Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter VI. LEGENDS, part 2, sentence 50
But with more certainty may it be accepted that, the leading cause was the similarity which appeared to the recent converts to prevail between their dethroned thunder-god and the prophet who was connected with drought and with rain, whose enemies were consumed by fire from on high, and on whom waited "a chariot of fire and horses of fire," when he was caught up by a whirlwind into heaven.
Who acts: leading cause, similarity, fire, whirlwind · What happens: accept, lead, be, appear, prevail, dethrone · To what, where: One, similarity, prophet, enemies, high, chariot
This is a sentence of «Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore», Chapter VI. LEGENDS, part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (leading cause, similarity, fire, whirlwind), 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 | But | but | CCONJ | _ | 8 accepted | cc |
| 2 | with | with | ADP | _ | 4 certainty | case |
| 3 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 4 certainty | amod |
| 4 | certainty | certainty | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 accepted | obl |
| 5 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 accepted | aux |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 accepted | nsubj:pass |
| 7 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 8 accepted | aux:pass |
| 8 | accepted | accept | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 9 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 16 similarity | mark |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 similarity | punct |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 cause | det |
| 12 | leading | lead | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 13 cause | amod |
| 13 | cause | cause | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 similarity | nsubj |
| 14 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 similarity | cop |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 similarity | det |
| 16 | similarity | similarity | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 accepted | advcl |
| 17 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 18 appeared | nsubj |
| 18 | appeared | appear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 similarity | acl:relcl |
| 19 | to | to | ADP | _ | 22 converts | case |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 converts | det |
| 21 | recent | recent | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 22 converts | amod |
| 22 | converts | convert | NOUN | Number=Plur | 18 appeared | obl |
| 23 | to | to | PART | _ | 24 prevail | mark |
| 24 | prevail | prevail | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 18 appeared | advcl |
| 25 | between | between | ADP | _ | 30 god | case |
| 26 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 30 god | nmod:poss |
| 27 | dethroned | dethrone | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 30 god | amod |
| 28 | thunder | thunder | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 god | compound |
| 29 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 28 thunder | punct |
| 30 | god | god | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 prevail | obl |
| 31 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 33 prophet | cc |
| 32 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 33 prophet | det |
| 33 | prophet | prophet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 god | conj |
| 34 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 36 connected | nsubj:pass |
| 35 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 36 connected | aux:pass |
| 36 | connected | connect | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 33 prophet | acl:relcl |
| 37 | with | with | ADP | _ | 38 drought | case |
| 38 | drought | drought | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 connected | obl |
| 39 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 41 rain | cc |
| 40 | with | with | ADP | _ | 41 rain | case |
| 41 | rain | rain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 drought | conj |
| 42 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 46 consumed | punct |
| 43 | whose | whose | PRON | Poss=Yes PronType=Rel | 44 enemies | nmod:poss |
| 44 | enemies | enemy | NOUN | Number=Plur | 46 consumed | nsubj |
| 45 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 46 consumed | aux:pass |
| 46 | consumed | consume | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 38 drought | acl |
| 47 | by | by | ADP | _ | 48 fire | case |
| 48 | fire | fire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 consumed | obl |
| 49 | from | from | ADP | _ | 51 high | case |
| 50 | on | on | ADP | _ | 51 high | case |
| 51 | high | high | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 46 consumed | obl |
| 52 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 56 waited | punct |
| 53 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 56 waited | cc |
| 54 | on | on | SCONJ | _ | 56 waited | mark |
| 55 | whom | whom | PRON | PronType=Rel | 56 waited | nsubj |
| 56 | waited | wait | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 18 appeared | parataxis |
| 57 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 59 chariot | punct |
| 58 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 59 chariot | det |
| 59 | chariot | chariot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 56 waited | obl |
| 60 | of | of | ADP | _ | 61 fire | case |
| 61 | fire | fire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 59 chariot | nmod |
| 62 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 63 horses | cc |
| 63 | horses | horse | NOUN | Number=Plur | 61 fire | conj |
| 64 | of | of | ADP | _ | 65 fire | case |
| 65 | fire | fire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 63 horses | nmod |
| 66 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 71 caught | punct |
| 67 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 71 caught | punct |
| 68 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 71 caught | mark |
| 69 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 71 caught | nsubj:pass |
| 70 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 71 caught | aux:pass |
| 71 | caught | catch | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 56 waited | conj |
| 72 | up | up | ADP | _ | 71 caught | compound:prt |
| 73 | by | by | ADP | _ | 75 whirlwind | case |
| 74 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 75 whirlwind | det |
| 75 | whirlwind | whirlwind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 71 caught | obl |
| 76 | into | into | ADP | _ | 77 heaven | case |
| 77 | heaven | heaven | NOUN | Number=Sing | 71 caught | obl |
| 78 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 accepted | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | accept | may · passive | One | with more certainty | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ||||
| 2 | lead | gerund | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition | ||||||
| 3 | is a | past | the leading cause | the similarity | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | appear | past | the similarity | to the recent converts | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 5 | prevail | to-infinitive | the similarity not said here | between causes's dethroned thunder god and the prophet | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme between god=Location | ||||
| 6 | dethrone | participle | tree rules | ||||||
| 7 | connect | past · passive | the prophet | with drought and rain | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: subject=Patient with drought=Co-Patient | ||||
| 8 | consume | past · passive | fire | enemies | high | vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Asset | |||
| 9 | wait | past | a chariot of fire and horses of fire | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 10 | catch up | past · passive | a whirlwind | Perun | heaven | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |
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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