Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 1, sentence 24
The local cults continued, with this difference, that they were now condemned by the Church and became clandestine magic; or else they were adopted by the Church, and the rites and sanctuaries transferred.
Who acts: local cults, Church, rites · What happens: continue, condemn, become, adopt, transfer · To what, where: cults, clandestine magic
This is a sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. Afanas'ev, Opening, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (local cults, Church, rites), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.
Mova's own parse. This tree 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 | 3 cults | det |
| 2 | local | local | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 cults | amod |
| 3 | cults | cult | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 continued | nsubj |
| 4 | continued | continue | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 difference | punct |
| 6 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 difference | case |
| 7 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 8 difference | det |
| 8 | difference | difference | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 continued | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 condemned | punct |
| 10 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 14 condemned | mark |
| 11 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 condemned | nsubj:pass |
| 12 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 condemned | aux:pass |
| 13 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 14 condemned | advmod |
| 14 | condemned | condemn | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 continued | parataxis |
| 15 | by | by | ADP | _ | 17 Church | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 Church | det |
| 17 | Church | Church | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 condemned | obl |
| 18 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 became | cc |
| 19 | became | become | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 condemned | conj |
| 20 | clandestine | clandestine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 21 magic | amod |
| 21 | magic | magic | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 became | xcomp |
| 22 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 27 adopted | punct |
| 23 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 27 adopted | cc |
| 24 | else | else | ADV | _ | 27 adopted | advmod |
| 25 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 27 adopted | nsubj:pass |
| 26 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 27 adopted | aux:pass |
| 27 | adopted | adopt | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 continued | conj |
| 28 | by | by | ADP | _ | 30 Church | case |
| 29 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 30 Church | det |
| 30 | Church | Church | PROPN | Number=Sing | 27 adopted | obl |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 transferred | punct |
| 32 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 37 transferred | cc |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 rites | det |
| 34 | rites | rite | NOUN | Number=Plur | 37 transferred | nsubj |
| 35 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 36 sanctuaries | cc |
| 36 | sanctuaries | sanctuary | NOUN | Number=Plur | 34 rites | conj |
| 37 | transferred | transfer | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 continued | conj |
| 38 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 continued | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | continue | past | the local cults | with this difference | vn continue-55.3 «NP.eventuality V PP.subeventuality»: agent=Eventuality with difference=Subeventuality | ||||
| 2 | condemn | past · passive | the Church | cults = cult | now | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme | |||
| 3 | become | past | the Church not said here | clandestine magic | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 4 | adopt | past · passive | the Church | cults = cult | else property | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme | |||
| 5 | transfer | past | the rites and sanctuaries | vn contribute-13.2-2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: 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 Folk-Tales» by A. N. Afanas'ev, Project Gutenberg book 62509 (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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