Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 40, sentence 23
He is generally represented as a gluttonous monster; but in the ballad of the Realms of Copper, Silver, and Gold his name has been given too as a goblin.
Who acts: Russia · What happens: represent, give, name · To what, where: Russia, Gold
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 (Russia), 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 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 represented | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 represented | aux:pass |
| 3 | generally | generally | ADV | _ | 4 represented | advmod |
| 4 | represented | represent | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | as | as | ADP | _ | 8 monster | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 monster | det |
| 7 | gluttonous | gluttonous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 monster | amod |
| 8 | monster | monster | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 represented | obl |
| 9 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 13 ballad | punct |
| 10 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 13 ballad | cc |
| 11 | in | in | ADP | _ | 13 ballad | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 ballad | det |
| 13 | ballad | ballad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 represented | parataxis |
| 14 | of | of | ADP | _ | 16 Realms | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 Realms | det |
| 16 | Realms | Realm | PROPN | Number=Plur | 13 ballad | nmod |
| 17 | of | of | ADP | _ | 18 Copper | case |
| 18 | Copper | Copper | PROPN | Number=Sing | 16 Realms | nmod |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 Silver | punct |
| 20 | Silver | Silver | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 ballad | conj |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 given | punct |
| 22 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 28 given | cc |
| 23 | Gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 given | nsubj:pass |
| 24 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 25 name | nmod:poss |
| 25 | name | name | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 given | nsubj:pass |
| 26 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 28 given | aux |
| 27 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 28 given | aux:pass |
| 28 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 13 ballad | parataxis |
| 29 | too | too | ADV | _ | 28 given | advmod |
| 30 | as | as | ADP | _ | 32 goblin | case |
| 31 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 32 goblin | det |
| 32 | goblin | goblin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 given | obl |
| 33 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 represented | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | represent | present · passive | Russia | as a gluttonous monster; the ballad of the Realms of Copper and Silver parataxis; generally property | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Theme as monster=Attribute | ||||
| 2 | give | present · perfect · passive | Gold | as a goblin; Russia's name nsubj:pass | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ||||
| 3 | name | Russia | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=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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