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MYTHOLOGICAL, part 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/31/) / 99 # Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter II. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 13, sentence 99 The supernatural being who, in folk-tales, sways the elements and preys upon mankind, is most inadequately designated by such names as \_Vyed'ma\_, \_Hexe\_, or \_Witch\_, suggestive as those now homely terms are of merely human, though diabolically intensified malevolence. **Who acts:** supernatural, such names, folk tales · **What happens:** be, sway, designate, intensify · **To what, where:** folk tales, elements, most 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 (supernatural, such names, folk tales), 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:pg22373:31:99 # text = The supernatural being who, in folk-tales, sways the elements and preys upon mankind, is most inadequately designated by such names as _Vyed'ma_, _Hexe_, or _Witch_, suggestive as those now homely terms are of merely human, though diabolically intensified malevolence. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 supernatural supernatural NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 3 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 cop _ _ 4 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 folk folk NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 8 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 tales tale NOUN NNS Number=Plur 49 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 sways sway VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 elements element NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obj _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 preys prey NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 conj _ _ 16 upon upon ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 mankind mankind NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 19 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux:pass _ _ 20 most most ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 22 nsubj:pass _ _ 21 inadequately inadequately ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 22 designated designate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 parataxis _ _ 23 by by ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 names name NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obl _ _ 26 as as ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 Vyed'ma Vyed'ma PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 Hexe Hexe PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 35 or or CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 36 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 Witch witch NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 40 suggestive suggestive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 conj _ _ 41 as as ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 42 those that DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 45 det _ _ 43 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 44 advmod _ _ 44 homely homely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 terms term NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 obl _ _ 46 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 49 cop _ _ 47 of of SCONJ IN _ 49 mark _ _ 48 merely merely ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ _ 49 human human ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 51 though though SCONJ IN _ 54 mark _ _ 52 diabolically diabolically ADV RB _ 53 advmod _ _ 53 intensified intensify VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 54 amod _ _ 54 malevolence malevolence NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 49 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | gerund | the supernatural | | | folk tales or Witch | | | tree rules | | 2 | **sway** | present | | the elements and preys | | | | upon mankind | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location element=Theme | | 3 | **designate** | present · passive | such names | most | | | | as Vyed'ma and Hexe; inadequately *property* | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent subject=Theme as vyed'ma=Attribute | | 4 | **be** | | the supernatural *not said here* | | | | | as that homely terms | tree rules | | 5 | **is** | present | folk tales or Witch | | | | | intensified malevolence *obl*; human, merely *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **intensify** | participle | | | | | | diabolically *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=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 98](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/31/98/) - next →: [sentence 100](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/31/100/) - ↑ back to [Chapter II. 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