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MYTHOLOGICAL, part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/29/) / 73 # Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter II. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 11, sentence 73 The most important of these versions is the Lithuanian story of the carpenter who overcomes a Laume--a being in many respects akin to the Baba Yaga--who has proved too strong for his comrades, Perkun and the Devil. **Who acts:** carpenter, many respects, Baba Yaga · **What happens:** be, overcome, akin, prove · **To what, where:** important Lithuanian story, Laume, many respects This is a sentence of «Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore», Chapter II. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 11. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (carpenter, many respects, Baba Yaga), 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:pg22373:29:73 # text = The most important of these versions is the Lithuanian story of the carpenter who overcomes a Laume--a being in many respects akin to the Baba Yaga--who has proved too strong for his comrades, Perkun and the Devil. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 3 advmod _ _ 3 important important ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 6 det _ _ 6 versions version NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 7 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 Lithuanian lithuanian ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 carpenter carpenter NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ 14 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 15 nsubj _ _ 15 overcomes overcome VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 acl:relcl _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 Laume Laume PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 -- -- PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 20 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 23 cop _ _ 21 in in ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 respects respects NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 nsubj _ _ 24 akin akin VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 parataxis _ _ 25 to to ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 Baba Baba PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 compound _ _ 28 Yaga Yaga PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 -- -- PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 32 nsubj _ _ 31 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 proved prove VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 28 acl _ _ 33 too too ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 34 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 ccomp _ _ 35 for for ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 comrades comrade NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 39 Perkun Perkun PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 conj _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 Devil Devil PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | | the important Lithuanian story | | | | of the carpenter | tree rules | | 2 | **overcome** | present | the carpenter | a Laume | | | | | vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot laume=Theme | | 3 | **is** | gerund | | | | a many respects | | | tree rules | | 4 | **akin** | present | a many respects | | | | | to the Baba Yaga and Perkun and the Devil | tree rules | | 5 | **prove** | present · perfect | the Baba Yaga and Perkun and the Devil | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent | 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 72](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/29/72/) - next →: [sentence 74](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/29/74/) - ↑ back to [Chapter II. 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