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title: Professor de Gubernatis is of opinion that "in the Vedic hymns, Trit… — Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Musc… · tree and pragmatics
description: Professor de Gubernatis is of opinion that "in the Vedic hymns, Tritas, the third brother, and the ablest as well as best, is persecuted by his brothers," who, "in a fit of jealousy, on account of his wife, the aurora, and the riches she brings with her from the realm of darkness, the cistern or wel
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# Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter II. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 3, sentence 85

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Professor de Gubernatis is of opinion that "in the Vedic hymns, Tritas, the third brother, and the ablest as well as best, is persecuted by his brothers," who, "in a fit of jealousy, on account of his wife, the aurora, and the riches she brings with her from the realm of darkness, the cistern or well \[into which he has been lowered\], detain their brother in the well,"\[93\] and he compares this form of the myth with that which it assumes in the following Hindoo tradition. "

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**Who acts:** Professor, that, brothers, riches, form · **What happens:** be, persecute, bring, lower, detain, compare · **To what, where:** account, realm, Professor, cistern, brother, well · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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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 (Professor, that, brothers, riches), 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:pg22373:21:85
# text = Professor de Gubernatis is of opinion that "in the Vedic hymns, Tritas, the third brother, and the ablest as well as best, is persecuted by his brothers," who, "in a fit of jealousy, on account of his wife, the aurora, and the riches she brings with her from the realm of darkness, the cistern or well [into which he has been lowered], detain their brother in the well,"[93] and he compares this form of the myth with that which it assumes in the following Hindoo tradition. "
1	Professor	Professor	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
2	de	de	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	_
3	Gubernatis	Gubernatis	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	opinion	opinion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	22	nsubj	_	_
8	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	Vedic	vedic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	hymns	hymn	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	22	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
14	Tritas	Tritas	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	third	third	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	18	amod	_	_
18	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
20	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	ablest	able	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	6	conj	_	_
23	as	as	ADV	RB	ExtPos=CCONJ	26	cc	_	_
24	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	23	fixed	_	_
25	as	as	ADP	IN	_	23	fixed	_	_
26	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	22	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	29	punct	_	_
28	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	29	aux:pass	_	_
29	persecuted	persecute	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	22	parataxis	_	_
30	by	by	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
31	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	32	nmod:poss	_	_
32	brothers	brother	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	29	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	35	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	35	punct	_	_
35	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	32	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	35	punct	_	_
37	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	35	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	in	in	ADP	IN	_	40	case	_	_
39	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	40	det	_	_
40	fit	fit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	obl	_	_
41	of	of	ADP	IN	_	42	case	_	_
42	jealousy	jealousy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	40	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
43	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	45	punct	_	_
44	on	on	ADP	IN	_	45	case	_	_
45	account	account	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	obl	_	_
46	of	of	ADP	IN	_	48	case	_	_
47	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	48	nmod:poss	_	_
48	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	45	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
49	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	51	punct	_	_
50	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	51	det	_	_
51	aurora	aurora	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	48	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
52	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	57	punct	_	_
53	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	57	cc	_	_
54	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	55	det	_	_
55	riches	rich	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	57	nsubj	_	_
56	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	57	nsubj	_	_
57	brings	bring	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	parataxis	_	_
58	with	with	ADP	IN	_	59	case	_	_
59	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	57	obl	_	_
60	from	from	ADP	IN	_	62	case	_	_
61	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	62	det	_	_
62	realm	realm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	57	obl	_	_
63	of	of	ADP	IN	_	64	case	_	_
64	darkness	darkness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	62	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
65	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	67	punct	_	_
66	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	67	det	_	_
67	cistern	cistern	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	62	conj	_	_
68	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	69	cc	_	_
69	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	67	conj	_	_
70	[	[	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	76	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
71	into	into	ADP	IN	_	72	case	_	_
72	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	76	obl	_	_
73	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	76	nsubj	_	_
74	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	76	aux	_	_
75	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	76	aux:pass	_	_
76	lowered	lower	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	67	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
77	]	]	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	76	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
78	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	79	punct	_	_
79	detain	detain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	57	conj	_	_
80	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	81	nmod:poss	_	_
81	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	79	obj	_	_
82	in	in	ADP	IN	_	84	case	_	_
83	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	84	det	_	_
84	well	well	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	79	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
85	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	88	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
86	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	88	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
87	[	[	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	88	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
88	93	93	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
89	]	]	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	88	punct	_	_
90	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	92	cc	_	_
91	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	92	nsubj	_	_
92	compares	compare	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	88	conj	_	_
93	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	94	det	_	_
94	form	form	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	92	obj	_	_
95	of	of	ADP	IN	_	97	case	_	_
96	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	97	det	_	_
97	myth	myth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	94	nmod	_	_
98	with	with	ADP	IN	_	99	case	_	_
99	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	97	nmod	_	_
100	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	102	nsubj	_	_
101	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	102	nsubj	_	_
102	assumes	assume	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	94	acl:relcl	_	_
103	in	in	ADP	IN	_	107	case	_	_
104	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	107	det	_	_
105	following	follow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	107	case	_	_
106	Hindoo	Hindoo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	107	compound	_	_
107	tradition	tradition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	102	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
108	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
109	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Professor |  |  |  |  | of opinion | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** *in a quote* |  | that |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **persecute** *in a quote* | present · passive | Professor's brothers |  |  | account of Professor's wife and the aurora |  |  | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **bring** *in a quote* | present | the riches |  |  | the realm of darkness and the cistern |  | with wife | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent from realm=Initial\_Location |
| 5 | **lower** *in a quote* | present · perfect · passive |  | Professor |  | the cistern |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme into which=Destination |
| 6 | **detain** *in a quote* | infinitive | the riches *not said here* | brothers's brother |  | the well |  |  | vn confine-92 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent brother=Theme |
| 7 | **compare** | present | Professor | this form of the myth with that |  |  |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent form=Patient |
| 8 | **assume** | present | this form of the myth with that |  |  | the Hindoo tradition |  |  | vn adopt-93.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 9 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 10 | **account** *in a quote* |  |  | Professor's wife and the aurora |  |  |  |  | nom account «communication transitive»: of=patient |
| 11 | **form** |  |  | the myth with that |  |  |  |  | nom form «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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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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