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MYTHOLOGICAL, part 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/33/) / 60 # Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter II. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 15, sentence 60 A far more detailed account might be given of the Witch and her near relation the Baba Yaga, as well as of those masculine embodiments of that spirit of evil which is personified in them, the Snake, Koshchei, and other similar beings. **What happens:** give, personify · **To what, where:** detailed account, evil 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: 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:pg22373:33:60 # text = A far more detailed account might be given of the Witch and her near relation the Baba Yaga, as well as of those masculine embodiments of that spirit of evil which is personified in them, the Snake, Koshchei, and other similar beings. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 2 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 3 advmod _ _ 3 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 4 advmod _ _ 4 detailed detailed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 account account NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj:pass _ _ 6 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 7 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 8 aux:pass _ _ 8 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 Witch witch NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 13 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 14 near near ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 relation relation NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 conj _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 Baba Baba PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 compound _ _ 18 Yaga Yaga PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 20 as as ADV RB ExtPos=CCONJ 26 cc _ _ 21 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 20 fixed _ _ 22 as as ADP IN _ 20 fixed _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 22 fixed _ _ 24 those that DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 26 det _ _ 25 masculine masculine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 embodiments embodiment NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 conj _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 29 det _ _ 29 spirit spirit NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 evil evil NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nmod _ _ 32 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 34 nsubj:pass _ _ 33 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux:pass _ _ 34 personified personify VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 31 acl:relcl _ _ 35 in in ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 Snake Snake PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 41 Koshchei Koshchei PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 44 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 45 similar similar ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 beings being NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | might · passive | | a detailed account | | | | of the Witch and witch's relation; the Baba Yaga as that masculine embodiments of that spirit of evil and the Snake and Koshchei *obl*; other similar beings *obl* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **personify** | present · passive | | evil | | | | in embodiments *= embodiment* | 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 59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/33/59/) - next →: [sentence 61](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/33/61/) - ↑ back to [Chapter II. 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