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MYTHOLOGICAL, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/21/) / 101 # Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter II. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 3, sentence 101 Sometimes he is described as altogether serpent-like in form; sometimes he seems to be of a mixed nature, partly human and partly ophidian, but in some of the stories he is apparently framed after the fashion of a man. **Who acts:** spirit · **What happens:** describe, seem, mix, be, frame · **To what, where:** spirit This is a sentence of «Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore», Chapter II. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (spirit), 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:pg22373:21:101 # text = Sometimes he is described as altogether serpent-like in form; sometimes he seems to be of a mixed nature, partly human and partly ophidian, but in some of the stories he is apparently framed after the fashion of a man. 1 Sometimes sometimes ADV RB PronType=Ind 4 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 described describe VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 as as SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 6 altogether altogether ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 7 serpent serpent NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 8 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 like like ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 advcl _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 form form NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ; ; PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 13 sometimes sometimes ADV RB PronType=Ind 15 advmod _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 seems seem VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 16 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 17 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 21 cop _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 mixed mix VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 amod _ _ 21 nature nature NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 partly partly ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 24 human human ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 conj _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 26 partly partly ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 27 ophidian ophidian NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 29 but but CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 30 in in ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 31 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 34 det _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 stories story NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 obl _ _ 35 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 36 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux:pass _ _ 37 apparently apparently ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 38 framed frame VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 conj _ _ 39 after after ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 fashion fashion NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **describe** | present · passive | | spirit | | | | sometimes *property* | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **seem** | present | spirit | | | | | sometimes *property* | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **mix** | participle | | | | | | | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **is** | to-infinitive | spirit *not said here* | | | | | of a mixed nature | tree rules | | 5 | **be** | | spirit *not said here* | | | | | partly *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **frame** | present · passive | | spirit | | | after the fashion of a man | in some stories; apparently *property* | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Destination in story=Theme | 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 100](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/21/100/) - next →: [sentence 102](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/21/102/) - ↑ back to [Chapter II. 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