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MYTHOLOGICAL, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/19/) / 11 # Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter II. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 1, sentence 11 My chief aim at present is to give an idea of those characteristics which lend individuality to the "mythical beings" in the Skazkas; in order to effect this, I shall attempt a delineation of those supernatural figures, to some extent peculiar to Slavonic fairy-land, which make their appearance in the Russian folk-tales. **Who acts:** chief aim, characteristics, this, extent peculiar, My · **What happens:** be, lend, attempt, make, aim, delineate · **To what, where:** individuality, mythical beings, Skazkas, delineation, effect, appearance This is a sentence of «Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore», Chapter II. MYTHOLOGICAL, 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 (chief aim, characteristics, this, extent peculiar), 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:pg22373:19:11 # text = My chief aim at present is to give an idea of those characteristics which lend individuality to the "mythical beings" in the Skazkas; in order to effect this, I shall attempt a delineation of those supernatural figures, to some extent peculiar to Slavonic fairy-land, which make their appearance in the Russian folk-tales. 1 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 2 chief chief ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 aim aim NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 4 at at ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 present present NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 9 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 idea idea NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 those that DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 13 det _ _ 13 characteristics characteristic NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nmod _ _ 14 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 15 nsubj _ _ 15 lend lend VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 acl:relcl _ _ 16 individuality individuality NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 17 to to ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 19 " " PUNCT `` _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 mythical mythical ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 beings being NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 " " PUNCT '' _ 21 punct _ _ 23 in in ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 Skazkas Skazkas PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ; ; PUNCT : _ 35 punct _ _ 27 in in ADP IN ExtPos=ADP 30 case _ _ 28 order order NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 fixed _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 effect effect NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 31 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 35 nsubj:outer _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 33 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 34 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 attempt attempt VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 conj _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 delineation delineation NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 39 those that DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 41 det _ _ 40 supernatural supernatural ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 figures figure NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 43 to to ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 44 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 46 det _ _ 45 extent extent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 peculiar peculiar NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 parataxis _ _ 47 to to ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 48 Slavonic slavonic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 51 amod _ _ 49 fairy fairy NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 50 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 49 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 53 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 54 nsubj _ _ 54 make make VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 46 conj _ _ 55 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 56 nmod:poss _ _ 56 appearance appearance NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obj _ _ 57 in in ADP IN _ 62 case _ _ 58 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 62 det _ _ 59 Russian Russian ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 62 amod _ _ 60 folk folk NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 61 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 60 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 62 tales tale NOUN NNS Number=Plur 54 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 63 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | My chief aim at present | | | | | give *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **lend** | present | that characteristics | individuality | the mythical beings | the Skazkas | | | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent individuality=Theme to being=Recipient | | 3 | **attempt** | shall | this | a delineation of that supernatural figures | | effect | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent delineation=Eventuality | | 4 | **make** | present | some extent peculiar to Slavonic fairy land | beings's appearance | | the Russian folk tales | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset appearance=Product | | 5 | **aim** | | My | | | present | | | nom aim «cognition intransitive»: poss=agent at=place | | 6 | **delineate** | | | that supernatural figures | | | | | nom delineation «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 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/19/10/) - next →: [sentence 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/19/12/) - ↑ back to [Chapter II. 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