--- title: «Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore» — the whole book with trees and pragmatics description: The whole of «Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore», chapter by chapter: 8681 sentences, every one with its dependency tree and the pragmatics of every clause, parsed by Mova. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collecti… # «Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore» The whole of «Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore», Project Gutenberg book 22373 (public domain in the USA): 63 chapters, 8681 sentences. Every sentence has its own page with its syntax tree and pragmatics. Mova parsed them all itself; 55 are also in the tales treebank of release 0.3 and keep the tree a teacher model checked, the others say plainly that no teacher has checked them. - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/1/) — Opening — 11 sentences · Produced by David Starner, Sam W. and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/2/) — Alexander Afanasief — 1 sentences · I Dedicate this Book, - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/3/) — To Him So Deeply Indebted. — 93 sentences · PREFACE. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/4/) — Chapter I. — 3 sentences · INTRODUCTORY. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/5/) — Chapter II. MYTHOLOGICAL — 9 sentences · \_Principal Incarnations of Evil. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/6/) — Chapter III. MYTHOLOGICAL — 3 sentences · \_Miscellaneous Impersonations. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/7/) — Magic and Witchcraft. — 1 sentences · The Waters of Life and Death, and of Strength and Weakness--Aid given to Children by Dead Parents--Magic Hor… - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/8/) — Ghost Stories. — 1 sentences · Slavonic Ideas about the Dead--On Heaven and Hell--On the Jack and the Beanstalk Story--Harmless Ghosts--The… - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/9/) — Chapter VI. LEGENDS — 81 sentences · 1. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/10/) — XXXVIII. the Soldier's Midnight Watch 279 — 25 sentences · XXXIX. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/11/) — Chapter I. INTRODUCTORY, part 1 — 66 sentences · There are but few among those inhabitants of Fairy-land of whom "Popular Tales" tell, who are better known t… - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/12/) — Chapter I. INTRODUCTORY, part 2 — 232 sentences · There is a good deal of social life in the Russian villages during the long winter evenings, and at some of… - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/13/) — Chapter I. INTRODUCTORY, part 3 — 162 sentences · "What's the meaning of this?" thinks the old woman; "suppose I keep awake to-night; may be I shall find out." - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/14/) — Chapter I. INTRODUCTORY, part 4 — 147 sentences · "Very good, my friend!" says the Tartar. " - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/15/) — Chapter I. INTRODUCTORY, part 5 — 138 sentences · The Russian peasant is by no means deficient in humor, a fact of which the Skazkas offer abundant evidence. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/16/) — Chapter I. INTRODUCTORY, part 6 — 209 sentences · Now as he went along the street, it happened that some small boys had got hold of a kitten and were tormenti… - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/17/) — Chapter I. INTRODUCTORY, part 7 — 156 sentences · "This piece of work is sure to turn out badly. - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/18/) — Chapter I. INTRODUCTORY, part 8 — 169 sentences · "So be it! - [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/19/) — Chapter II. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 1 — 126 sentences · \_Principal Incarnations of Evil. - [20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/20/) — Chapter II. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 2 — 136 sentences · The skazka of Ivan Buikovich (Bull's son)\[81\] contains a variant of part of this story, but the dragon which… - [21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/21/) — Chapter II. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 3 — 122 sentences · Having entered into the service of this master, the Prince began to ask what was going on in that country. - [22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/22/) — Chapter II. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 4 — 191 sentences · "If you find favor in the eyes of my sister, I will not interfere with her wishes. - [23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/23/) — Chapter II. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 5 — 148 sentences · "Arise, Prince Ivan! the mares are at home now." - [24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/24/) — Chapter II. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 6 — 181 sentences · So his father gave him his blessing. - [25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/25/) — Chapter II. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 7 — 122 sentences · As to the king, he was delighted to see Prince Ivan again, and when he had learnt all about the treachery of… - [26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/26/) — Chapter II. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 8 — 175 sentences · "What am I to call out when I want you?" - [27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/27/) — Chapter II. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 9 — 169 sentences · Many years went by. - [28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/28/) — Chapter II. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 10 — 125 sentences · To the hero's adventures while with the Water King, and while escaping from him, an important parallel is of… - [29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/29/) — Chapter II. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 11 — 117 sentences · "Are you weaving, niece? are you weaving, my dear?" - [30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/30/) — Chapter II. