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MYTHOLOGICAL, part 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/33/) / 118 # Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter II. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 15, sentence 118 \[99\] The word \_koshchei\_, says Afanasief, may fairly be derived from \_kost'\_, a bone, for changes between \_st\_ and \_shch\_ are not uncommon--as in the cases of \_pustoi\_, waste, \_pushcha\_, a wild wood, or of \_gustoi\_, thick, \_gushcha\_, sediment, etc. The verb \_okostenyet'\_, to grow numb, describes the state into which a skazka represents the realm of the "Sleeping Beauty," as being thrown by Koshchei. **Who acts:** 99, changes, skazka, Koshchei · **What happens:** say, derive, not be, grow, describe, represent · **To what, where:** Afanasief, kost, state, realm · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore», Chapter II. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 15. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (99, changes, skazka, Koshchei), 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:pg22373:33:118 # text = [99] The word _koshchei_, says Afanasief, may fairly be derived from _kost'_, a bone, for changes between _st_ and _shch_ are not uncommon--as in the cases of _pustoi_, waste, _pushcha_, a wild wood, or of _gustoi_, thick, _gushcha_, sediment, etc. The verb _okostenyet'_, to grow numb, describes the state into which a skazka represents the realm of the "Sleeping Beauty," as being thrown by Koshchei. 1 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 99 99 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 10 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 2 punct _ _ 4 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 6 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 koshchei koshchei X FW Foreign=Yes 5 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 8 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 10 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 Afanasief Afanasief PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 13 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 14 fairly fairly ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 15 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 16 aux:pass _ _ 16 derived derive VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 ccomp _ _ 17 from from ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 _ _ PUNCT `` _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 kost kost NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 bone bone NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 for for ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 changes change NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 nsubj _ _ 28 between between ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 st St PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 27 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 33 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 shch shch NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 27 punct _ _ 36 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 cop _ _ 37 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 38 advmod _ _ 38 uncommon uncommon ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 -- -- PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 as as ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 41 in in ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 cases case NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 parataxis _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 pustoi pustoi X FW Foreign=Yes 43 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 49 waste waste NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 51 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 52 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 pushcha pushcha X FW Foreign=Yes 43 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 53 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 54 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 55 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 56 wild wild ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 57 amod _ _ 57 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 58 , , PUNCT , _ 65 punct _ _ 59 or or CCONJ CC _ 65 cc _ _ 60 of of ADP IN _ 62 case _ _ 61 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 60 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 62 gustoi gustoi X FW Foreign=Yes 65 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 63 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 62 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 64 , , PUNCT , _ 65 punct _ _ 65 thick thick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 57 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 66 , , PUNCT , _ 68 punct _ _ 67 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 68 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 68 gushcha gushcha X FW Foreign=Yes 65 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 69 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 68 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 70 , , PUNCT , _ 71 punct _ _ 71 sediment sediment NOUN NN Number=Sing 68 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 72 , , PUNCT , _ 73 punct _ _ 73 etc. etc. NOUN FW Abbr=Yes|Number=Plur 68 conj _ _ 74 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 75 det _ _ 75 verb verb NOUN NN Number=Sing 68 obj _ _ 76 _ _ PUNCT `` _ 77 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 77 okostenyet okostenyet NOUN NN Number=Sing 75 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 78 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 77 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 79 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 68 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 80 , , PUNCT , _ 82 punct _ _ 81 to to PART TO _ 82 mark _ _ 82 grow grow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 68 conj _ _ 83 numb numb ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 82 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 84 , , PUNCT , _ 85 punct _ _ 85 describes describe VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 82 parataxis _ _ 86 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 87 det _ _ 87 state state NOUN NN Number=Sing 85 obj _ _ 88 into into ADP IN _ 89 case _ _ 89 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 92 obl _ _ 90 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 91 det _ _ 91 skazka skazka NOUN NN Number=Sing 92 nsubj _ _ 92 represents represent VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 85 parataxis _ _ 93 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 94 det _ _ 94 realm realm NOUN NN Number=Sing 92 obj _ _ 95 of of ADP IN _ 99 case _ _ 96 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 99 det _ _ 97 " " PUNCT `` _ 98 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 98 Sleeping sleep VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 99 amod _ _ 99 Beauty beauty NOUN NN Number=Sing 94 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 100 , , PUNCT , _ 99 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 101 " " PUNCT '' _ 99 punct _ _ 102 as as SCONJ IN _ 104 mark _ _ 103 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 104 aux:pass _ _ 104 thrown throw VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 92 advcl _ _ 105 by by ADP IN _ 106 case _ _ 106 Koshchei Koshchei PROPN NNP Number=Sing 104 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 107 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | 99 | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **derive** | may · passive | | Afanasief | | kost and a bone | | fairly *property* | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.material»: subject=Result from kost=Material | | 3 | **not** **is** | present | changes between st and shch | | | | | uncommon *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **grow** | to-infinitive | 99 *not said here* | | | | | numb *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **describe** | present | | the state | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent state=Theme | | 6 | **represent** | present | a skazka | the realm of the Sleeping Beauty | | | | | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot realm=Theme | | 7 | **sleep** *in a quote* | gerund | | | | | | | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **throw** | gerund · passive | Koshchei | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | 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 117](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/33/117/) - next →: [sentence 119](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/33/119/) - ↑ back to [Chapter II. 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