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MYTHOLOGICAL, part 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/28/) / 67 # Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter II. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 10, sentence 67 From the assaults of such a Rakshasa as this it was that Buddha, who was at the time a monkey, preserved himself and 80,000 of his brother monkeys, by suggesting that they should drink from the tank in which the demon lay in wait for them, "through reeds previously made completely hollow by their breath." **Who acts:** Buddha, water, assaults, demon, reeds · **What happens:** be, suggest, drink, lie, make, assault · **To what, where:** assaults, tank, Rakshasa · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore», Chapter II. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 10. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Buddha, water, assaults, demon), 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:pg22373:28:67 # text = From the assaults of such a Rakshasa as this it was that Buddha, who was at the time a monkey, preserved himself and 80,000 of his brother monkeys, by suggesting that they should drink from the tank in which the demon lay in wait for them, "through reeds previously made completely hollow by their breath." 1 From from ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 assaults assault NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obl _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 7 det:predet _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 Rakshasa Rakshasa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 8 as as ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 23 obl _ _ 10 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 11 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 cop _ _ 12 that that SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 13 Buddha Buddha PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 15 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 19 nsubj _ _ 16 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 cop _ _ 17 at at ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 appos _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 monkey monkey NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 23 preserved preserve VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 24 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 23 obj _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 80,000 80000 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 23 obl _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 28 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 29 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 compound _ _ 30 monkeys monkey NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 by by SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 33 suggesting suggest VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 23 advcl _ _ 34 that that SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 35 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 36 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 drink drink VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 ccomp _ _ 38 from from ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 tank tank NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 41 in in ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 45 obl _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 demon demon NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nsubj _ _ 45 lay lie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 acl:relcl _ _ 46 in in ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 wait wait NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ _ 48 for for ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 51 " " PUNCT '' _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 through through SCONJ IN _ 55 mark _ _ 53 reeds reed NOUN NNS Number=Plur 55 nsubj _ _ 54 previously previously ADV RB _ 55 advmod _ _ 55 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 advcl _ _ 56 completely completely ADV RB _ 57 advmod _ _ 57 hollow hollow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 55 xcomp _ _ 58 by by ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 59 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 60 nmod:poss _ _ 60 breath breath NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 61 . . PUNCT . _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 62 " " PUNCT '' _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | Buddha | | | | at the time | | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | past | water | | | the assaults of such Rakshasa | | as this; 80,000 of monkey's brother monkeys *obl*; preserve *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **suggest** *speech: suggest* | gerund | water *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **drink** | should | assaults *= assault* | | | the tank | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V PP.source»: agent=Agent from tank=Source | | 5 | **lie** | past | the demon | | | the tank | | in wait for assaults | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in which=Location | | 6 | **make** *in a quote* | past | reeds | | | | | by assaults's breath; hollow, previously *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | | 7 | **assault** | | | such Rakshasa | | | | | nom assault «act 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 66](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/28/66/) - next →: [sentence 68](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/28/68/) - ↑ back to [Chapter II. 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