Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 40, sentence 117
But this particular application of the myth, the picture of her as a wandering devil who attaches herself to unfortunate heroes but can be cheated into non-existence, much like the ordinary devil of folk-lore, is a feature, as has been said, probably peculiar to Russia.
Who acts: wandering devil, particular application, feature, myth · What happens: wonder, attach, cheat, be, say, apply · To what, where: hag, non-existence, feature, peculiar · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. Afanas'ev, Opening, part 40. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (wandering devil, particular application, feature, myth), 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 | But | but | CCONJ | _ | 42 feature | cc |
| 2 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 application | det |
| 3 | particular | particular | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 application | amod |
| 4 | application | application | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 feature | nsubj |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 myth | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 myth | det |
| 7 | myth | myth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 application | nmod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 picture | punct |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 picture | det |
| 10 | picture | picture | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 myth | appos |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 her | case |
| 12 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 picture | nmod |
| 13 | as | as | ADP | _ | 16 devil | case |
| 14 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 16 devil | det |
| 15 | wandering | wonder | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 16 devil | amod |
| 16 | devil | devil | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 myth | nmod |
| 17 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 18 attaches | nsubj |
| 18 | attaches | attach | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 devil | acl:relcl |
| 19 | herself | herself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 18 attaches | obj |
| 20 | to | to | ADP | _ | 22 heroes | case |
| 21 | unfortunate | unfortunate | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 22 heroes | amod |
| 22 | heroes | hero | NOUN | Number=Plur | 18 attaches | obl |
| 23 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 26 cheated | cc |
| 24 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 26 cheated | aux |
| 25 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 26 cheated | aux:pass |
| 26 | cheated | cheat | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 18 attaches | conj |
| 27 | into | into | ADP | _ | 28 non-existence | case |
| 28 | non-existence | non-existence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 cheated | obl |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 devil | punct |
| 30 | much | much | ADV | _ | 34 devil | advmod |
| 31 | like | like | ADP | _ | 34 devil | case |
| 32 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 devil | det |
| 33 | ordinary | ordinary | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 34 devil | amod |
| 34 | devil | devil | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 cheated | parataxis |
| 35 | of | of | ADP | _ | 38 lore | case |
| 36 | folk | folk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 lore | compound |
| 37 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 36 folk | punct |
| 38 | lore | lore | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 devil | nmod |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 application | punct |
| 40 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 42 feature | cop |
| 41 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 42 feature | det |
| 42 | feature | feature | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 43 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 47 said | punct |
| 44 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 47 said | mark |
| 45 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 47 said | aux |
| 46 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 47 said | aux:pass |
| 47 | said | say | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 42 feature | acl:relcl |
| 48 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 50 peculiar | punct |
| 49 | probably | probably | ADV | _ | 50 peculiar | advmod |
| 50 | peculiar | peculiar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 said | obl |
| 51 | to | to | ADP | _ | 52 Russia | case |
| 52 | Russia | Russia | PROPN | Number=Sing | 50 peculiar | nmod |
| 53 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 42 feature | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wonder speech: ask | gerund | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ||||||
| 2 | attach | present | a wandering devil | hag | to unfortunate heroes | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent herself=Patient to hero=Co-Patient | |||
| 3 | cheat | can · passive | a wandering devil not said here | into non-existence result; the ordinary devil of folk lore parataxis | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP S_ING»: into non-existence=Result | ||||
| 4 | is a | present | this particular application of the myth as a wandering devil | a feature | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | say speech: assert | present · perfect · passive | a feature not said here | peculiar to Russia | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S» | ||||
| 6 | apply | the myth as a wandering devil | nom application «act intransitive»: of=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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