=Plur	37 traced	obl
41	of	of	ADP	_	43 legends	case
42	Indian	Indian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	43 legends	amod
43	legends	legend	NOUN	Number=Plur	40 adaptations	nmod
44	as	as	ADP	_	47 Varlaam	case
45	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	47 Varlaam	det
46	"	"	PUNCT	_	47 Varlaam	punct
47	Varlaam	Varlaam	PROPN	Number=Sing	43 legends	nmod
48	and	and	CCONJ	_	49 Josaphat	cc
49	Josaphat	Josaphat	PROPN	Number=Sing	47 Varlaam	conj
50	"	"	PUNCT	_	49 Josaphat	punct
51	attributed	attribute	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	47 Varlaam	acl
52	to	to	ADP	_	54 John	case
53	St.	St.	PROPN	Number=Sing	54 John	nmod:desc
54	John	John	PROPN	Number=Sing	51 attributed	obl:agent
55	of	of	ADP	_	56 Damascus	case
56	Damascus	Damascus	PROPN	Number=Sing	54 John	nmod
57	;	;	PUNCT	_	60 appear	punct
58	and	and	CCONJ	_	60 appear	cc
59	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	60 appear	nsubj
60	appear	appear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 extracted	conj
61	to	to	PART	_	65 traditions	mark
62	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	65 traditions	cop
63	ancient	ancient	ADJ	Degree=Pos	65 traditions	amod
64	heathen	heathen	ADJ	Degree=Pos	65 traditions	amod
65	traditions	tradition	NOUN	Number=Plur	60 appear	ccomp
66	,	,	PUNCT	_	79 made	punct
67	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	79 made	nsubj:pass
68	,	,	PUNCT	_	67 which	punct
69	with	with	ADP	_	71 names	case
70	altered	alter	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	71 names	amod
71	names	name	NOUN	Number=Plur	79 made	obl
72	and	and	CCONJ	_	75 incidents	cc
73	slightly	slightly	ADV	_	74 modified	advmod
74	modified	modified	ADJ	Degree=Pos	75 incidents	amod
75	incidents	incident	NOUN	Number=Plur	71 names	conj
76	,	,	PUNCT	_	71 names	punct
77	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	79 made	aux
78	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	79 made	aux:pass
79	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	65 traditions	conj
80	to	to	PART	_	81 do	mark
81	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	79 made	xcomp
82	service	service	NOUN	Number=Sing	81 do	obj
83	as	as	ADP	_	85 narratives	case
84	Christian	Christian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	85 narratives	amod
85	narratives	narrative	NOUN	Number=Plur	81 do	obl
86	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 extracted	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	extract	present · perfect · passive		Many of incidents	the various apocryphal books		from the many lives of the Saints	vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP PP»: subject=Theme from book=Initial_Location
2	have	past		the various apocryphal books		time		tree rules
3	trace	may · passive		some			to such adaptations of Indian legends as the Varlaam and Josaphat	vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
4	attribute	participle		the Varlaam and Josaphat not said here				tree rules
5	appear	present	others					vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
6	is a	to-infinitive	others not said here	ancient heathen traditions				tree rules
7	alter	participle						vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
8	make	present · perfect · passive		ancient heathen traditions			with altered names and modified incidents	tree rules
9	do	to-infinitive	ancient heathen traditions not said here	service			as Christian narratives	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent service=Eventuality
10	adapt		Indian legends as the Varlaam and Josaphat					nom adaptation «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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