Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 40, sentence 13

_ Perún was the God of Thunder in pagan Slavdom, and his attributes have been transferred to Elijah who is represented as driven up to Heaven in a fiery chariot darting fiery rays, drawn by four winged horses, and surrounded by clouds and flames; a tale which copied the biblical account of Elijah’s end.

Who acts: _, fiery chariot, four, tale · What happens: be, transfer, represent, drive up, dart, draw · To what, where: God, pagan Slavdom, attributes, Elijah, Heaven, fiery chariot

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 (_, fiery chariot, four, tale), 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	_	_	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 God	nsubj
2	Perún	Perún	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 _	flat
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 God	cop
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 God	det
5	God	God	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 Thunder	case
7	Thunder	Thunder	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 God	nmod
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 Slavdom	case
9	pagan	pagan	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 Slavdom	amod
10	Slavdom	Slavdom	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 God	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 transferred	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 transferred	cc
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 attributes	nmod:poss
14	attributes	attribute	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 transferred	nsubj:pass
15	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 transferred	aux
16	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	17 transferred	aux:pass
17	transferred	transfer	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 God	parataxis
18	to	to	ADP	_	19 Elijah	case
19	Elijah	Elijah	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 transferred	obl
20	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	22 represented	nsubj
21	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	22 represented	aux:pass
22	represented	represent	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	17 transferred	parataxis
23	as	as	SCONJ	_	24 driven	mark
24	driven	drive	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	22 represented	advcl
25	up	up	ADP	_	24 driven	compound:prt
26	to	to	ADP	_	27 Heaven	case
27	Heaven	Heaven	PROPN	Number=Sing	24 driven	obl
28	in	in	ADP	_	31 chariot	case
29	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	31 chariot	det
30	fiery	fiery	ADJ	Degree=Pos	31 chariot	amod
31	chariot	chariot	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 driven	obl
32	darting	dart	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	31 chariot	acl
33	fiery	fiery	ADJ	Degree=Pos	34 rays	amod
34	rays	ray	NOUN	Number=Plur	32 darting	obj
35	,	,	PUNCT	_	36 drawn	punct
36	drawn	draw	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	22 represented	conj
37	by	by	SCONJ	_	39 winged	mark
38	four	four	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	39 winged	nsubj
39	winged	wing	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	36 drawn	advcl
40	horses	horse	NOUN	Number=Plur	39 winged	obj
41	,	,	PUNCT	_	43 surrounded	punct
42	and	and	CCONJ	_	43 surrounded	cc
43	surrounded	surround	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	39 winged	conj
44	by	by	ADP	_	45 clouds	case
45	clouds	cloud	NOUN	Number=Plur	43 surrounded	obl
46	and	and	CCONJ	_	47 flames	cc
47	flames	flame	NOUN	Number=Plur	45 clouds	conj
48	;	;	PUNCT	_	50 tale	punct
49	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	50 tale	det
50	tale	tale	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 God	appos
51	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	52 copied	nsubj
52	copied	copy	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	50 tale	acl:relcl
53	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	55 account	det
54	biblical	biblical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	55 account	amod
55	account	account	NOUN	Number=Sing	52 copied	obj
56	of	of	ADP	_	59 end	case
57	Elijah	Elijah	PROPN	Number=Sing	59 end	nmod:poss
58	’s	's	PART	_	57 Elijah	case
59	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	55 account	nmod
60	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 God	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	is a	past	_	the God		pagan Slavdom	of Thunder; a tale appos	tree rules
2	transfer	present · perfect · passive		_'s attributes	Elijah			vn contribute-13.2-2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to elijah=Recipient
3	represent	present · passive					who nsubj	vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
4	drive up	participle			Heaven	a fiery chariot		vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent to heaven=Trajectory
5	dart	gerund	a fiery chariot not said here	fiery rays				vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ray=Agent
6	draw	participle						vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
7	wing	past	four	horses				vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Theme
8	surround	participle	four not said here				by clouds and flames	vn contiguous_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme
9	copy	past	a tale	the biblical account of Elijah's end				vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent account=Theme
10	account			Elijah's end				nom account «communication transitive»: of=patient

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 40, sentence 13

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Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 40, sentence 13