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title: The name which she bears--that of _Vyed'ma_--is a misnomer; it prope… — Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Musc… · tree and pragmatics
description: The name which she bears--that of _Vyed'ma_--is a misnomer; it properly belongs either to the "wise woman," or prophetess, of old times, or to her modern representative, the woman to whom Russian superstition attributes the faculties and functions ascribed in olden days by most of our jurisprudents,
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# Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter II. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 13, sentence 98

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The name which she bears--that of \_Vyed'ma\_--is a misnomer; it properly belongs either to the "wise woman," or prophetess, of old times, or to her modern representative, the woman to whom Russian superstition attributes the faculties and functions ascribed in olden days by most of our jurisprudents, in more recent times by a few of our rustics, to our own witch.

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**Who acts:** version, name, Russian superstition · **What happens:** bear, be, belong, attribute, ascribe · **To what, where:** misnomer, faculties

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This is a sentence of «Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore», Chapter II. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 13. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (version, name, Russian superstition), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg22373:31:98
# text = The name which she bears--that of _Vyed'ma_--is a misnomer; it properly belongs either to the "wise woman," or prophetess, of old times, or to her modern representative, the woman to whom Russian superstition attributes the faculties and functions ascribed in olden days by most of our jurisprudents, in more recent times by a few of our rustics, to our own witch.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
3	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	5	det	_	_
4	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	bears	bear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	5	appos	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	Vyed'ma	Vyed'ma	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	misnomer	misnomer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	19	punct	_	_
17	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj	_	_
18	properly	properly	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	_
19	belongs	belong	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	acl:relcl	_	_
20	either	either	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	19	advmod	_	_
21	to	to	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
23	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	25	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	wise	wise	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	25	amod	_	_
25	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	25	punct	_	_
28	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	29	cc	_	_
29	prophetess	prophetess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	33	punct	_	_
31	of	of	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
32	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	33	amod	_	_
33	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	39	punct	_	_
35	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	39	cc	_	_
36	to	to	ADP	IN	_	39	case	_	_
37	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	39	nmod:poss	_	_
38	modern	modern	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	39	amod	_	_
39	representative	representative	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
40	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	42	punct	_	_
41	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	42	det	_	_
42	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	appos	_	_
43	to	to	ADP	IN	_	44	case	_	_
44	whom	whom	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	47	obl	_	_
45	Russian	Russian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	46	amod	_	_
46	superstition	superstition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	47	nsubj	_	_
47	attributes	attribute	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	42	acl:relcl	_	_
48	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	49	det	_	_
49	faculties	faculty	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	47	obj	_	_
50	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	51	cc	_	_
51	functions	function	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	49	conj	_	_
52	ascribed	ascribe	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	49	acl	_	_
53	in	in	ADP	IN	_	55	case	_	_
54	olden	olden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	55	amod	_	_
55	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	52	obl	_	_
56	by	by	ADP	IN	_	57	case	_	_
57	most	most	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	52	obl	_	_
58	of	of	ADP	IN	_	60	case	_	_
59	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	60	nmod:poss	_	_
60	jurisprudents	jurisprudent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	57	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
61	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	65	punct	_	_
62	in	in	ADP	IN	_	65	case	_	_
63	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	65	amod	_	_
64	recent	recent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	65	amod	_	_
65	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	47	obl:unmarked	_	_
66	by	by	ADP	IN	_	68	case	_	_
67	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	68	det	_	_
68	few	few	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	47	obl	_	_
69	of	of	ADP	IN	_	71	case	_	_
70	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	71	nmod:poss	_	_
71	rustics	rustic	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	68	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
72	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	76	punct	_	_
73	to	to	ADP	IN	_	76	case	_	_
74	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	76	nmod:poss	_	_
75	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	76	amod	_	_
76	witch	witch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	47	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
77	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	15	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bear** |  | version |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | present | the name | a misnomer or version's modern representative |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **belong** | present | name | a misnomer or version's modern representative *not said here* |  |  | time | to the wise woman or prophetess; either, properly *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **attribute** | present | Russian superstition | the faculties and functions |  |  | time | to the woman; by a few of our rustics | tree rules |
| 5 | **ascribe** | participle |  | the faculties and functions *not said here* |  |  | day | by most of our jurisprudents | tree rules |

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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.

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**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.

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