--- title: Of such a nature--to be accounted for only on the supposition that a… — Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Musc… · tree and pragmatics description: Of such a nature--to be accounted for only on the supposition that an evil spirit has taken up its abode in a human body[215]--is the witch who appears in the somewhat incomprehensible story that follows. Who acts: witch, incomprehensible story. A sentence of «Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collectio --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/32/67/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collecti…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/) / [Chapter II. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/32/) / 67 # Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter II. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 14, sentence 67 Of such a nature--to be accounted for only on the supposition that an evil spirit has taken up its abode in a human body\[215\]--is the witch who appears in the somewhat incomprehensible story that follows. **Who acts:** witch, incomprehensible story · **What happens:** account, take up, be, appear, follow · **To what, where:** evil spirit, human body, witch, incomprehensible story 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 (witch, incomprehensible story), 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:pg22373:32:67 # text = Of such a nature--to be accounted for only on the supposition that an evil spirit has taken up its abode in a human body[215]--is the witch who appears in the somewhat incomprehensible story that follows. 1 Of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 4 det:predet _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 nature nature NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 -- -- PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 7 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 8 aux:pass _ _ 8 accounted account VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 acl:relcl _ _ 9 for for ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 10 only only ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 11 on on ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 supposition supposition NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 14 that that SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 15 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 evil evil ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 spirit spirit NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj:pass _ _ 18 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 advcl _ _ 20 up up ADP RP _ 19 compound:prt _ _ 21 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 abode abode NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 23 in in ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 human human ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 body body NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 215 215 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 26 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 -- -- PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 cop _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 witch witch NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 34 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 35 nsubj _ _ 35 appears appear VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 acl:relcl _ _ 36 in in ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 38 somewhat somewhat ADV AFX _ 39 advmod _ _ 39 incomprehensible incomprehensible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 41 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 42 nsubj _ _ 42 follows follow VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 33 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **account** | to-infinitive · passive | | | | | | for the supposition | tree rules | | 2 | **take up** | present · perfect · passive | | a evil spirit | | a human body | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme abode=Destination | | 3 | **is a** | present | | the witch | | | | of such nature | tree rules | | 4 | **appear** | present | the witch | | | the incomprehensible story | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in story=Location | | 5 | **follow** | present | the incomprehensible story | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 66](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/32/66/) - next →: [sentence 68](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/32/68/) - ↑ back to [Chapter II. 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