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# Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter I. INTRODUCTORY, part 1, sentence 4

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Then came a period during which the cultured world recognized its existence, but accorded to it no higher rank than that allotted to "nursery stories" and "old wives' tales"--except, indeed, on those rare occasions when the charity of a condescending scholar had invested it with such a garb as was supposed to enable it to make a respectable appearance in polite society.

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**Who acts:** cultured world, world, old wives · **What happens:** come, culture, recognize, accord, allot, invest · **To what, where:** period, existence, world, rare occasions, charity, respectable appearance · **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 (cultured world, world, old wives), 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:pg22373:11:4
# text = Then came a period during which the cultured world recognized its existence, but accorded to it no higher rank than that allotted to "nursery stories" and "old wives' tales"--except, indeed, on those rare occasions when the charity of a condescending scholar had invested it with such a garb as was supposed to enable it to make a respectable appearance in polite society.
1	Then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	2	advmod	_	_
2	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	period	period	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	during	during	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	obl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	cultured	culture	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	amod	_	_
9	world	world	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	recognized	recognize	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
11	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	existence	existence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
14	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	accorded	accord	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	conj	_	_
16	to	to	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	obl	_	_
18	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	20	det	_	_
19	higher	high	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	20	amod	_	_
20	rank	rank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	parataxis	_	_
21	than	than	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
22	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	27	nsubj	_	_
23	allotted	allot	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	27	amod	_	_
24	to	to	PART	TO	_	27	mark	_	_
25	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	27	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	nursery	nursery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	compound	_	_
27	stories	story	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	20	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	27	punct	_	_
29	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	34	cc	_	_
30	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	34	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	32	amod	_	_
32	wives	wife	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	34	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	'	's	PART	POS	_	32	case	_	_
34	tales	tale	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	20	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	34	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	39	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	except	except	ADP	IN	_	39	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	37	punct	_	_
39	indeed	indeed	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
40	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	44	punct	_	_
41	on	on	ADP	IN	_	44	case	_	_
42	those	that	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	44	det	_	_
43	rare	rare	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	44	amod	_	_
44	occasions	occasion	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	obl	_	_
45	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	53	mark	_	_
46	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	47	det	_	_
47	charity	charity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	53	nsubj:pass	_	_
48	of	of	ADP	IN	_	51	case	_	_
49	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	51	det	_	_
50	condescending	condescending	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	51	amod	_	_
51	scholar	scholar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	47	nmod	_	_
52	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	53	aux	_	_
53	invested	invest	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	44	acl	_	_
54	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	53	obj	_	_
55	with	with	ADP	IN	_	58	case	_	_
56	such	such	DET	PDT	PronType=Ind	58	det:predet	_	_
57	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	58	det	_	_
58	garb	garb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	53	obl	_	_
59	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	61	mark	_	_
60	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	61	aux:pass	_	_
61	supposed	suppose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	53	advcl	_	_
62	to	to	PART	TO	_	63	mark	_	_
63	enable	enable	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	61	xcomp	_	_
64	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	63	obj	_	_
65	to	to	PART	TO	_	66	mark	_	_
66	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	63	xcomp	_	_
67	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	69	det	_	_
68	respectable	respectable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	69	amod	_	_
69	appearance	appearance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	66	obj	_	_
70	in	in	ADP	IN	_	72	case	_	_
71	polite	polite	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	72	amod	_	_
72	society	society	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	66	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
73	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | past |  | a period |  |  | then |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location period=Theme |
| 2 | **culture** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **recognize** | past | the cultured world | world's existence |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer existence=Stimulus |
| 4 | **accord** | participle |  |  | world | that rare occasions |  | indeed *property* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent to it=Goal |
| 5 | **allot** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |
| 6 | **invest** | past · perfect · passive |  | the charity of a condescending scholar |  |  |  | with such garb | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V NP PP.goal»: subject=Asset it=Goal |
| 7 | **suppose** | past · passive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S\_INF»: clause=Theme |
| 8 | **enable** | to-infinitive |  | world |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 9 | **make** | to-infinitive | world *not said here* | a respectable appearance |  | polite society |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset appearance=Product |
| 10 | **exist** |  | world |  |  |  |  |  | nom existence «state intransitive»: poss=agent |
| 11 | **tell** *in a quote* |  | old wives |  |  |  |  |  | nom tale «communication intransitive»: 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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