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MYTHOLOGICAL, part 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/33/) / 119 # Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter II. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 15, sentence 119 Buslaef remarks in his "Influence of Christianity on Slavonic Language," p. 103, that one of the Gothic words used by Ulfilas to express the Greek +daimonion+ is \_skohsl\_, which "is purely Slavonic, being preserved in the Czekh \_kauzlo\_, sorcery; in the Lower-Lusatian-Wendish, \_kostlar\_ means a sorcerer. **Who acts:** Buslaef, one, skohsl, kostlar \_ · **What happens:** remark, use, express, be, preserve, mean · **To what, where:** Influence, Gothic words, Greek daimonion, skohsl, Slavonic, Czekh · **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 (Buslaef, one, skohsl, kostlar \_), 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:pg22373:33:119 # text = Buslaef remarks in his "Influence of Christianity on Slavonic Language," p. 103, that one of the Gothic words used by Ulfilas to express the Greek +daimonion+ is _skohsl_, which "is purely Slavonic, being preserved in the Czekh _kauzlo_, sorcery; in the Lower-Lusatian-Wendish, _kostlar_ means a sorcerer. 1 Buslaef Buslaef PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 remarks remark VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 5 " " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 Influence influence NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 Christianity Christianity PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 9 on on ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 Slavonic Slavonic PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 compound _ _ 11 Language Language PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 " " PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ _ 14 p. P. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nmod:unmarked _ _ 15 103 103 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 11 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 that that SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 18 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 35 nsubj _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 Gothic gothic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 nmod _ _ 23 used use VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 22 acl _ _ 24 by by ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 Ulfilas ulfila NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obl _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 27 mark _ _ 27 express express VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 advcl _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 29 Greek Greek ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 30 + + SYM SYM _ 31 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 31 daimonion daimonion NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 + + SYM SYM _ 18 conj _ _ 33 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 cop _ _ 34 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 skohsl skohsl NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 36 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 38 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 42 nsubj _ _ 39 " " PUNCT `` _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 cop _ _ 41 purely purely ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 42 Slavonic Slavonic PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 44 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 45 aux:pass _ _ 45 preserved preserve VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 42 acl _ _ 46 in in ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 Czekh Czekh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 45 obl _ _ 49 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 50 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 kauzlo kauzlo NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 48 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 53 sorcery sorcery NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 54 ; ; PUNCT : _ 66 punct _ _ 55 in in ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 56 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 61 det _ _ 57 Lower Lower PROPN NNP Number=Sing 61 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 58 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 59 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 59 Lusatian Lusatian PROPN NNP Number=Sing 57 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 60 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 61 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 61 Wendish Wendish PROPN NNP Number=Sing 66 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 62 , , PUNCT , _ 61 punct _ _ 63 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 65 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 64 kostlar kostlar ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 65 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 65 _ _ NOUN NN Number=Sing 66 nsubj _ _ 66 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 67 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 68 det _ _ 68 sorcerer sorcerer NOUN NN Number=Sing 66 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 69 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **remark** *speech: assert* | present | Buslaef | | | Buslaef's Influence of Christianity on Slavonic Language | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **use** | participle | | the Gothic words *not said here* | | | | by Ulfilas | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **express** | to-infinitive | | the Greek daimonion | | | | | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent daimonion=Theme | | 4 | **is a** | present | one of the Gothic words | skohsl | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | skohsl | Slavonic | | | | purely *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **preserve** *in a quote* | gerund · passive | | Slavonic *not said here* | | the Czekh and kauzlo and sorcery | | | vn defend-72.3 «NP V S\_ING» | | 7 | **mean** *in a quote* | present | kostlar \_ | a sorcerer | | | | in the Lower Wendish | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot sorcerer=Theme in wendish=Attribute | 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 118](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/33/118/) - next →: [sentence 120](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/33/120/) - ↑ back to [Chapter II. 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