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MYTHOLOGICAL, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/23/) / 137 # Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter II. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 5, sentence 137 In the Russian tales the "death" of the Evil Being with whom the hero contends--the substance, namely, the destruction of which involves his death--is usually the last of a sequence of objects either identical with, or closely resembling, those mentioned in the following story of-- **Who acts:** hero, destruction, Evil · **What happens:** be, contend, involve, resemble, mention, follow · **To what, where:** death, last, Russian tales, those, following story · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore», Chapter II. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 5. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (hero, destruction, Evil), 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:pg22373:23:137 # text = In the Russian tales the "death" of the Evil Being with whom the hero contends--the substance, namely, the destruction of which involves his death--is usually the last of a sequence of objects either identical with, or closely resembling, those mentioned in the following story of-- 1 In in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 Russian Russian ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 tales tale NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 obl _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 " " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 Evil Evil PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 12 Being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 14 cop _ _ 13 with with ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 11 nmod _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 hero hero NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 17 contends contend VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 -- -- PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 substance substance NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 22 namely namely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 destruction destruction NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 appos _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 28 nsubj _ _ 28 involves involve VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 acl:relcl _ _ 29 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 -- -- PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 cop _ _ 33 usually usually ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 last last NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 sequence sequence NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nmod _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 objects object NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 nmod _ _ 41 either either CCONJ CC _ 42 cc:preconj _ _ 42 identical identical ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 43 with with SCONJ IN _ 47 mark _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 45 or or CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 46 closely closely ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ _ 47 resembling resemble VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 42 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 49 those that PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 50 nsubj:pass _ _ 50 mentioned mention VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 35 conj _ _ 51 in in ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 53 following follow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 54 amod _ _ 54 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obl _ _ 55 of of ADP IN _ 54 case _ SpaceAfter=No 56 -- -- PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | gerund | | | | | | with the Russian tales the death of the Evil | tree rules | | 2 | **contend** | present | the hero | | | | | | vn battle-36.4 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **involve** | present | the destruction | hero's death | | | | | vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent death=Theme | | 4 | **is a** | present | | the last | | the Russian tales the death of the Evil | | of a sequence of objects; usually *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **resemble** | gerund | | | | | | closely *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **mention** *speech: other* | participle · passive | | those | | the following story | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic | | 7 | **follow** | gerund | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **tell** | | the Evil | | | | | | nom tale «communication intransitive»: of=agent | | 9 | **die** | | hero | | | | | | nom death «event intransitive»: poss=agent | 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 136](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/23/136/) - next →: [sentence 138](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/23/138/) - ↑ back to [Chapter II. 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