--- title: [193] I break off the narrative at this point, because what follows… — Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Musc… · tree and pragmatics description: [193] I break off the narrative at this point, because what follows is inferior in dramatic interest, and I am afraid of diminishing the reader's admiration for one of the best folk-tales I know. Who acts: 193, I, reader. A sentence of «Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/34/145/) [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 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/34/) / 145 # Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter II. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 16, sentence 145 \[193\] I break off the narrative at this point, because what follows is inferior in dramatic interest, and I am afraid of diminishing the reader's admiration for one of the best folk-tales I know. **Who acts:** 193, I, reader · **What happens:** break off, follow, be, diminish, know, admire · **To what, where:** narrative, point, dramatic interest, admiration, best folk tales This is a sentence of «Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore», Chapter II. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 16. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (193, I, reader), 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:pg22373:34:145 # text = [193] I break off the narrative at this point, because what follows is inferior in dramatic interest, and I am afraid of diminishing the reader's admiration for one of the best folk-tales I know. 1 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 193 193 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 2 punct _ _ 4 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 break break VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 off off ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 narrative narrative NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 9 at at ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 11 det _ _ 11 point point NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 because because SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 14 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 15 nsubj _ _ 15 follows follow VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 16 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 cop _ _ 17 inferior inferior ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 xcomp _ _ 18 in in ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 dramatic dramatic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 interest interest NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 23 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 24 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 cop _ _ 25 afraid afraid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 advcl _ _ 26 of of SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 27 diminishing diminish VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 25 advcl _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 reader reader NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 30 's 's PART POS _ 29 case _ _ 31 admiration admiration NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 32 for for ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 27 obl _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 36 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 39 amod _ _ 37 folk folk NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 38 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 tales tale NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 nmod _ _ 40 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 41 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **break off** | present | 193 | the narrative | | this point | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer narrative=Patient | | 2 | **follow** | present | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **is** | present | | | | dramatic interest | | inferior *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **is** | present | I | | | | | afraid *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **diminish** | gerund | I *not said here* | the reader's admiration | | | | for one of the best folk tales | vn caused\_calibratable\_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Causer admiration=Patient | | 6 | **know** | present | I | the best folk tales *not said here* | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer tale=Stimulus | | 7 | **admire** | | the reader | | | | | | nom admiration «feeling transitive»: poss=agent | 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 144](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/34/144/) - next →: [sentence 146](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/34/146/) - ↑ back to [Chapter II. 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