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description: [94] This myth may, perhaps, be the germ from which have sprung the numerous folk-tales about the desertion of a younger brother in some pit or chasm, into which his brothers have lowered him. 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 3, sentence 88

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\[94\] This myth may, perhaps, be the germ from which have sprung the numerous folk-tales about the desertion of a younger brother in some pit or chasm, into which his brothers have lowered him.

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**What happens:** be, spring, lower, desert · **To what, where:** germ, numerous folk tales, brothers, younger brother

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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: 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:pg22373:21:88
# text = [94] This myth may, perhaps, be the germ from which have sprung the numerous folk-tales about the desertion of a younger brother in some pit or chasm, into which his brothers have lowered him.
1	[	[	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	94	94	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	]	]	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	2	punct	_	_
4	This	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	5	det	_	_
5	myth	myth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
8	perhaps	perhaps	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
10	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	cop	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	germ	germ	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
13	from	from	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	16	obl	_	_
15	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	_
16	sprung	spring	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	12	acl:relcl	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
18	numerous	numerous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
19	folk	folk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	19	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	tales	tale	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	obj	_	_
22	about	about	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
24	desertion	desertion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	nmod	_	_
25	of	of	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
26	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	28	det	_	_
27	younger	young	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	28	amod	_	_
28	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	nmod	_	_
29	in	in	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
30	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	31	det	_	_
31	pit	pit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	nmod	_	_
32	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	33	cc	_	_
33	chasm	chasm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	40	punct	_	_
35	into	into	ADP	IN	_	36	case	_	_
36	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	40	obl	_	_
37	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	38	nmod:poss	_	_
38	brothers	brother	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	40	nsubj:pass	_	_
39	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	40	aux	_	_
40	lowered	lower	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	21	acl	_	_
41	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	40	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | infinitive |  | the germ |  |  |  | perhaps *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **spring** | present · perfect |  | the numerous folk tales |  | the germ |  | about the desertion of a younger brother in some pit or chasm | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location tale=Theme |
| 3 | **lower** | present · perfect · passive |  | germ's brothers |  | the numerous folk tales |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme he=Destination |
| 4 | **desert** |  |  | a younger brother in some pit or chasm |  |  |  |  | nom desertion «act 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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