Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 1, sentence 66

Saint George [Egóri] has taken over many Pagan legends; in one of the semi-sacred _bylíny_ [v. Bezsónov, _Kalěki_ _Perekhózhie_], he turns round the oaks and the mountains, like Vertodúb and Vertogór, and in other _bylíny_ of the same class the miraculous incidents of the birth of Ilyá Múromets are attributed to him.

Who acts: George, same class · What happens: take, turn, attribute · To what, where: many Pagan legends, v. Bezsónov, oaks, miraculous incidents, George

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 (George, same class), 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	Saint	Saint	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 George	nmod:desc
2	George	George	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 taken	nsubj
3	[	[	PUNCT	_	4 Egóri	punct
4	Egóri	Egóri	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 George	appos
5	]	]	PUNCT	_	4 Egóri	punct
6	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 taken	aux
7	taken	take	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
8	over	over	ADP	_	11 legends	case
9	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 legends	amod
10	Pagan	pagan	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 legends	amod
11	legends	legend	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 taken	obl
12	;	;	PUNCT	_	14 one	punct
13	in	in	ADP	_	14 one	case
14	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 taken	parataxis
15	of	of	ADP	_	19 bylíny	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 bylíny	det
17	semi-sacred	semi-sacred	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 bylíny	amod
18	_	_	PUNCT	_	17 semi-sacred	punct
19	bylíny	bylíny	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 one	nmod
20	_	_	PUNCT	_	14 one	punct
21	[	[	PUNCT	_	23 Bezsónov	punct
22	v.	V.	PROPN	Number=Sing	23 Bezsónov	compound
23	Bezsónov	Bezsónov	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 one	appos
24	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 Bezsónov	punct
25	_	_	PUNCT	_	23 Bezsónov	punct
26	Kalěki	Kalěki	PROPN	Number=Sing	23 Bezsónov	flat
27	_	_	PUNCT	_	23 Bezsónov	punct
28	_	_	PUNCT	_	23 Bezsónov	punct
29	Perekhózhie	Perekhózhie	PROPN	Number=Sing	23 Bezsónov	flat
30	_	_	PUNCT	_	23 Bezsónov	punct
31	]	]	PUNCT	_	23 Bezsónov	punct
32	,	,	PUNCT	_	34 turns	punct
33	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	34 turns	nsubj
34	turns	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	23 Bezsónov	acl:relcl
35	round	round	ADP	_	37 oaks	case
36	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	37 oaks	det
37	oaks	oak	NOUN	Number=Plur	34 turns	obl
38	and	and	CCONJ	_	40 mountains	cc
39	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	40 mountains	det
40	mountains	mountain	NOUN	Number=Plur	37 oaks	conj
41	,	,	PUNCT	_	43 Vertodúb	punct
42	like	like	ADP	_	43 Vertodúb	case
43	Vertodúb	Vertodúb	PROPN	Number=Sing	37 oaks	nmod
44	and	and	CCONJ	_	45 Vertogór	cc
45	Vertogór	Vertogór	PROPN	Number=Sing	43 Vertodúb	conj
46	,	,	PUNCT	_	52 _	punct
47	and	and	CCONJ	_	52 _	cc
48	in	in	ADP	_	52 _	case
49	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	52 _	amod
50	_	_	PUNCT	_	49 other	punct
51	bylíny	bylíny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	52 _	amod
52	_	_	NOUN	Number=Plur	23 Bezsónov	conj
53	of	of	ADP	_	56 class	case
54	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	56 class	det
55	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	56 class	amod
56	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	52 _	nmod
57	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	59 incidents	det
58	miraculous	miraculous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	59 incidents	amod
59	incidents	incident	NOUN	Number=Plur	67 attributed	nsubj:pass
60	of	of	ADP	_	62 birth	case
61	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	62 birth	det
62	birth	birth	NOUN	Number=Sing	59 incidents	nmod
63	of	of	ADP	_	65 Múromets	case
64	Ilyá	Ilyá	PROPN	Number=Sing	65 Múromets	compound
65	Múromets	Múromet	PROPN	Number=Plur	62 birth	nmod
66	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	67 attributed	aux:pass
67	attributed	attribute	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	56 class	acl:relcl
68	to	to	ADP	_	69 him	case
69	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	67 attributed	obl
70	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 taken	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	take	present · perfect	George Saint			many Pagan legends	one of the semi-sacred bylíny parataxis	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	turn	present	George	v. Bezsónov and other bylíny _ of the same class not said here		the oaks like Vertodúb and Vertogór and the mountains		vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent bezsónov=Theme round oak=Trajectory
3	attribute	present · passive	the same class not said here	the miraculous incidents of the birth of Ilyá Múromets	George			tree rules

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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🌲 Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 1, sentence 66

The tree

Pragmatics

Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 1, sentence 66