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# Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter II. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 1, sentence 5

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But I have done my best to choose such examples as are most characteristic of that species of the "mythical" folk-tale which prevails in Russia, and to avoid, as far as possible, the repetition of narratives which have already been made familiar to the English reader by translations of German and Scandinavian stories.

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**Who acts:** I, mythical folk tale, translations, narratives, German stories · **What happens:** do, choose, be, prevail, avoid, make · **To what, where:** best, such examples, Russia, repetition

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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 (I, mythical folk tale, translations, narratives), 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:pg22373:19:5
# text = But I have done my best to choose such examples as are most characteristic of that species of the "mythical" folk-tale which prevails in Russia, and to avoid, as far as possible, the repetition of narratives which have already been made familiar to the English reader by translations of German and Scandinavian stories.
1	But	but	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
2	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	done	do	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	4	obj	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	choose	choose	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
9	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	examples	example	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
11	as	as	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
13	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	14	advmod	_	_
14	characteristic	characteristic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	17	det	_	_
17	species	species	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nmod	_	_
18	of	of	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
20	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	21	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	mythical	mythical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	25	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	21	punct	_	_
23	folk	folk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	23	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	tale	tale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod	_	_
26	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	27	nsubj	_	_
27	prevails	prevail	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	25	acl:relcl	_	_
28	in	in	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
29	Russia	Russia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	27	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	33	punct	_	_
31	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	33	cc	_	_
32	to	to	PART	TO	_	33	mark	_	_
33	avoid	avoid	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	36	punct	_	_
35	as	as	ADV	RB	_	36	advmod	_	_
36	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	33	advmod	_	_
37	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	38	mark	_	_
38	possible	possible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	36	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	41	punct	_	_
40	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	41	det	_	_
41	repetition	repetition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	33	obl	_	_
42	of	of	ADP	IN	_	43	case	_	_
43	narratives	narrative	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	41	nmod	_	_
44	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	48	nsubj:pass	_	_
45	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	48	aux	_	_
46	already	already	ADV	RB	_	48	advmod	_	_
47	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	48	aux:pass	_	_
48	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	41	acl:relcl	_	_
49	familiar	familiar	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	48	xcomp	_	_
50	to	to	ADP	IN	_	53	case	_	_
51	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	53	det	_	_
52	English	English	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	53	amod	_	_
53	reader	reader	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	48	obl	_	_
54	by	by	ADP	IN	_	55	case	_	_
55	translations	translation	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	48	obl	_	_
56	of	of	ADP	IN	_	60	case	_	_
57	German	German	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	60	amod	_	_
58	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	59	cc	_	_
59	Scandinavian	scandinavian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	57	conj	_	_
60	stories	story	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	55	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
61	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present · perfect | I | my best |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent good=Eventuality |
| 2 | **choose** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | such examples |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent example=Theme |
| 3 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | as characteristic; of that species of the mythical folk tale | tree rules |
| 4 | **prevail** | present | the mythical folk tale |  |  | Russia |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in russia=Location |
| 5 | **avoid** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | the repetition of narratives |  |  |  | far *property* | vn avoid-52 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |
| 6 | **make** | present · perfect · passive | translations of German stories | the repetition of narratives |  |  |  | to the English reader; familiar *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset subject=Product |
| 7 | **repeat** |  | narratives |  |  |  |  |  | nom repetition «event intransitive»: of=agent |
| 8 | **translate** |  | German stories |  |  |  |  |  | nom translation «communication intransitive»: of=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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