Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter VI. LEGENDS, part 6, sentence 78

The hero of the tale squeezes whey out of a piece of cheese or curd which he passes off as a stone; he induces the fleet demon to compete with his "Hop o' my Thumb" the hare; he sets the strong demon to wrestle with his "greybeard" the bear; he frightens the "grandfather" of the fiends by proposing to fling that potentate's magic staff so high in the air that it will never come down; and he persuades his diabolical opponents to keep pouring gold into a perforated hat or sack.

Who acts: hero, piece, staff, Thumb · What happens: squeeze, pass off, induce, compete, set, wrestle · To what, where: whey, piece, fleet demon, strong demon, bear, grandfather

This is a sentence of «Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore», Chapter VI. LEGENDS, part 6. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (hero, piece, staff, Thumb), 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	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 hero	det
2	hero	hero	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 squeezes	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 tale	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 tale	det
5	tale	tale	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hero	nmod
6	squeezes	squeeze	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	whey	whey	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 squeezes	obj
8	out	out	ADP	_	11 piece	case
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 piece	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 piece	det
11	piece	piece	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 squeezes	obl
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 cheese	case
13	cheese	cheese	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 piece	nmod
14	or	or	CCONJ	_	15 curd	cc
15	curd	curd	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 cheese	conj
16	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	18 passes	nsubj
17	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 passes	nsubj
18	passes	pass	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 piece	acl:relcl
19	off	off	ADP	_	18 passes	compound:prt
20	as	as	ADP	_	22 stone	case
21	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	22 stone	det
22	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 passes	obl
23	;	;	PUNCT	_	25 induces	punct
24	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	25 induces	nsubj
25	induces	induce	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 squeezes	conj
26	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	28 demon	det
27	fleet	fleet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	28 demon	amod
28	demon	demon	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 induces	obj
29	to	to	PART	_	30 compete	mark
30	compete	compete	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	25 induces	advcl
31	with	with	ADP	_	34 Hop	case
32	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	34 Hop	nmod:poss
33	"	"	PUNCT	_	34 Hop	punct
34	Hop	hop	NOUN	Number=Sing	30 compete	obl
35	o	of	ADP	Abbr=Yes	38 Thumb	case
36	'	'	PUNCT	_	38 Thumb	punct
37	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	38 Thumb	nmod:poss
38	Thumb	thumb	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 Hop	nmod
39	"	"	PUNCT	_	38 Thumb	punct
40	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	41 hare	det
41	hare	hare	NOUN	Number=Sing	38 Thumb	appos
42	;	;	PUNCT	_	44 sets	punct
43	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	44 sets	nsubj
44	sets	set	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 squeezes	conj
45	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	47 demon	det
46	strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	47 demon	amod
47	demon	demon	NOUN	Number=Sing	44 sets	obj
48	to	to	PART	_	49 wrestle	mark
49	wrestle	wrestle	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	44 sets	xcomp
50	with	with	ADP	_	53 greybeard	case
51	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	53 greybeard	nmod:poss
52	"	"	PUNCT	_	53 greybeard	punct
53	greybeard	greybeard	NOUN	Number=Sing	49 wrestle	obl
54	"	"	PUNCT	_	53 greybeard	punct
55	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	56 bear	det
56	bear	bear	NOUN	Number=Sing	49 wrestle	obj
57	;	;	PUNCT	_	59 frightens	punct
58	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	59 frightens	nsubj
59	frightens	frighten	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 squeezes	conj
60	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	62 grandfather	det
61	"	"	PUNCT	_	62 grandfather	punct
62	grandfather	grandfather	NOUN	Number=Sing	59 frightens	obj
63	"	"	PUNCT	_	62 grandfather	punct
64	of	of	ADP	_	66 fiends	case
65	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	66 fiends	det
66	fiends	fiend	NOUN	Number=Plur	62 grandfather	nmod
67	by	by	SCONJ	_	68 proposing	mark
68	proposing	propose	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	59 frightens	advcl
69	to	to	PART	_	70 fling	mark
70	fling	fling	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	68 proposing	xcomp
71	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	75 staff	det
72	potentate	potentate	NOUN	Number=Sing	74 magic	nmod:poss
73	's	's	PART	_	72 potentate	case
74	magic	magic	NOUN	Number=Sing	75 staff	compound
75	staff	staff	NOUN	Number=Sing	70 fling	obj
76	so	so	ADV	_	77 high	advmod
77	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	70 fling	advcl
78	in	in	ADP	_	80 air	case
79	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	80 air	det
80	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	77 high	obl
81	that	that	SCONJ	_	85 come	mark
82	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	85 come	nsubj
83	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	85 come	aux
84	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	85 come	advmod
85	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	77 high	advcl
86	down	down	ADV	_	85 come	advmod
87	;	;	PUNCT	_	90 persuades	punct
88	and	and	CCONJ	_	90 persuades	cc
89	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	90 persuades	nsubj
90	persuades	persuade	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 squeezes	conj
91	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	93 opponents	nmod:poss
92	diabolical	diabolical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	93 opponents	amod
93	opponents	opponent	NOUN	Number=Plur	90 persuades	obj
94	to	to	PART	_	95 keep	mark
95	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	90 persuades	advcl
96	pouring	pour	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	95 keep	xcomp
97	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	96 pouring	obj
98	into	into	ADP	_	101 hat	case
99	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	101 hat	det
100	perforated	perforate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	101 hat	amod
101	hat	hat	NOUN	Number=Sing	96 pouring	obl
102	or	or	CCONJ	_	103 sack	cc
103	sack	sack	NOUN	Number=Sing	101 hat	conj
104	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 squeezes	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	squeeze	present	the hero of the tale	whey	a piece of cheese or curd		vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent whey=Theme out piece=Trajectory
2	pass off	present	a piece of cheese or curd			as a stone	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	induce	present	hero	the fleet demon			vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent demon=Patient
4	compete	to-infinitive	hero not said here			with hero's Hop of my Thumb	vn battle-36.4 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with hop=Co-Agent
5	set	present	hero	the strong demon			tree rules
6	wrestle	to-infinitive	hero not said here	the bear		with hero's greybeard	vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bear=Co-Agent
7	frighten	present	hero	the grandfather of the fiends			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus grandfather=Experiencer
8	propose	gerund	hero not said here				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
9	fling	to-infinitive	hero not said here	that magic staff			vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent staff=Theme
10	not come down	future	staff			down property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
11	persuade	present	hero	hero's diabolical opponents			vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent opponent=Patient
12	keep	to-infinitive	hero not said here				tree rules
13	pour	gerund	hero not said here	gold	a perforated hat or sack		vn pour-9.5 «NP V NP PP.initial_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent gold=Theme into hat=Destination
14	perforate	participle					vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient
15	hop in a quote		my Thumb				nom hop «act 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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