Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter VI. LEGENDS, part 8, sentence 18

Russian Peasants; their dramatic talent, 19; pictures of their life contained in folk-tales, 21; a village soiree, 24; a courtship, 31; a death, 32; preparations for a funeral, 33; wailing over the dead, 35; a burial, 36; religious feeling of, 40; passion for drink, 42; humor, 48; their jokes against women, 49; their dislike of avarice, 59; their jokes about simpletons, 62

Who acts: preparations, women · What happens: contain, wail, joke, dislike · To what, where: life, folk tales, dead, avarice

This is a sentence of «Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore», Chapter VI. LEGENDS, part 8. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (preparations, women), 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	Russian	Russian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 Peasants	amod
2	Peasants	peasant	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	;	;	PUNCT	_	6 talent	punct
4	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 talent	nmod:poss
5	dramatic	dramatic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 talent	amod
6	talent	talent	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 Peasants	conj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 19	punct
8	19	19	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	6 talent	appos
9	;	;	PUNCT	_	10 pictures	punct
10	pictures	picture	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 19	nmod
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 life	case
12	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 life	nmod:poss
13	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 pictures	nmod
14	contained	contain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 life	acl
15	in	in	ADP	_	18 tales	case
16	folk	folk	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 tales	compound
17	-	-	PUNCT	_	16 folk	punct
18	tales	tale	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 contained	obl
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 21	punct
20	21	21	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	18 tales	appos
21	;	;	PUNCT	_	24 soiree	punct
22	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	24 soiree	det
23	village	village	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 soiree	compound
24	soiree	soiree	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 Peasants	conj
25	,	,	PUNCT	_	26 24	punct
26	24	24	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	24 soiree	appos
27	;	;	PUNCT	_	29 courtship	punct
28	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	29 courtship	det
29	courtship	courtship	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 24	conj
30	,	,	PUNCT	_	31 31	punct
31	31	31	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	29 courtship	appos
32	;	;	PUNCT	_	34 death	punct
33	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	34 death	det
34	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 24	conj
35	,	,	PUNCT	_	36 32	punct
36	32	32	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	26 24	conj
37	;	;	PUNCT	_	38 preparations	punct
38	preparations	preparation	NOUN	Number=Plur	24 soiree	appos
39	for	for	ADP	_	41 funeral	case
40	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	41 funeral	det
41	funeral	funeral	NOUN	Number=Sing	38 preparations	nmod
42	,	,	PUNCT	_	43 33	punct
43	33	33	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	38 preparations	conj
44	;	;	PUNCT	_	45 wailing	punct
45	wailing	wail	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	38 preparations	acl
46	over	over	ADP	_	48 dead	case
47	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	48 dead	det
48	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	45 wailing	obl
49	,	,	PUNCT	_	50 35	punct
50	35	35	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	38 preparations	conj
51	;	;	PUNCT	_	53 burial	punct
52	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	53 burial	det
53	burial	burial	NOUN	Number=Sing	38 preparations	conj
54	,	,	PUNCT	_	55 36	punct
55	36	36	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	53 burial	appos
56	;	;	PUNCT	_	58 feeling	punct
57	religious	religious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	58 feeling	amod
58	feeling	feeling	NOUN	Number=Sing	38 preparations	conj
59	of	of	ADP	_	58 feeling	case
60	,	,	PUNCT	_	61 40	punct
61	40	40	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	38 preparations	appos
62	;	;	PUNCT	_	63 passion	punct
63	passion	passion	NOUN	Number=Sing	61 40	appos
64	for	for	ADP	_	65 drink	case
65	drink	drink	NOUN	Number=Sing	63 passion	nmod
66	,	,	PUNCT	_	67 42	punct
67	42	42	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	38 preparations	conj
68	;	;	PUNCT	_	69 humor	punct
69	humor	humor	NOUN	Number=Sing	38 preparations	conj
70	,	,	PUNCT	_	71 48	punct
71	48	48	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	38 preparations	conj
72	;	;	PUNCT	_	74 jokes	punct
73	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	74 jokes	nmod:poss
74	jokes	joke	NOUN	Number=Plur	38 preparations	conj
75	against	against	ADP	_	76 women	case
76	women	woman	NOUN	Number=Plur	74 jokes	nmod
77	,	,	PUNCT	_	78 49	punct
78	49	49	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	74 jokes	conj
79	;	;	PUNCT	_	81 dislike	punct
80	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	81 dislike	nmod:poss
81	dislike	dislike	NOUN	Number=Sing	38 preparations	conj
82	of	of	ADP	_	83 avarice	case
83	avarice	avarice	NOUN	Number=Sing	81 dislike	nmod
84	,	,	PUNCT	_	85 59	punct
85	59	59	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	38 preparations	conj
86	;	;	PUNCT	_	88 jokes	punct
87	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	88 jokes	nmod:poss
88	jokes	joke	NOUN	Number=Plur	38 preparations	conj
89	about	about	ADP	_	90 simpletons	case
90	simpletons	simpleton	NOUN	Number=Plur	88 jokes	nmod
91	,	,	PUNCT	_	92 62	punct
92	62	62	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	38 preparations	conj

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	contain	participle		pictures's life not said here	folk tales		vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in tale=Location
2	wail	gerund	preparations for a funeral and a burial and religious feeling and humor and preparations's jokes against women and women's dislike of avarice and women's jokes about simpletons not said here		the dead		vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over dead=Location
3	joke		preparations = preparation			against women	nom joke «communication intransitive»: poss=agent against=obl
4	dislike		women = woman	avarice			nom dislike «cognition transitive»: poss=agent of=patient
5	joke		women = woman			about simpletons	nom joke «communication intransitive»: poss=agent about=obl

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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