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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 (reason, stories), 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:pg22373:3:14 # text = They have often been quoted as "creations of the Slavonic mind," but there seems to be no reason for doubting that they are merely Russian adaptations, the first of the adventures of the Persian Rustem, the second of those of the Italian Buovo di Antona, our Sir Bevis of Hampton. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 often often ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 4 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 quoted quote VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 as as ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 " " PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 creations creation NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 Slavonic slavonic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 mind mind NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 " " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 15 but but CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 16 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 17 expl _ _ 17 seems seem VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 18 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 19 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 21 cop _ _ 20 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 21 det _ _ 21 reason reason NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 xcomp _ _ 22 for for SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 23 doubting doubt VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 21 acl _ _ 24 that that SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 25 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 26 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 cop _ _ 27 merely merely ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 28 Russian Russian ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 adaptations adaptation NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 first first NOUN NN Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 29 appos _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 adventures adventure NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 nmod _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 Persian Persian PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 compound _ _ 39 Rustem Rustem PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 second second ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 21 conj _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 those that PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 42 obl _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 47 Italian Italian ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 48 Buovo Buovo PROPN NNP Number=Sing 44 nmod _ _ 49 di DI PROPN NNP Number=Sing 48 flat _ _ 50 Antona Antona PROPN NNP Number=Sing 48 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 52 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 54 nmod:poss _ _ 53 Sir Sir PROPN NNP Number=Sing 54 nmod:desc _ _ 54 Bevis Bevis PROPN NNP Number=Sing 42 obl _ _ 55 of of ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 56 Hampton Hampton PROPN NNP Number=Sing 54 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 57 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **quote** *speech: other* | present · perfect · passive | | stories *= story* | | | | as creations of the Slavonic mind; often *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic | | 2 | **seem** | present | | | | there | | | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **is a** | to-infinitive | | no reason | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **doubt** | gerund | no reason *not said here* | | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is a** | present | stories *= story* | Russian adaptations | | | | merely *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **be** | | | our Bevis Sir of Hampton | | | | of those | tree rules | | 7 | **create** *in a quote* | | | the Slavonic mind | | | | | nom creation «act transitive»: of=patient | | 8 | **adventure** | | | the Persian Rustem | | | | | nom adventure «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 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/3/13/) - next →: [sentence 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/3/15/) - ↑ back to [To Him So Deeply Indebted.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/3/)