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 12 — 177 sentences · Similar to this story in many of its features as well as in its catastrophe is one of the most spirited and… - [31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/31/) — Chapter II. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 13 — 167 sentences · "My mother's blessing assists me," replied Vasilissa. - [32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/32/) — Chapter II. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 14 — 152 sentences · So the smith forged her two iron teeth. - [33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/33/) — Chapter II. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 15 — 188 sentences · On she dashed in pursuit, chased and chased. - [34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/34/) — Chapter II. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 16 — 214 sentences · \[131\] Hahn, No. 26, i. 187. - [35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/35/) — Chapter III. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 1 — 179 sentences · \_Miscellaneous Impersonifications. - [36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/36/) — Chapter III. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 2 — 190 sentences · The dinner came to an end; the guests rose from table, and expressed their thanks to their host and hostess;… - [37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/37/) — Chapter III. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 3 — 158 sentences · "A bad fellow, that Ivan! now he's rich, he's abandoned us!" - [38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/38/) — Chapter III. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 4 — 149 sentences · In one of the Wallachian tales\[260\] the hero is assisted in his search after the dragon-stolen heroine by th… - [39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/39/) — Chapter III. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 5 — 180 sentences · "Do me a service, and I will show thee a place where the fish swarm." - [40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/40/) — Chapter III. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 6 — 159 sentences · "That's enough, you old goose! - [41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/41/) — Chapter III. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 7 — 168 sentences · FOOTNOTES: - [42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/42/) — Magic and Witchcraft., part 1 — 119 sentences · Most of the magical "properties" of the "skazka-drama," closely resemble those which have already been rende… - [43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/43/) — Magic and Witchcraft., part 2 — 152 sentences · "Strike again! strike again! or he will come to life!" - [44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/44/) — Magic and Witchcraft., part 3 — 168 sentences · "Who are you?" - [45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/45/) — Magic and Witchcraft., part 4 — 122 sentences · But before long, she, like Brynhild, finds out that she has been tricked, and resolves on revenge. - [46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/46/) — Magic and Witchcraft., part 5 — 158 sentences · We will take next a story which is a great favorite in Russia, and which will serve as another illustration… - [47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/47/) — Magic and Witchcraft., part 6 — 189 sentences · "How can I help being unhappy, when I'm utterly done for?" - [48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/48/) — Magic and Witchcraft., part 7 — 159 sentences · The Soldier read and read. - [49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/49/) — Magic and Witchcraft., part 8 — 277 sentences · \* \* \* \* \* - [50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/50/) — Magic and Witchcraft., part 9 — 1 sentences · \[378\] Campbell, No. 13, vol. i. p. 215. - [51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/51/) — Ghost Stories., part 1 — 155 sentences · The Russian peasants have very confused ideas about the local habitation of the disembodied spirit, after it… - [52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/52/) — Ghost Stories., part 2 — 192 sentences · THE FIDDLER IN HELL. - [53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/53/) — Ghost Stories., part 3 — 190 sentences · THE SHROUD. - [54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/54/) — Ghost Stories., part 4 — 133 sentences · "Come along, brother," says he, "let's enjoy ourselves. - [55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/55/) — Ghost Stories., part 5 — 105 sentences · \[380\] Afanasief, iv. - [56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/56/) — Chapter VI. LEGENDS, part 1 — 136 sentences · I - [57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/57/) — Chapter VI. LEGENDS, part 2 — 139 sentences · "Wherefore did ye tarry so long?" - [58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/58/) — Chapter VI. LEGENDS, part 3 — 140 sentences · The Moujik began to thresh: from every sheaf he got a peck of grain. - [59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/59/) — Chapter VI. LEGENDS, part 4 — 151 sentences · "Hail, good man!" said the stranger to the Pope. " - [60](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/60/) — Chapter VI. LEGENDS, part 5 — 173 sentences · There was an old man who lived near Lake Onega, and who supported himself and his wife by hunting. - [61](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/61/) — Chapter VI. LEGENDS, part 6 — 145 sentences · "That's the very reason I have come to give you counsel. - [62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/62/) — Chapter VI. LEGENDS, part 7 — 253 sentences · Sometimes the demon of the \_legenda\_ bears a close resemblance to the snake of the \_skazka\_. - [63](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/63/) — Chapter VI. LEGENDS, part 8 — 224 sentences · One-Eyed Likho, story of, 186