Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter VI. LEGENDS, sentence 7
Part played by Demons in the Skazkas--On "Hasty Words," and Parental Curses; their power to subject persons to demoniacal possession--The dulness of Demons; Stories about Tricks played upon them--Their Gratitude to those who treat them with Kindness and their General Behavior--Various Legends about Devils--Moral Tale of the Gossip's Bedstead 361
Who acts: Stories · What happens: play, subject, treat · To what, where: Part, persons, Stories
This is a sentence of «Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore», Chapter VI. LEGENDS. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Stories), 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 | Part | part | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | played | play | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 1 Part | acl |
| 3 | by | by | ADP | _ | 4 Demons | case |
| 4 | Demons | demon | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 played | obl |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 Skazkas | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 Skazkas | det |
| 7 | Skazkas | Skazkas | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 Demons | nmod |
| 8 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 12 Words | punct |
| 9 | On | on | ADP | _ | 12 Words | case |
| 10 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 12 Words | punct |
| 11 | Hasty | hasty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 Words | amod |
| 12 | Words | word | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Part | conj |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Part | punct |
| 14 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 1 Part | punct |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 Curses | cc |
| 16 | Parental | parental | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 Curses | amod |
| 17 | Curses | curse | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Part | conj |
| 18 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 20 power | punct |
| 19 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 20 power | nmod:poss |
| 20 | power | power | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Part | conj |
| 21 | to | to | PART | _ | 22 subject | mark |
| 22 | subject | subject | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 20 power | acl |
| 23 | persons | person | NOUN | Number=Plur | 22 subject | obj |
| 24 | to | to | ADP | _ | 26 possession | case |
| 25 | demoniacal | demoniacal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 26 possession | amod |
| 26 | possession | possession | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 subject | obl |
| 27 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 29 dulness | punct |
| 28 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 29 dulness | det |
| 29 | dulness | dulness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 possession | appos |
| 30 | of | of | ADP | _ | 31 Demons | case |
| 31 | Demons | Demon | PROPN | Number=Plur | 29 dulness | nmod |
| 32 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 36 played | punct |
| 33 | Stories | story | NOUN | Number=Plur | 36 played | nsubj |
| 34 | about | about | ADP | _ | 35 Tricks | case |
| 35 | Tricks | trick | NOUN | Number=Plur | 33 Stories | nmod |
| 36 | played | play | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 Part | conj |
| 37 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 38 them | case |
| 38 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 36 played | obl |
| 39 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 41 Gratitude | punct |
| 40 | Their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 41 Gratitude | nmod:poss |
| 41 | Gratitude | gratitude | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Part | conj |
| 42 | to | to | ADP | _ | 43 those | case |
| 43 | those | that | PRON | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 41 Gratitude | nmod |
| 44 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 45 treat | nsubj |
| 45 | treat | treat | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 43 those | acl:relcl |
| 46 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 45 treat | obj |
| 47 | with | with | ADP | _ | 48 Kindness | case |
| 48 | Kindness | kindness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 treat | obl |
| 49 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 52 Behavior | cc |
| 50 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 52 Behavior | nmod:poss |
| 51 | General | General | PROPN | Number=Sing | 52 Behavior | nmod:desc |
| 52 | Behavior | Behavior | PROPN | Number=Sing | 48 Kindness | conj |
| 53 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 55 Legends | punct |
| 54 | Various | various | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 55 Legends | amod |
| 55 | Legends | legend | NOUN | Number=Plur | 48 Kindness | conj |
| 56 | about | about | ADP | _ | 57 Devils | case |
| 57 | Devils | devil | NOUN | Number=Plur | 55 Legends | nmod |
| 58 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 60 Tale | punct |
| 59 | Moral | Moral | PROPN | Number=Sing | 60 Tale | compound |
| 60 | Tale | Tale | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Part | nmod |
| 61 | of | of | ADP | _ | 65 Bedstead | case |
| 62 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 63 Gossip | det |
| 63 | Gossip | Gossip | PROPN | Number=Sing | 65 Bedstead | nmod:poss |
| 64 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 63 Gossip | case |
| 65 | Bedstead | Bedstead | PROPN | Number=Sing | 60 Tale | nmod |
| 66 | 361 | 361 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 65 Bedstead | flat |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | play | participle | Part Moral Tale of the Gossip's Bedstead and Hasty Words and Parental Curses and Demons's power and Demons's Gratitude to those not said here | by Demons in the Skazkas | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | subject | to-infinitive | persons | to demoniacal possession | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | play | past | Stories about Tricks | upon Demons = demon | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 4 | treat | present | Stories = story | with Kindness and Demons's Behavior General and Various Legends about Devils | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient with kindness=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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