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# Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter I. INTRODUCTORY, part 1, sentence 39

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But from the casual references to actual scenes and ordinary occupations which every here and there occur in the descriptions of fairy-land and the narratives of heroic adventure--from the realistic vignettes which are sometimes inserted between the idealized portraits of invincible princes and irresistible princesses--some idea may be obtained of the usual aspect of a Russian village, and of the ordinary behavior of its inhabitants.

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**Who acts:** actual scenes · **What happens:** occur, insert, idealize, obtain, describe, portray · **To what, where:** descriptions, realistic vignettes, idealized portraits, idea, casual references, fairy land

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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 (actual scenes), 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:pg22373:11:39
# text = But from the casual references to actual scenes and ordinary occupations which every here and there occur in the descriptions of fairy-land and the narratives of heroic adventure--from the realistic vignettes which are sometimes inserted between the idealized portraits of invincible princes and irresistible princesses--some idea may be obtained of the usual aspect of a Russian village, and of the ordinary behavior of its inhabitants.
1	But	but	CCONJ	CC	_	55	cc	_	_
2	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	casual	casual	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	references	reference	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	55	obl	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	actual	actual	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	scenes	scene	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	ordinary	ordinary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	occupations	occupation	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	conj	_	_
12	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	17	nsubj	_	_
13	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	12	det:predet	_	_
14	here	here	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	12	advmod	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	14	conj	_	_
17	occur	occur	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	acl:relcl	_	_
18	in	in	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	descriptions	description	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	obl	_	_
21	of	of	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
22	fairy	fairy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	22	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nmod	_	_
25	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	27	cc	_	_
26	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
27	narratives	narrative	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	24	conj	_	_
28	of	of	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
29	heroic	heroic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	30	amod	_	_
30	adventure	adventure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	35	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	from	from	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
33	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	35	det	_	_
34	realistic	realistic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	35	amod	_	_
35	vignettes	vignette	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	_
36	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	39	nsubj:pass	_	_
37	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	39	aux:pass	_	_
38	sometimes	sometimes	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	39	advmod	_	_
39	inserted	insert	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	35	acl:relcl	_	_
40	between	between	ADP	IN	_	43	case	_	_
41	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	43	det	_	_
42	idealized	idealize	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	43	amod	_	_
43	portraits	portrait	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	39	obl	_	_
44	of	of	ADP	IN	_	46	case	_	_
45	invincible	invincible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	46	amod	_	_
46	princes	prince	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	43	nmod	_	_
47	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	49	cc	_	_
48	irresistible	irresistible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	49	amod	_	_
49	princesses	princess	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	46	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
50	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
51	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	52	det	_	_
52	idea	idea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	55	nsubj:pass	_	_
53	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	55	aux	_	_
54	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	55	aux:pass	_	_
55	obtained	obtain	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
56	of	of	ADP	IN	_	59	case	_	_
57	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	59	det	_	_
58	usual	usual	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	59	amod	_	_
59	aspect	aspect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	55	obl	_	_
60	of	of	ADP	IN	_	63	case	_	_
61	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	63	det	_	_
62	Russian	Russian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	63	amod	_	_
63	village	village	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	59	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
64	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	69	punct	_	_
65	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	69	cc	_	_
66	of	of	ADP	IN	_	69	case	_	_
67	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	69	det	_	_
68	ordinary	ordinary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	69	amod	_	_
69	behavior	behavior	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	55	obl	_	_
70	of	of	ADP	IN	_	72	case	_	_
71	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	72	nmod:poss	_	_
72	inhabitants	inhabitant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	69	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
73	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	55	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **occur** | present | actual scenes and ordinary occupations |  |  | the descriptions of fairy land and the narratives of heroic adventure |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in description=Location |
| 2 | **insert** | present · passive |  | the realistic vignettes |  | the idealized portraits of invincible princes and irresistible princesses |  | sometimes *property* | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme between portrait=Destination |
| 3 | **idealize** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **obtain** | may · passive |  | some idea |  | the casual references to actual scenes and ordinary occupations and the realistic vignettes |  | of the usual aspect of a Russian village; of the ordinary behavior of behavior's inhabitants | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: subject=Theme from reference=Source |
| 5 | **describe** |  |  | fairy land and the narratives of heroic adventure |  |  |  |  | nom description «communication transitive»: of=patient |
| 6 | **portray** |  |  | invincible princes and irresistible princesses |  |  |  |  | nom portrait «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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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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