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INTRODUCTORY, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/11/) / 9 # Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter I. INTRODUCTORY, part 1, sentence 9 Rather is it believed of most folk-tales that they, in their original forms, were framed centuries upon centuries ago; while of some of them it is supposed that they may be traced back through successive ages to those myths in which, during a prehistoric period, the oldest of philosophers expressed their ideas relative to the material or the spiritual world. **Who acts:** most folk tales, prehistoric period, ideas, Tales · **What happens:** believe, frame, suppose, trace back, express, relative · **To what, where:** Rather, original forms, some, forms, successive ages, myths 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 (most folk tales, prehistoric period, ideas, Tales), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **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:pg22373:11:9 # text = Rather is it believed of most folk-tales that they, in their original forms, were framed centuries upon centuries ago; while of some of them it is supposed that they may be traced back through successive ages to those myths in which, during a prehistoric period, the oldest of philosophers expressed their ideas relative to the material or the spiritual world. 1 Rather rather NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 believed believe VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 6 most most ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 9 amod _ _ 7 folk folk NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 8 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 tales tale NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ 10 that that ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 15 original original ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 forms form NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 18 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux:pass _ _ 19 framed frame VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 acl:relcl _ _ 20 centuries century NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obj _ _ 21 upon upon ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 centuries century NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obl _ _ 23 ago ago ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ; ; PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 25 while while SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 32 nsubj:pass _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nmod _ _ 30 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj:pass _ _ 31 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux:pass _ _ 32 supposed suppose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 33 that that SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 34 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj:pass _ _ 35 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 36 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 37 aux:pass _ _ 37 traced trace VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 32 advcl _ _ 38 back back ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 39 through through ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 successive successive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 ages age NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obl _ _ 42 to to ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 those that DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 44 det _ _ 44 myths myth NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obl _ _ 45 in in ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 57 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 48 during during ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 49 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 50 prehistoric prehistoric ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 51 amod _ _ 51 period period NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 oldest old ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 51 appos _ _ 55 of of ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 56 philosophers philosopher NOUN NNS Number=Plur 54 obl _ _ 57 expressed express VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 advcl _ _ 58 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 59 nmod:poss _ _ 59 ideas idea NOUN NNS Number=Plur 60 nsubj _ _ 60 relative relative VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 57 ccomp _ _ 61 to to ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 62 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 63 det _ _ 63 material material NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 obl _ _ 64 or or CCONJ CC _ 67 cc _ _ 65 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 67 det _ _ 66 spiritual spiritual ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 67 amod _ _ 67 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 68 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **believe** | present · passive | | Rather | | | | of most folk tales that Tales | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus | | 2 | **frame** | past · passive | most folk tales that Tales *not said here* | Tales's original forms | | | century | ago *property* | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: subject=Destination | | 3 | **suppose** | present · passive | | some | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Attribute | | 4 | **trace back** | may · passive | | forms *= form* | | | through successive ages | to that myths | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 5 | **express** | past | a prehistoric period | | | that myths | | | tree rules | | 6 | **relative** | present | myth's ideas | | | | | to the material or the spiritual world | tree rules | | 7 | **form** | | Tales *= tale* | | | | | | nom form «communication transitive»: poss=agent | 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. **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. - ← previous: [sentence 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/11/8/) - next →: [sentence 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/11/10/) - ↑ back to [Chapter I. 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