--- title: The popular tales which were current in former days were at first pr… — Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Musc… · tree and pragmatics description: The popular tales which were current in former days were at first printed on sheets or strips of this substance, whence the term _lubochnuiya_ came to be given to all such productions of the cheap press, even after paper had taken the place of bark. Who acts: popular tales, sheets. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (popular tales, sheets), 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:pg22373:3:10 # text = The popular tales which were current in former days were at first printed on sheets or strips of this substance, whence the term _lubochnuiya_ came to be given to all such productions of the cheap press, even after paper had taken the place of bark. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 popular popular ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 tales tale NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 6 nsubj _ _ 5 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 current current ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 acl:relcl _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 former former ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ _ 10 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux:pass _ _ 11 at at ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 13 obl _ _ 13 printed print VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 14 on on ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 sheets sheet NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 nsubj _ _ 16 or or CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 strips strip NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 conj _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 20 det _ _ 20 substance substance NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 22 whence whence ADV WRB PronType=Int 26 advmod _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 term term NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 compound _ _ 25 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 lubochnuiya lubochnuiya NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 27 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 26 punct _ _ 28 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 parataxis _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 31 mark _ _ 30 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 31 aux:pass _ _ 31 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 advcl _ _ 32 to to ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 33 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 35 det _ _ 34 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 productions production NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obl _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 cheap cheap ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 press press NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 41 even even ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 42 after after SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 43 paper paper NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nsubj:pass _ _ 44 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 45 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 31 parataxis _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ _ 48 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 bark bark NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the popular tales | | | | day | current *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **print** | past · passive | | the popular tales | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 3 | **come** | past | sheets or strips of this substance | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **give** | to-infinitive · passive | sheets or strips of this substance *not said here* | | all such productions of the cheap press | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: to production=Recipient | | 5 | **take** | past · perfect · passive | | paper | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme place=Destination | | 6 | **produce** | | | the cheap press | | | | | nom production «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 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/3/9/) - next →: [sentence 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/3/11/) - ↑ back to [To Him So Deeply Indebted.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/3/)