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# Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter II. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 8, sentence 53

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He is of a somewhat shadowy form, and his functions are not very clearly defined, for the part he usually fills is sometimes allotted to Koshchei or to the Snake, but the stories generally represent him as a patriarchal monarch, living in subaqueous halls of light and splendor, whence he emerges at times to seize a human victim.

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**Who acts:** King, stories · **What happens:** be, not define, fill, allot, represent, live · **To what, where:** functions, part, Koshchei, King, subaqueous halls, human victim

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This is a sentence of «Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore», Chapter II. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 8. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (King, stories), 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:pg22373:26:53
# text = He is of a somewhat shadowy form, and his functions are not very clearly defined, for the part he usually fills is sometimes allotted to Koshchei or to the Snake, but the stories generally represent him as a patriarchal monarch, living in subaqueous halls of light and splendor, whence he emerges at times to seize a human victim.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	somewhat	somewhat	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	shadowy	shadowy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	form	form	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
10	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	functions	function	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	nsubj:pass	_	_
12	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	aux:pass	_	_
13	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	16	advmod	_	_
14	very	very	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
15	clearly	clearly	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
16	defined	define	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	_	_
18	for	for	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	obl	_	_
21	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	23	nsubj	_	_
22	usually	usually	ADV	RB	_	23	advmod	_	_
23	fills	fill	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	20	acl:relcl	_	_
24	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	26	aux:pass	_	_
25	sometimes	sometimes	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	26	advmod	_	_
26	allotted	allot	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	16	conj	_	_
27	to	to	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
28	Koshchei	Koshchei	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	26	obl	_	_
29	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	32	cc	_	_
30	to	to	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
31	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	32	det	_	_
32	Snake	snake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	38	punct	_	_
34	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	38	cc	_	_
35	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	36	det	_	_
36	stories	story	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	38	nsubj	_	_
37	generally	generally	ADV	RB	_	38	advmod	_	_
38	represent	represent	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	parataxis	_	_
39	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	38	obj	_	_
40	as	as	ADP	IN	_	43	case	_	_
41	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	43	det	_	_
42	patriarchal	patriarchal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	43	amod	_	_
43	monarch	monarch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	38	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
44	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	45	punct	_	_
45	living	live	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	38	advcl	_	_
46	in	in	ADP	IN	_	48	case	_	_
47	subaqueous	subaqueous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	48	amod	_	_
48	halls	hall	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	45	obl	_	_
49	of	of	ADP	IN	_	50	case	_	_
50	light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	48	nmod	_	_
51	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	52	cc	_	_
52	splendor	splendor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	50	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
53	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	56	punct	_	_
54	whence	whence	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	56	advmod	_	_
55	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	56	nsubj	_	_
56	emerges	emerge	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	45	parataxis	_	_
57	at	at	ADP	IN	_	58	case	_	_
58	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	56	obl	_	_
59	to	to	PART	TO	_	60	mark	_	_
60	seize	seize	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	56	advcl	_	_
61	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	63	det	_	_
62	human	human	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	63	amod	_	_
63	victim	victim	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	60	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
64	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | King |  |  |  |  | of a shadowy form | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **define** | present · passive |  | King's functions |  |  |  | clearly *property* | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 3 | **fill** | present | King | the part *not said here* |  |  |  | usually *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent part=Patient |
| 4 | **allot** | present · passive |  |  | Koshchei or the Snake |  |  | for the part; sometimes *property* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: to koshchei=Goal |
| 5 | **represent** | present | the stories | King |  |  |  | as a patriarchal monarch; generally *property* | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent he=Theme as monarch=Attribute |
| 6 | **live** | gerund | the stories *not said here* |  |  | subaqueous halls of light and splendor |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in hall=Location |
| 7 | **emerge** | present | King |  |  |  | time | whence *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 8 | **seize** | to-infinitive | King *not said here* | a human victim |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent victim=Theme |

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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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