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MYTHOLOGICAL, part 1, sentence 18 And a somewhat similar statement may be made about his feminine counterpart--for all the types of Fairy-land life are of an epicene nature, admitting of a feminine as well as a masculine development--the heroine who in the Skazkas, as well as in other folk-tales, braves the wrath of female demons in quest of means whereby to lighten the darkness of her home, or rescues her bewitched brothers from the thraldom of an enchantress, or liberates her captive husband from a dungeon's gloom. **Who acts:** types, heroine, admitting · **What happens:** make, be, admit, brave, mean, lighten · **To what, where:** similar statement, wrath, Skazkas, darkness, bewitched brothers, thraldom · **Speech:** someone speaks here 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 (types, heroine, admitting), 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:pg22373:19:18 # text = And a somewhat similar statement may be made about his feminine counterpart--for all the types of Fairy-land life are of an epicene nature, admitting of a feminine as well as a masculine development--the heroine who in the Skazkas, as well as in other folk-tales, braves the wrath of female demons in quest of means whereby to lighten the darkness of her home, or rescues her bewitched brothers from the thraldom of an enchantress, or liberates her captive husband from a dungeon's gloom. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 3 somewhat somewhat ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 similar similar ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 statement statement NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj:pass _ _ 6 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 7 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 8 aux:pass _ _ 8 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 9 about about ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 11 feminine feminine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 counterpart counterpart NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 -- -- PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 for for ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 17 det:predet _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 types type NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 nsubj _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 19 Fairy fairy NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 20 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 compound _ _ 22 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod _ _ 23 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 cop _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 25 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 epicene epicene NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 compound _ _ 27 nature nature NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 29 admitting admit VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 65 csubj _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 feminine feminine NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 33 as as ADV RB ExtPos=ADV 29 advmod _ _ 34 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 33 fixed _ _ 35 as as ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 37 masculine masculine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 development development NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 -- -- PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 heroine heroine NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 appos _ _ 42 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 56 nsubj _ _ 43 in in ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 Skazkas Skazkas PROPN NNP Number=Sing 56 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 47 as as ADV RB ExtPos=CCONJ 54 cc _ _ 48 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 47 fixed _ _ 49 as as ADP IN _ 47 fixed _ _ 50 in in ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 51 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 54 amod _ _ 52 folk folk NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 53 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 52 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 54 tales tale NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 56 braves brave VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 acl:relcl _ _ 57 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 58 wrath wrath NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 obj _ _ 59 of of ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 60 female female ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 61 amod _ _ 61 demons demon NOUN NNS Number=Plur 58 nmod _ _ 62 in in ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 63 quest quest NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 nmod _ _ 64 of of ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 65 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 parataxis _ _ 66 whereby whereby ADV WRB PronType=Int 68 advmod _ _ 67 to to PART TO _ 68 mark _ _ 68 lighten lighten VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 65 xcomp _ _ 69 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 70 det _ _ 70 darkness darkness NOUN NN Number=Sing 68 obj _ _ 71 of of ADP IN _ 73 case _ _ 72 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 73 nmod:poss _ _ 73 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 70 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 74 , , PUNCT , _ 76 punct _ _ 75 or or CCONJ CC _ 76 cc _ _ 76 rescues rescue VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 65 parataxis _ _ 77 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 79 nmod:poss _ _ 78 bewitched bewitch VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 79 amod _ _ 79 brothers brother NOUN NNS Number=Plur 76 obj _ _ 80 from from ADP IN _ 82 case _ _ 81 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 82 det _ _ 82 thraldom thraldom NOUN NN Number=Sing 76 obl _ _ 83 of of ADP IN _ 85 case _ _ 84 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 85 det _ _ 85 enchantress enchantress NOUN NN Number=Sing 82 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 86 , , PUNCT , _ 88 punct _ _ 87 or or CCONJ CC _ 88 cc _ _ 88 liberates liberate VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 76 conj _ _ 89 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 91 nmod:poss _ _ 90 captive captive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 91 amod _ _ 91 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 88 obj _ _ 92 from from ADP IN _ 96 case _ _ 93 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 94 det _ _ 94 dungeon dungeon NOUN NN Number=Sing 96 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 95 's 's PART POS _ 94 case _ _ 96 gloom gloom NOUN NN Number=Sing 88 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 97 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | may · passive | | a similar statement | | | | about hero's feminine counterpart | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | | 2 | **is** | present | all types of land life | | | | | of a epicene nature | tree rules | | 3 | **admit** *speech: other* | gerund | | | | | | of a feminine; as a masculine development | vn confess-37.10 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **brave** | present | the heroine | the wrath of female demons in quest | | the Skazkas as other folk tales | | | vn confront-98 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wrath=Theme | | 5 | **mean** | present | admitting | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **lighten** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | admitting *not said here* | the darkness of Darkness's home | | | | whereby *property* | vn remedy-45.7-1 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent darkness=Patient | | 7 | **rescue** | present | | Darkness's bewitched brothers | | the thraldom of a enchantress | | | vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent brother=Theme from thraldom=Source | | 8 | **bewitch** | participle | | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 9 | **liberate** | present | | Darkness's captive husband | | a dungeon's gloom | | | vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent husband=Theme from gloom=Source | | 10 | **type** | | | land life | | | | | nom type «cognition 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 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/19/17/) - next →: [sentence 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/19/19/) - ↑ back to [Chapter II. 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