--- title: The legend to which I am now about to refer will serve as a proof of… — Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Musc… · tree and pragmatics description: The legend to which I am now about to refer will serve as a proof of the venerable antiquity of the myth from which the folk-tales, which have just been quoted, appear to have sprung. Who acts: I, legend, folk tales. A sentence of «Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore», Ch --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/25/40/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collecti…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/) / [Chapter II. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/25/) / 40 # Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter II. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 7, sentence 40 The legend to which I am now about to refer will serve as a proof of the venerable antiquity of the myth from which the folk-tales, which have just been quoted, appear to have sprung. **Who acts:** I, legend, folk tales · **What happens:** be, refer, serve, quote, appear, spring · **To what, where:** folk tales, myth, venerable antiquity This is a sentence of «Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore», Chapter II. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 7. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I, legend, folk tales), 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:pg22373:25:40 # text = The legend to which I am now about to refer will serve as a proof of the venerable antiquity of the myth from which the folk-tales, which have just been quoted, appear to have sprung. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 legend legend NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 3 to to ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 10 obl _ _ 5 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 6 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 7 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 8 advmod _ _ 8 about about ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 refer refer VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 acl:relcl _ _ 11 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 serve serve VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 13 as as ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 proof proof NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 venerable venerable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 antiquity antiquity NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 myth myth NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod _ _ 23 from from ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 36 obl _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 26 folk folk NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 27 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 tales tale NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 30 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 34 nsubj:pass _ _ 31 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 32 just just ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 33 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 34 aux:pass _ _ 34 quoted quote VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 36 appear appear VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 acl:relcl _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 38 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 39 aux _ _ 39 sprung spring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 36 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | I | | | | now | about *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **refer** | to-infinitive | the legend *not said here* | | | | | to the legend | vn relate-86.2-2 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme to which=Co-Theme | | 3 | **serve** | future | the legend | | | | | as a proof of the venerable antiquity of the myth | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as proof=Attribute | | 4 | **quote** *speech: other* | present · perfect · passive | | the folk tales | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic | | 5 | **appear** | present | the folk tales | | | the myth | | | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute | | 6 | **spring** | to-infinitive · perfect | the folk tales *not said here* | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **proof** | | | the venerable antiquity of the myth | | | | | nom proof «cognition transitive»: of=patient | 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 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/25/39/) - next →: [sentence 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/25/41/) - ↑ back to [Chapter II. 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