Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 40, sentence 87

But it is more probable that there is a confusion of two other words in this one, and that the word _solovéy_, which has come to mean nightingale, is either derived from _sláva_, meaning fame, or from the same root as the hostile power whom Ilyá Múromets, in some of the ballads, fights, namely Solóvnik the Grey One.

Who acts: bard, confusion, word solovéy · What happens: be, come, mean, derive, confuse · To what, where: nightingale, sláva, fame, same root, two other words

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 (bard, confusion, word solovéy), 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	_	5 probable	cc
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 probable	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 probable	cop
4	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	5 probable	advmod
5	probable	probable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 is	mark
7	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	8 is	expl
8	is	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 probable	advcl
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 confusion	det
10	confusion	confusion	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 is	nsubj
11	of	of	ADP	_	14 words	case
12	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	14 words	nummod
13	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 words	amod
14	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 confusion	nmod
15	in	in	ADP	_	17 one	case
16	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	17 one	det
17	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 words	nmod
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	36 derived	punct
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	36 derived	cc
20	that	that	SCONJ	_	24 solovéy	mark
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 word	det
22	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 solovéy	compound
23	_	_	PUNCT	_	22 word	punct
24	solovéy	solovéy	NOUN	Number=Sing	36 derived	advcl
25	_	_	PUNCT	_	24 solovéy	punct
26	,	,	PUNCT	_	29 come	punct
27	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	29 come	nsubj
28	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	29 come	aux
29	come	come	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	24 solovéy	acl
30	to	to	PART	_	31 mean	mark
31	mean	mean	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	29 come	xcomp
32	nightingale	nightingale	NOUN	Number=Sing	31 mean	obj
33	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 solovéy	punct
34	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	36 derived	aux:pass
35	either	either	ADV	PronType=Ind	36 derived	advmod
36	derived	derive	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 probable	parataxis
37	from	from	ADP	_	39 sláva	case
38	_	_	PUNCT	_	37 from	punct
39	sláva	sláva	NOUN	Number=Sing	36 derived	obl
40	_	_	PUNCT	_	36 derived	punct
41	,	,	PUNCT	_	42 meaning	punct
42	meaning	mean	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 probable	advcl
43	fame	fame	NOUN	Number=Sing	42 meaning	obj
44	,	,	PUNCT	_	49 root	punct
45	or	or	CCONJ	_	49 root	cc
46	from	from	ADP	_	49 root	case
47	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	49 root	det
48	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	49 root	amod
49	root	root	NOUN	Number=Sing	42 meaning	obl
50	as	as	ADP	_	53 power	case
51	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	53 power	det
52	hostile	hostile	ADJ	Degree=Pos	53 power	amod
53	power	power	NOUN	Number=Sing	49 root	nmod
54	whom	whom	PRON	PronType=Rel	56 Múromets	obj
55	Ilyá	Ilyá	PROPN	Number=Sing	56 Múromets	compound
56	Múromets	Múromet	PROPN	Number=Plur	49 root	appos
57	,	,	PUNCT	_	59 some	punct
58	in	in	ADP	_	59 some	case
59	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	56 Múromets	conj
60	of	of	ADP	_	62 ballads	case
61	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	62 ballads	det
62	ballads	ballad	NOUN	Number=Plur	59 some	nmod
63	,	,	PUNCT	_	64 fights	punct
64	fights	fight	NOUN	Number=Plur	62 ballads	conj
65	,	,	PUNCT	_	67 Solóvnik	punct
66	namely	namely	ADJ	Degree=Pos	67 Solóvnik	amod
67	Solóvnik	Solóvnik	PROPN	Number=Sing	62 ballads	nmod
68	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	70 One	det
69	Grey	grey	ADJ	Degree=Pos	70 One	amod
70	One	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	67 Solóvnik	appos
71	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 probable	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is	present	bard			probable property	tree rules
2	be	present	a confusion of two other words in this one		there		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	come	present · perfect	word solovéy				tree rules
4	mean	to-infinitive	word solovéy not said here	nightingale			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nightingale=Topic
5	derive	present · passive			sláva	word solovéy advcl; either property	vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.material»: from sláva=Material
6	mean	gerund	bard not said here	fame	the same root as the hostile power		vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fame=Topic
7	confuse			two other words in this one			nom confusion «state 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 87

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Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 40, sentence 87