Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 40, sentence 59

English _rough_, German _rauh_, etc.]; also taken the specific references in the magic charms in connection with the facts recorded by the Scandinavian chroniclers, there seems to be little doubt that the Isle of Buyán is a folk-tale shadow of the old place of Pagan pilgrimage, contaminated, of course, with other fantastic elements.

Who acts: English, Isle · What happens: take, record, seem, be, contaminate · To what, where: specific references, magic charms, facts, little doubt, tale shadow

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 (English, Isle), 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	English	English	PROPN	Number=Sing	35 seems	nsubj
2	_	_	PUNCT	_	3 rough	punct
3	rough	rough	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 English	appos
4	_	_	PUNCT	_	3 rough	punct
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 German	punct
6	German	German	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 English	conj
7	_	_	PUNCT	_	8 rauh	punct
8	rauh	rauh	INTJ	_	1 English	discourse
9	_	_	PUNCT	_	8 rauh	punct
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 etc.	punct
11	etc.	etc.	NOUN	Abbr=Yes Number=Plur	1 English	conj
12	]	]	PUNCT	_	11 etc.	punct
13	;	;	PUNCT	_	15 taken	punct
14	also	also	ADV	_	15 taken	advmod
15	taken	take	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 English	acl:relcl
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 references	det
17	specific	specific	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 references	amod
18	references	reference	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 taken	obj
19	in	in	ADP	_	22 charms	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 charms	det
21	magic	magic	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 charms	compound
22	charms	charm	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 references	nmod
23	in	in	ADP	_	24 connection	case
24	connection	connection	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 charms	nmod
25	with	with	ADP	_	27 facts	case
26	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 facts	det
27	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	24 connection	nmod
28	recorded	record	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	27 facts	acl
29	by	by	ADP	_	32 chroniclers	case
30	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	32 chroniclers	det
31	Scandinavian	scandinavian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	32 chroniclers	amod
32	chroniclers	chronicler	NOUN	Number=Plur	28 recorded	obl
33	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 English	punct
34	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	35 seems	expl
35	seems	seem	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
36	to	to	PART	_	39 doubt	mark
37	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	39 doubt	cop
38	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	39 doubt	amod
39	doubt	doubt	NOUN	Number=Sing	35 seems	xcomp
40	that	that	SCONJ	_	50 shadow	mark
41	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	42 Isle	det
42	Isle	Isle	PROPN	Number=Sing	50 shadow	nsubj
43	of	of	ADP	_	44 Buyán	case
44	Buyán	Buyán	PROPN	Number=Sing	42 Isle	nmod
45	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	50 shadow	cop
46	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	50 shadow	det
47	folk	folk	NOUN	Number=Sing	49 tale	compound
48	-	-	PUNCT	_	47 folk	punct
49	tale	tale	NOUN	Number=Sing	50 shadow	compound
50	shadow	shadow	NOUN	Number=Sing	39 doubt	nmod
51	of	of	ADP	_	54 place	case
52	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	54 place	det
53	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	54 place	amod
54	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	50 shadow	nmod
55	of	of	ADP	_	57 pilgrimage	case
56	Pagan	pagan	ADJ	Degree=Pos	57 pilgrimage	amod
57	pilgrimage	pilgrimage	NOUN	Number=Sing	54 place	nmod
58	,	,	PUNCT	_	59 contaminated	punct
59	contaminated	contaminate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	39 doubt	conj
60	,	,	PUNCT	_	62 course	punct
61	of	of	ADP	_	62 course	case
62	course	course	NOUN	Number=Sing	59 contaminated	obl
63	,	,	PUNCT	_	67 elements	punct
64	with	with	ADP	_	67 elements	case
65	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	67 elements	amod
66	fantastic	fantastic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	67 elements	amod
67	elements	element	NOUN	Number=Plur	59 contaminated	obl
68	.	.	PUNCT	_	35 seems	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	take	participle	English and German and etc. not said here	the specific references	the magic charms in connection with the facts		vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent reference=Value in charm=Location
2	record	participle		the facts not said here		by the Scandinavian chroniclers	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	seem	present	English and German and etc.		there		vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme
4	is a	to-infinitive	English and German and etc. not said here	little doubt			tree rules
5	is a	present	the Isle of Buyán	a tale shadow		of the old place of Pagan pilgrimage	tree rules
6	contaminate	participle	English and German and etc. not said here			of course; with other fantastic elements	vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with element=Theme

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 59

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Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 40, sentence 59