--- title: In the stories of village life its signification is generally that o… — Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Musc… · tree and pragmatics description: In the stories of village life its signification is generally that of a "ninny;" in the "fairy stories" it is frequently applied to the youngest of the well-known "Three Brothers," the "Boots" of the family as Dr. Dasent has called him. Who acts: signification, life. A sentence of «Russian Fairy Tal --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/16/128/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collecti…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/) / [Chapter I. INTRODUCTORY, part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/16/) / 128 # Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter I. INTRODUCTORY, part 6, sentence 128 In the stories of village life its signification is generally that of a "ninny;" in the "fairy stories" it is frequently applied to the youngest of the well-known "Three Brothers," the "Boots" of the family as Dr. Dasent has called him. **Who acts:** signification, life · **What happens:** be, apply, know, call, signify · **To what, where:** stories, fairy stories, Dasent · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore», Chapter I. INTRODUCTORY, part 6. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (signification, life), 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:pg22373:16:128 # text = In the stories of village life its signification is generally that of a "ninny;" in the "fairy stories" it is frequently applied to the youngest of the well-known "Three Brothers," the "Boots" of the family as Dr. Dasent has called him. 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 stories story NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obl _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 village village NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 7 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 signification signification NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 9 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 10 generally generally ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 11 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 15 nsubj _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 " " PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ninny ninny NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ; ; PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 " " PUNCT `` _ 22 punct _ _ 18 in in ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 20 " " PUNCT `` _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 fairy fairy NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 compound _ _ 22 stories story NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 23 " " PUNCT '' _ 22 punct _ _ 24 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj:pass _ _ 25 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux:pass _ _ 26 frequently frequently ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 27 applied apply VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 parataxis _ _ 28 to to ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 youngest young ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 27 obl _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 33 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 35 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 known know VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 38 amod _ _ 36 " " PUNCT `` _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 Three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 38 nummod _ _ 38 Brothers Brother PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 30 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 " " PUNCT `` _ 43 punct _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 42 " " PUNCT `` _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 Boots boot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 " " PUNCT '' _ 43 punct _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 family family NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nmod _ _ 48 as as SCONJ IN _ 52 mark _ _ 49 Dr. Dr. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 50 nmod:desc _ _ 50 Dasent Dasent PROPN NNP Number=Sing 52 nsubj:pass _ _ 51 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 52 aux _ _ 52 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 27 advcl _ _ 53 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | life's signification | | | the stories of village life | | of a ninny; generally *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **apply** | present · passive | | the fairy stories | | | | to the youngest of the known Three Brothers; the Boots of the family *obl*; frequently *property* | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 3 | **know** | participle | | | | | | well *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **call** *speech: assert* | present · perfect · passive | | Dasent Dr. | | | | | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Theme he=Result | | 5 | **signify** | | life | | | | | | nom signification «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 127](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/16/127/) - next →: [sentence 129](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/16/129/) - ↑ back to [Chapter I. 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