Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Magic and Witchcraft., sentence 1

The Waters of Life and Death, and of Strength and Weakness--Aid given to Children by Dead Parents--Magic Horses, Fish, &c.--Stories about Brides won by a Leap, &c.--Stories about Wizards and Witches--The Headless Princess--Midnight Watchings over Corpses--The Fire Bird, its connexion with the Golden Bird and the Phoenix 237

What happens: give, win · To what, where: Aid, Children, Brides

This is a sentence of «Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore», Magic and Witchcraft.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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The tree

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Waters	det
2	Waters	Water	PROPN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 Life	case
4	Life	Life	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Waters	nmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 Death	cc
6	Death	Death	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 Life	conj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 Strength	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 Strength	cc
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 Strength	case
10	Strength	Strength	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Waters	conj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 Weakness	cc
12	Weakness	Weakness	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 Strength	conj
13	--	--	PUNCT	_	14 Aid	punct
14	Aid	Aid	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 Strength	conj
15	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 Aid	acl
16	to	to	ADP	_	17 Children	case
17	Children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 given	obl
18	by	by	ADP	_	20 Parents	case
19	Dead	Dead	PROPN	Number=Sing	20 Parents	compound
20	Parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 given	obl
21	--	--	PUNCT	_	23 Horses	punct
22	Magic	Magic	PROPN	Number=Sing	23 Horses	compound
23	Horses	horse	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 Parents	appos
24	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 Fish	punct
25	Fish	Fish	PROPN	Number=Sing	23 Horses	appos
26	,	,	PUNCT	_	28 c.	punct
27	&	&	CCONJ	_	28 c.	cc
28	c.	c.	NOUN	Number=Plur	23 Horses	conj
29	--	--	PUNCT	_	30 Stories	punct
30	Stories	story	NOUN	Number=Plur	23 Horses	conj
31	about	about	ADP	_	32 Brides	case
32	Brides	bride	NOUN	Number=Plur	30 Stories	nmod
33	won	win	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	32 Brides	acl
34	by	by	ADP	_	36 Leap	case
35	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	36 Leap	det
36	Leap	leap	NOUN	Number=Sing	33 won	obl
37	,	,	PUNCT	_	39 c.	punct
38	&	&	CCONJ	_	39 c.	cc
39	c.	c.	NOUN	Number=Plur	23 Horses	conj
40	--	--	PUNCT	_	41 Stories	punct
41	Stories	story	NOUN	Number=Plur	23 Horses	conj
42	about	about	ADP	_	43 Wizards	case
43	Wizards	wizard	NOUN	Number=Plur	41 Stories	nmod
44	and	and	CCONJ	_	45 Witches	cc
45	Witches	witch	NOUN	Number=Plur	23 Horses	conj
46	--	--	PUNCT	_	49 Princess	punct
47	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	49 Princess	det
48	Headless	headless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	49 Princess	amod
49	Princess	Princess	PROPN	Number=Sing	23 Horses	conj
50	--	--	PUNCT	_	52 Watchings	punct
51	Midnight	Midnight	PROPN	Number=Sing	52 Watchings	compound
52	Watchings	watching	NOUN	Number=Plur	23 Horses	conj
53	over	over	ADP	_	54 Corpses	case
54	Corpses	corpse	NOUN	Number=Plur	52 Watchings	nmod
55	--	--	PUNCT	_	58 Bird	punct
56	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	58 Bird	det
57	Fire	Fire	PROPN	Number=Sing	58 Bird	compound
58	Bird	Bird	PROPN	Number=Sing	23 Horses	appos
59	,	,	PUNCT	_	61 connexion	punct
60	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	61 connexion	nmod:poss
61	connexion	connexion	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 Horses	conj
62	with	with	ADP	_	65 Bird	case
63	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	65 Bird	det
64	Golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	65 Bird	amod
65	Bird	Bird	PROPN	Number=Sing	61 connexion	nmod
66	and	and	CCONJ	_	68 Phoenix	cc
67	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	68 Phoenix	det
68	Phoenix	Phoenix	PROPN	Number=Sing	65 Bird	conj
69	237	237	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	68 Phoenix	flat

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	participle		Aid not said here	Children			by Dead Parents	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to child=Recipient
2	win	participle		Brides not said here				by a Leap	vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: 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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