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INTRODUCTORY, part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/16/) / 66 # Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter I. INTRODUCTORY, part 6, sentence 66 As a specimen of the manner in which the humor of the Russian peasant has manipulated the stories of this class, most of which probably reached him from the East, we may take the following tale of-- **Who acts:** most, we · **What happens:** manipulate, reach, take, follow, humor · **To what, where:** humor, manner, bedroom, East, following tale, Russian peasant 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 (most, we), 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:pg22373:16:66 # text = As a specimen of the manner in which the humor of the Russian peasant has manipulated the stories of this class, most of which probably reached him from the East, we may take the following tale of-- 1 As as ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 specimen specimen NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 manner manner NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 16 obl _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 humor humor NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj:pass _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 Russian Russian ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 peasant peasant NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ 15 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 manipulated manipulate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 acl:relcl _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 stories story NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obj _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 21 det _ _ 21 class class NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 23 most most ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 27 nsubj _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 23 nmod _ _ 26 probably probably ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 27 reached reach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 28 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 obj _ _ 29 from from ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 East East PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 33 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 34 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 parataxis _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 37 following follow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 38 amod _ _ 38 tale tale NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ SpaceAfter=No 40 -- -- PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **manipulate** | present · perfect · passive | | the humor of the Russian peasant | | the manner | | | tree rules | | 2 | **reach** | past | most | bedroom | | the East | | as a specimen of the manner; probably *property* | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent he=Theme from east=Source | | 3 | **take** | may | we | the following tale | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tale=Theme | | 4 | **follow** | gerund | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **humor** | | | the Russian peasant | | | | | nom humor «communication transitive»: of=patient | 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 65](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/16/65/) - next →: [sentence 67](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/16/67/) - ↑ back to [Chapter I. 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