Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter VI. LEGENDS, part 4, sentence 130

37, 38, 45-48) we see the fiend-haunted corpse hungering after human flesh and blood; the history of _The Bad Wife_ (No. 7) proves how a demon may suffer at a woman's hands, that of _The Dead Witch_ (No. 3) shows to what indignities the remains of a wicked woman may be subjected by the fiends with whom she has chosen to associate.

Who acts: we, haunted corpse, No., demon, that, fiends · What happens: see, haunt, hunger, prove, suffer, show · To what, where: 37, hands, indignities

This is a sentence of «Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore», Chapter VI. LEGENDS, 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 (we, haunted corpse, No., demon), 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	37	37	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	8 see	obl
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 38	punct
3	38	38	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	1 37	conj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 45-48	punct
5	45-48	45-48	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	1 37	appos
6	)	)	PUNCT	_	5 45-48	punct
7	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	8 see	nsubj
8	see	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 corpse	det
10	fiend	fiend	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 haunted	compound
11	-	-	PUNCT	_	10 fiend	punct
12	haunted	haunt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 corpse	amod
13	corpse	corpse	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 see	obj
14	hungering	hunger	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	13 corpse	acl
15	after	after	ADP	_	17 flesh	case
16	human	human	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 flesh	amod
17	flesh	flesh	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 hungering	obl
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 blood	cc
19	blood	blood	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 flesh	conj
20	;	;	PUNCT	_	22 history	punct
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 history	det
22	history	history	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 see	obl
23	of	of	ADP	_	27 Wife	case
24	_	_	PUNCT	_	23 of	punct
25	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 Wife	det
26	Bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	27 Wife	amod
27	Wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 history	nmod
28	_	_	PUNCT	_	33 proves	punct
29	(	(	PUNCT	_	30 No.	punct
30	No.	no.	NOUN	Abbr=Yes Number=Sing	33 proves	nsubj
31	7	7	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	30 No.	flat
32	)	)	PUNCT	_	30 No.	punct
33	proves	prove	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 see	conj
34	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	38 suffer	advmod
35	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	36 demon	det
36	demon	demon	NOUN	Number=Sing	38 suffer	nsubj
37	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	38 suffer	aux
38	suffer	suffer	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	33 proves	ccomp
39	at	at	ADP	_	43 hands	case
40	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	41 woman	det
41	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	43 hands	nmod:poss
42	's	's	PART	_	41 woman	case
43	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	38 suffer	obl
44	,	,	PUNCT	_	56 shows	punct
45	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	56 shows	nsubj
46	of	of	ADP	_	50 Witch	case
47	_	_	PUNCT	_	46 of	punct
48	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	50 Witch	det
49	Dead	Dead	PROPN	Number=Sing	50 Witch	compound
50	Witch	Witch	PROPN	Number=Sing	45 that	nmod
51	_	_	PUNCT	_	50 Witch	punct
52	(	(	PUNCT	_	53 No.	punct
53	No.	no.	NOUN	Abbr=Yes Number=Sing	50 Witch	appos
54	3	3	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	53 No.	flat
55	)	)	PUNCT	_	53 No.	punct
56	shows	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	33 proves	advcl
57	to	to	ADP	_	58 what	case
58	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	56 shows	obl
59	indignities	indignity	NOUN	Number=Plur	68 subjected	nsubj:pass
60	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	61 remains	det
61	remains	remains	NOUN	Number=Ptan	59 indignities	appos
62	of	of	ADP	_	65 woman	case
63	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	65 woman	det
64	wicked	wicked	ADJ	Degree=Pos	65 woman	amod
65	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	61 remains	nmod
66	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	68 subjected	aux
67	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	68 subjected	aux:pass
68	subjected	subject	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	58 what	acl:relcl
69	by	by	ADP	_	71 fiends	case
70	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	71 fiends	det
71	fiends	fiend	NOUN	Number=Plur	68 subjected	obl
72	with	with	ADP	_	73 whom	case
73	whom	whom	PRON	PronType=Rel	71 fiends	acl:relcl
74	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	76 chosen	nsubj
75	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	76 chosen	aux
76	chosen	choose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	73 whom	acl:relcl
77	to	to	ADP	_	78 associate	case
78	associate	associate	NOUN	Number=Sing	76 chosen	obl
79	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 see	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	present	we	37			the history of the Bad Wife obl	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer corpse=Stimulus
2	haunt	participle						vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
3	hunger	gerund	the haunted corpse not said here			after human flesh and blood		vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
4	prove	present	No.					vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
5	suffer	may	a demon		a woman's hands			vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
6	show	present	that					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient how S»: agent=Agent to what=Recipient
7	subject	may · passive	the fiends	indignities				tree rules
8	choose	present · perfect	Demon				to associate	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=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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