--- title: A few of the ghost stories contained in the following pages appeared… — Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Musc… · tree and pragmatics description: A few of the ghost stories contained in the following pages appeared in the "Cornhill Magazine" for August 1872, and an account of some of the "legends" was given in the "Fortnightly Review" for April 1, 1868. Who acts: few. 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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 (few), 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:pg22373:3:69 # text = A few of the ghost stories contained in the following pages appeared in the "Cornhill Magazine" for August 1872, and an account of some of the "legends" was given in the "Fortnightly Review" for April 1, 1868. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 nsubj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 ghost ghost NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 stories story NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ 7 contained contain VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 acl _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 following follow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 11 amod _ _ 11 pages page NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ _ 12 appeared appear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 15 " " PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 Cornhill Cornhill PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 compound _ _ 17 Magazine Magazine PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 " " PUNCT '' _ 17 punct _ _ 19 for for ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 August August PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 nmod _ _ 21 1872 1872 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 17 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 24 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 account account NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nsubj:pass _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 25 nmod _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 " " PUNCT `` _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 legends legend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 " " PUNCT '' _ 31 punct _ _ 33 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux:pass _ _ 34 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 conj _ _ 35 in in ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 37 " " PUNCT `` _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 Fortnightly Fortnightly PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 compound _ _ 39 Review Review PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 " " PUNCT '' _ 39 punct _ _ 41 for for ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 April April PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 nmod:unmarked _ _ 43 1 1 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 45 1868 1868 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 43 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **contain** | participle | | the ghost stories *not said here* | | the following pages | | | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in page=Location | | 2 | **follow** | gerund | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **appear** | past | a few of the ghost stories | | | the Cornhill Magazine for August | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in magazine=Location | | 4 | **give** | past · passive | | a account of some | | the Fortnightly Review | | for 1 April | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: subject=Theme for 1=Asset | 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 68](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/3/68/) - next →: [sentence 70](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/3/70/) - ↑ back to [To Him So Deeply Indebted.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/3/)