--- title: In their general character they bear a strong resemblance to the Gia… — Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Musc… · tree and pragmatics description: In their general character they bear a strong resemblance to the Giantesses, Lamias, female Trolls, Ogresses, Dragonesses, &c., of Europe, but in some of their traits they differ from those well-known beings, and therefore they are worthy of a detailed notice. Who acts: beings, some. A sentence of « --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/28/75/) [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 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/28/) / 75 # Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter II. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 10, sentence 75 In their general character they bear a strong resemblance to the Giantesses, Lamias, female Trolls, Ogresses, Dragonesses, &c., of Europe, but in some of their traits they differ from those well-known beings, and therefore they are worthy of a detailed notice. **Who acts:** beings, some · **What happens:** bear, differ, know, be · **To what, where:** strong resemblance, general character, traits, known beings 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 (beings, some), 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:pg22373:28:75 # text = In their general character they bear a strong resemblance to the Giantesses, Lamias, female Trolls, Ogresses, Dragonesses, &c., of Europe, but in some of their traits they differ from those well-known beings, and therefore they are worthy of a detailed notice. 1 In in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 3 general general ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 character character NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 5 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 bear bear VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 resemblance resemblance NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 Giantesses giantess NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 14 Lamias lamia NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 female female ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 Trolls troll NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 19 Ogresses ogress NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 21 Dragonesses dragoness NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 & & CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 24 c. c. NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 Europe Europe PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 29 but but CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 30 in in ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 48 nsubj _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 traits trait NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 nmod _ _ 35 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 differ differ VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 acl:relcl _ _ 37 from from ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 38 those that DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 42 det _ _ 39 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 41 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 known know VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 42 amod _ _ 42 beings being NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 45 therefore therefore ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ _ 46 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 47 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 48 cop _ _ 48 worthy worthy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 conj _ _ 49 of of ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 50 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 51 detailed detailed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 amod _ _ 52 notice notice NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bear** | present | beings *= being* | a strong resemblance | | beings's general character | | to the Giantesses and Lamias and female Trolls and Ogresses and Dragonesses; of Europe; c. *obl* | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent resemblance=Patient | | 2 | **differ** | present | beings *= being* | beings's traits *not said here* | | that known beings | | | tree rules | | 3 | **know** | participle | | | | | | well *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **is** | present | some | | | | | of a detailed notice; therefore, worthy *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 74](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/28/74/) - next →: [sentence 76](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/28/76/) - ↑ back to [Chapter II. 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