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description: [72] I now propose to deal with them more fully, quoting at length, instead of merely mentioning, some of the evidence on which the proof of their existence depends. Who acts: 72, proof, beings. A sentence of «Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore», Chapter II. MYTHOLOGICAL
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# Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter II. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 1, sentence 13

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\[72\] I now propose to deal with them more fully, quoting at length, instead of merely mentioning, some of the evidence on which the proof of their existence depends.

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**Who acts:** 72, proof, beings · **What happens:** propose, deal, quote, mention, depend, proof · **To what, where:** length, existence

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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 (72, proof, beings), 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:pg22373:19:13
# text = [72] I now propose to deal with them more fully, quoting at length, instead of merely mentioning, some of the evidence on which the proof of their existence depends.
1	[	[	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	72	72	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	]	]	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	2	punct	_	_
4	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
5	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	6	advmod	_	_
6	propose	propose	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	deal	deal	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	ccomp	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obl	_	_
11	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	12	advmod	_	_
12	fully	fully	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
14	quoting	quote	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	advcl	_	_
15	at	at	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	length	length	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
18	instead	instead	ADV	RB	ExtPos=ADP	21	case	_	_
19	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	fixed	_	_
20	merely	merely	ADV	RB	_	21	advmod	_	_
21	mentioning	mention	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	14	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
23	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	21	conj	_	_
24	of	of	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
25	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
26	evidence	evidence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	nmod	_	_
27	on	on	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
28	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	34	obl	_	_
29	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	30	det	_	_
30	proof	proof	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	nsubj	_	_
31	of	of	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
32	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	33	nmod:poss	_	_
33	existence	existence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	nmod	_	_
34	depends	depend	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	26	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **propose** | present | 72 |  |  |  | now |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **deal** | to-infinitive | 72 *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with beings *= being*; fully *property* | vn cope-83 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with they=Theme |
| 3 | **quote** *speech: other* | gerund | 72 *not said here* |  |  | length |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **mention** *speech: other* | gerund | 72 *not said here* |  |  |  |  | merely *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **depend** | present | the proof of beings's existence |  |  |  |  | on the evidence | vn rely-70 «NP V PP.theme S\_ING»: agent=Agent on which=Theme |
| 6 | **proof** |  |  | beings's existence |  |  |  |  | nom proof «cognition transitive»: of=patient |
| 7 | **exist** |  | beings *= being* |  |  |  |  |  | nom existence «state intransitive»: poss=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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