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MYTHOLOGICAL, part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/25/) / 85 # Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter II. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 7, sentence 85 Such names as Koshchei, Chudo Yudo, Usuinya, and the like, seem to admit of exchange at the will of the story-teller with that of Zmei Goruinuich, the many-headed Snake, who in Russian storyland is represented as the type of all that is evil. **Who acts:** Such names, type · **What happens:** seem, admit, head, represent, be · **To what, where:** story teller, headed Snake, Russian storyland, type 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 (Such names, type), 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:pg22373:25:85 # text = Such names as Koshchei, Chudo Yudo, Usuinya, and the like, seem to admit of exchange at the will of the story-teller with that of Zmei Goruinuich, the many-headed Snake, who in Russian storyland is represented as the type of all that is evil. 1 Such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 names name NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 nsubj _ _ 3 as as ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 Koshchei Koshchei PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 Chudo Chudo PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ 7 Yudo Yudo PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 Usuinya Usuinya PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 like like INTJ UH _ 15 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 15 seem seem VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 16 to to PART TO _ 17 mark _ _ 17 admit admit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 xcomp _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 exchange exchange NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 20 at at ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 22 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 25 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 26 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 teller teller NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 28 with with ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 27 nmod _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 Zmei Zmei PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 nmod _ _ 32 Goruinuich Goruinuich PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 35 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 36 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 headed head VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 38 amod _ _ 38 Snake snake NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 40 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 45 nsubj _ _ 41 in in ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 Russian Russian ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 storyland storyland NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ _ 44 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 45 aux:pass _ _ 45 represented represent VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 38 acl:relcl _ _ 46 as as ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 type type NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ _ 49 of of ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 48 nmod _ _ 51 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 53 nsubj _ _ 52 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 53 cop _ _ 53 evil evil ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **seem** | present | Such names as Koshchei and Chudo and Usuinya | | | | | | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute | | 2 | **admit** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | Such names as Koshchei and Chudo and Usuinya *not said here* | | | the story teller with that of Zmei | | of exchange | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent at teller=Location | | 3 | **head** | participle | | | | | | | vn conduct-111.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **represent** | present · passive | | the headed Snake | | Russian storyland | | as the type of all | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Theme as type=Attribute | | 5 | **is** | present | the type of all | the type of all *not said here* | | | | evil *property* | tree rules | 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 84](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/25/84/) - next →: [sentence 86](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/25/86/) - ↑ back to [Chapter II. 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