Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter VI. LEGENDS, part 1, sentence 9

On the one hand, into narratives drawn from purely Christian sources there has entered a pagan element, most clearly perceptible in stories which deal with demons and departed spirits; on the other hand, an attempt has been made to give a Christian nature to what are manifestly heathen legends, by lending saintly names to their characters and clothing their ideas in an imitation of biblical language.

Who acts: Christian sources, stories, attempt · What happens: draw, enter, deal, make, give, be · To what, where: narratives, pagan element, attempt, other hand, Christian nature, heathen legends

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 (Christian sources, stories, attempt), 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	On	on	ADP	_	4 hand	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 hand	det
3	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 hand	nummod
4	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 perceptible	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 narratives	punct
6	into	into	ADP	_	7 narratives	case
7	narratives	narrative	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 hand	appos
8	drawn	draw	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 narratives	acl
9	from	from	ADP	_	12 sources	case
10	purely	purely	ADV	_	12 sources	advmod
11	Christian	Christian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 sources	amod
12	sources	source	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 drawn	obl
13	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	15 entered	expl
14	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 entered	aux
15	entered	enter	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	12 sources	acl
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 element	det
17	pagan	pagan	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 element	amod
18	element	element	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 entered	obj
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 hand	punct
20	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	21 clearly	advmod
21	clearly	clearly	ADV	_	22 perceptible	advmod
22	perceptible	perceptible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
23	in	in	ADP	_	24 stories	case
24	stories	story	NOUN	Number=Plur	22 perceptible	obl
25	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	26 deal	nsubj
26	deal	deal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	24 stories	acl:relcl
27	with	with	ADP	_	28 demons	case
28	demons	demon	NOUN	Number=Plur	26 deal	obl
29	and	and	CCONJ	_	31 spirits	cc
30	departed	departed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	31 spirits	amod
31	spirits	spirit	NOUN	Number=Plur	28 demons	conj
32	;	;	PUNCT	_	42 made	punct
33	on	on	ADP	_	36 hand	case
34	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	36 hand	det
35	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	36 hand	amod
36	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	42 made	obl
37	,	,	PUNCT	_	36 hand	punct
38	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	39 attempt	det
39	attempt	attempt	NOUN	Number=Sing	42 made	nsubj:pass
40	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	42 made	aux
41	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	42 made	aux:pass
42	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	22 perceptible	parataxis
43	to	to	PART	_	44 give	mark
44	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	42 made	xcomp
45	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	47 nature	det
46	Christian	Christian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	47 nature	amod
47	nature	nature	NOUN	Number=Sing	44 give	obj
48	to	to	ADP	_	49 what	case
49	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	53 legends	obl
50	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	53 legends	cop
51	manifestly	manifestly	ADV	_	53 legends	advmod
52	heathen	heathen	ADJ	Degree=Pos	53 legends	amod
53	legends	legend	NOUN	Number=Plur	44 give	obj
54	,	,	PUNCT	_	56 lending	punct
55	by	by	SCONJ	_	56 lending	mark
56	lending	lend	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	42 made	advcl
57	saintly	saintly	ADV	_	56 lending	advmod
58	names	name	NOUN	Number=Plur	56 lending	obj
59	to	to	ADP	_	61 characters	case
60	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	61 characters	nmod:poss
61	characters	character	NOUN	Number=Plur	58 names	nmod
62	and	and	CCONJ	_	63 clothing	cc
63	clothing	clothe	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	56 lending	conj
64	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	65 ideas	nmod:poss
65	ideas	idea	NOUN	Number=Plur	63 clothing	obj
66	in	in	ADP	_	68 imitation	case
67	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	68 imitation	det
68	imitation	imitation	NOUN	Number=Sing	63 clothing	obl
69	of	of	ADP	_	71 language	case
70	biblical	biblical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	71 language	amod
71	language	language	NOUN	Number=Sing	68 imitation	nmod
72	.	.	PUNCT	_	22 perceptible	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	draw	participle		narratives not said here			from Christian sources	vn split-23.2 «NP V PP.co-patient»: agent=Patient from source=Co-Patient
2	enter	present · perfect	Christian sources not said here	a pagan element		there		vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme element=Destination
3	deal	present	stories				with demons and departed spirits	vn cope-83 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with demon=Theme
4	make	present · perfect · passive		a attempt		the other hand		tree rules
5	give	to-infinitive	a attempt not said here	a Christian nature				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nature=Theme
6	is a	present		heathen legends			manifestly property	tree rules
7	lend	gerund		names	names's characters		saintly property	vn give-13.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent name=Theme to character=Recipient
8	clothe	gerund		names's ideas		a imitation of biblical language		vn dress-41.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent idea=Patient
9	imitate			biblical language				nom imitation «cognition transitive»: of=patient

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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