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# Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter I. INTRODUCTORY, part 1, sentence 15

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For the present, we will deal with the Russian folk-tale as we find it, attempting to become acquainted with its principal characteristics to see in what respects it chiefly differs from the stories of the same class which are current among ourselves, or in those foreign lands with which we are more familiar than we are with Russia, rather than to explore its birthplace or to divine its original meaning.

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**Who acts:** we, principal characteristics, present, stories · **What happens:** deal, find, attempt, become, see, respect · **To what, where:** present, foreign lands, birthplace, original meaning · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore», Chapter I. INTRODUCTORY, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (we, principal characteristics, present, stories), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg22373:11:15
# text = For the present, we will deal with the Russian folk-tale as we find it, attempting to become acquainted with its principal characteristics to see in what respects it chiefly differs from the stories of the same class which are current among ourselves, or in those foreign lands with which we are more familiar than we are with Russia, rather than to explore its birthplace or to divine its original meaning.
1	For	for	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	present	present	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
6	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	deal	deal	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
10	Russian	Russian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
11	folk	folk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	tale	tale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
14	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
15	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
16	find	find	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	advcl	_	_
17	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
19	attempting	attempt	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	advcl	_	_
20	to	to	PART	TO	_	21	mark	_	_
21	become	become	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	19	xcomp	_	_
22	acquainted	acquainted	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	xcomp	_	_
23	with	with	SCONJ	IN	_	28	mark	_	_
24	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	26	nmod:poss	_	_
25	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	26	amod	_	_
26	characteristics	characteristic	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	28	nsubj	_	_
27	to	to	PART	TO	_	28	mark	_	_
28	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	22	advcl	_	_
29	in	in	SCONJ	IN	_	31	mark	_	_
30	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	31	nsubj	_	_
31	respects	respect	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	28	ccomp	_	_
32	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	34	nsubj	_	_
33	chiefly	chiefly	ADV	RB	_	34	advmod	_	_
34	differs	differ	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	31	acl:relcl	_	_
35	from	from	ADP	IN	_	37	case	_	_
36	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	37	det	_	_
37	stories	story	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	34	obl	_	_
38	of	of	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
39	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	41	det	_	_
40	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	41	amod	_	_
41	class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	37	nmod	_	_
42	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	44	nsubj	_	_
43	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	44	cop	_	_
44	current	current	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	37	acl:relcl	_	_
45	among	among	ADP	IN	_	46	case	_	_
46	ourselves	ourselves	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	44	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
47	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	52	punct	_	_
48	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	52	cc	_	_
49	in	in	ADP	IN	_	52	case	_	_
50	those	that	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	52	det	_	_
51	foreign	foreign	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	52	amod	_	_
52	lands	land	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	44	obl	_	_
53	with	with	ADP	IN	_	54	case	_	_
54	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	58	obl	_	_
55	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	58	nsubj	_	_
56	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	58	cop	_	_
57	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	58	advmod	_	_
58	familiar	familiar	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	52	conj	_	_
59	than	than	ADP	IN	_	63	case	_	_
60	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	63	nsubj	_	_
61	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	63	cop	_	_
62	with	with	ADP	IN	_	63	case	_	_
63	Russia	Russia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	58	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
64	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	68	punct	_	_
65	rather	rather	ADV	RB	ExtPos=CCONJ	68	cc	_	_
66	than	than	ADP	IN	_	65	fixed	_	_
67	to	to	PART	TO	_	68	mark	_	_
68	explore	explore	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	58	parataxis	_	_
69	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	70	nmod:poss	_	_
70	birthplace	birthplace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	68	obj	_	_
71	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	73	cc	_	_
72	to	to	PART	TO	_	73	mark	_	_
73	divine	divine	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	68	conj	_	_
74	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	76	nmod:poss	_	_
75	original	original	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	76	amod	_	_
76	meaning	meaning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	73	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
77	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **deal** | future | we |  |  |  |  | for the present; with the Russian folk tale | vn cope-83 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with tale=Theme |
| 2 | **find** | present | we | present |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic |
| 3 | **attempt** | gerund | we *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 4 | **become** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | we *not said here* |  |  |  |  | acquainted *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |
| 5 | **see** | to-infinitive | present's principal characteristics |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 6 | **respect** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer |
| 7 | **differ** | present | present |  |  |  |  | from the stories of the same class; chiefly *property* | vn differ-23.4 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme from story=Co-Theme |
| 8 | **is** | present | the stories of the same class |  |  | that foreign lands |  | among ourselves; current *property* | tree rules |
| 9 | **is** | present | we |  |  |  |  | with that foreign lands; familiar *property* | tree rules |
| 10 | **is** | present | we |  |  |  |  | than Russia | tree rules |
| 11 | **explore** | to-infinitive |  | present's birthplace |  |  |  |  | vn investigate-35.4 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent birthplace=Location |
| 12 | **divine** | to-infinitive |  | present's original meaning |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 13 | **mean** |  | present |  |  |  |  |  | nom meaning «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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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.

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**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.

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