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# Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter I. INTRODUCTORY, part 1, sentence 54

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In these poorer dwellings we witness much suffering; but we learn to respect the patience and resignation with which it is generally borne, and in the greater part of the humble homes we visit we become aware of the existence of many domestic virtues, we see numerous tokens of family affection, of filial reverence, of parental love.

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**Who acts:** we, many domestic virtues · **What happens:** learn, respect, bear, visit, become, see · **To what, where:** poorer dwellings, patience, smoke, greater part, numerous tokens

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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, many domestic virtues), 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:pg22373:11:54
# text = In these poorer dwellings we witness much suffering; but we learn to respect the patience and resignation with which it is generally borne, and in the greater part of the humble homes we visit we become aware of the existence of many domestic virtues, we see numerous tokens of family affection, of filial reverence, of parental love.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	these	this	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	4	det	_	_
3	poorer	poor	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	amod	_	_
4	dwellings	dwelling	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	38	obl	_	_
5	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
6	witness	witness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
7	much	much	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	suffering	suffering	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	learn	learn	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
14	respect	respect	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	xcomp	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	patience	patience	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
18	resignation	resignation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	conj	_	_
19	with	with	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	24	obl	_	_
21	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	24	nsubj:pass	_	_
22	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	24	aux:pass	_	_
23	generally	generally	ADV	RB	_	24	advmod	_	_
24	borne	bear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	16	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	36	punct	_	_
26	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	36	cc	_	_
27	in	in	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
28	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	30	det	_	_
29	greater	great	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	30	amod	_	_
30	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	obl	_	_
31	of	of	ADP	IN	_	34	case	_	_
32	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	34	det	_	_
33	humble	humble	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	34	amod	_	_
34	homes	home	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	30	nmod	_	_
35	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	36	nsubj	_	_
36	visit	visit	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	38	advcl	_	_
37	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	38	nsubj	_	_
38	become	become	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
39	aware	aware	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	38	xcomp	_	_
40	of	of	ADP	IN	_	42	case	_	_
41	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	42	det	_	_
42	existence	existence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	obl	_	_
43	of	of	ADP	IN	_	46	case	_	_
44	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	46	amod	_	_
45	domestic	domestic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	46	amod	_	_
46	virtues	virtue	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	42	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
47	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	49	punct	_	_
48	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	49	nsubj	_	_
49	see	see	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	38	conj	_	_
50	numerous	numerous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	51	amod	_	_
51	tokens	token	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	49	obj	_	_
52	of	of	ADP	IN	_	54	case	_	_
53	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	54	compound	_	_
54	affection	affection	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	51	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
55	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	58	punct	_	_
56	of	of	ADP	IN	_	58	case	_	_
57	filial	filial	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	58	amod	_	_
58	reverence	reverence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	51	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
59	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	62	punct	_	_
60	of	of	ADP	IN	_	62	case	_	_
61	parental	parental	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	62	amod	_	_
62	love	love	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	49	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
63	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	38	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
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| 1 | **learn** | present | we | this poorer dwellings *not said here* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **respect** | to-infinitive | we *not said here* | the patience and resignation |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer patience=Stimulus |
| 3 | **bear** | present · passive |  | smoke |  |  |  | with the patience and resignation; generally *property* | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 4 | **visit** | present | we |  |  | the greater part of the humble homes |  |  | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **become** | present | we |  |  |  |  | in this poorer dwellings *result*; aware *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in dwelling=Result |
| 6 | **see** | present | we | numerous tokens of family affection and filial reverence |  |  |  | of parental love | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer token=Stimulus |
| 7 | **exist** |  | many domestic virtues |  |  |  |  |  | nom existence «state intransitive»: of=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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