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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (peasants, coffin, spirit, building), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Parsed by Mova, not checked by a teacher.** This tree is Mova's own parse (the `en` model, on the CPU, when the site is built); it may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg22373:51:2 # text = They seem, from the language of their funeral songs, sometimes to regard the departed spirit as residing in the coffin which holds the body from which it has been severed, sometimes to imagine that it hovers around the building which used to be its home, or flies abroad on the wings of the winds. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 seem seem VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 4 from from ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 language language NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 9 funeral funeral NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 compound _ _ 10 songs song NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 sometimes sometimes ADV RB PronType=Ind 14 advmod _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 regard regard VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 acl:relcl _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 departed depart VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 17 amod _ _ 17 spirit spirit NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 18 as as SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 19 residing reside VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 14 advcl _ _ 20 in in ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 coffin coffin NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 23 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 24 nsubj _ _ 24 holds hold VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 acl:relcl _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 body body NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 27 from from ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 32 obl _ _ 29 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj:pass _ _ 30 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 31 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 32 aux:pass _ _ 32 severed sever VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 26 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 sometimes sometimes ADV RB PronType=Ind 36 advmod _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 36 imagine imagine VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 conj _ _ 37 that that SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 38 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 hovers hover VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 ccomp _ _ 40 around around ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 building building NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 43 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 44 nsubj _ _ 44 used use VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 acl:relcl _ _ 45 to to PART TO _ 48 mark _ _ 46 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 48 cop _ _ 47 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 48 nmod:poss _ _ 48 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 50 or or CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 51 flies fly NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obl _ _ 52 abroad abroad ADV RB _ 51 advmod _ _ 53 on on ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 wings wing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 51 nmod _ _ 56 of of ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 57 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 58 winds wind NOUN NNS Number=Plur 55 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 59 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **seem** | present | peasants *= peasant* | | | the language of peasants's funeral songs | | | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **regard** | to-infinitive | peasants *= peasant* *not said here* | the departed spirit | | | | sometimes *property* | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spirit=Theme | | 3 | **depart** | participle | | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **reside** | gerund | peasants *= peasant* *not said here* | flies on the wings of the winds | | the coffin | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in coffin=Location | | 5 | **hold** | present | the coffin | the body | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent body=Theme | | 6 | **sever** | present · perfect · passive | | spirit | | the body | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP PP»: subject=Theme from which=Initial\_Location | | 7 | **imagine** | to-infinitive | | | | | | sometimes *property* | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 8 | **hover** | present | spirit | | | the building | | | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme around building=Location | | 9 | **use** | past | the building | | | | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **is a** | to-infinitive | the building *not said here* | spirit's home | | | | | tree rules | | 11 | **sing** | | peasants *= peasant* | | | | | | nom song «communication intransitive»: 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 Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore», Project Gutenberg book 22373 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order. - ← previous: [sentence 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/51/1/) - next →: [sentence 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/51/3/) - ↑ back to [Ghost Stories., part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/51/)