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MYTHOLOGICAL, part 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/32/) / 65 # Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter II. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 14, sentence 65 But there is one class of stories in which the \_Vyed'ma\_ is represented as differing from the Baba Yaga, in so far as she is the offspring of parents who are not in any way supernatural or inhuman. **Who acts:** one class, class, parents · **What happens:** be, represent, differ, not be · **To what, where:** Vyed'ma, offspring, way This is a sentence of «Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore», Chapter II. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 14. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (one class, class, parents), 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:pg22373:32:65 # text = But there is one class of stories in which the _Vyed'ma_ is represented as differing from the Baba Yaga, in so far as she is the offspring of parents who are not in any way supernatural or inhuman. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 3 expl _ _ 3 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 5 class class NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 stories story NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nmod _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 15 obl _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 Vyed'ma Vyed'ma PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 13 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 12 punct _ _ 14 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux:pass _ _ 15 represented represent VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 acl:relcl _ _ 16 as as SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 17 differing differ VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 15 advcl _ _ 18 from from ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 Baba Baba PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 compound _ _ 21 Yaga Yaga PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 23 in in ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 24 so so ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 25 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 30 advmod _ _ 26 as as ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 27 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 28 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 cop _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 offspring offspring NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 parents parent NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 nmod _ _ 33 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 38 nsubj _ _ 34 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 cop _ _ 35 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 38 advmod _ _ 36 in in ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 38 det _ _ 38 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nmod _ _ 39 supernatural supernatural ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 40 or or CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 inhuman inhuman ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **be** | present | one class of stories | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **represent** | present · passive | | the Vyed'ma | | | | in stories | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Theme in which=Attribute | | 3 | **differ** | gerund | | | | | | from the Baba Yaga | vn differ-23.4 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme from yaga=Co-Theme | | 4 | **is** | present | class | | | the offspring | | of parents; far *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **not** **is** | present | parents | | | any way | | | tree rules | 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 64](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/32/64/) - next →: [sentence 66](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/32/66/) - ↑ back to [Chapter II. 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