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MYTHOLOGICAL, part 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/34/) / 80 # Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter II. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 16, sentence 80 There is some similarity between the Russian form of the word, and the Singalese name for a (male) demon, \_yaka\_, which is derived from the Pali \_yakkho\_, as is the synonymous term \_yakseya\_ from the Sanskrit \_yaksha\_ (see the valuable paper on Demonology in Ceylon by Dandris de Silva Gooneratne Modliar in the "Journal of the Ceylon Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society," 1865-6). **Who acts:** similarity, Singalese name · **What happens:** be, demon, derive, see, form · **To what, where:** demon, Pali yakkho, valuable paper, Sanskrit, word 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 (similarity, Singalese name), 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:pg22373:34:80 # text = There is some similarity between the Russian form of the word, and the Singalese name for a (male) demon, _yaka_, which is derived from the Pali _yakkho_, as is the synonymous term _yakseya_ from the Sanskrit _yaksha_ (see the valuable paper on Demonology in Ceylon by Dandris de Silva Gooneratne Modliar in the "Journal of the Ceylon Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society," 1865-6). 1 There there PRON EX PronType=Dem 2 expl _ _ 2 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 4 det _ _ 4 similarity similarity NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 5 between between ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 Russian Russian ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 form form NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 Singalese singalese ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 17 for for ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 male male NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 20 punct _ _ 22 demon demon NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 yaka yaka X FW Foreign=Yes 22 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 26 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 30 nsubj:pass _ _ 29 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux:pass _ _ 30 derived derive VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 22 parataxis _ _ 31 from from ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 33 Pali Pali PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 compound _ _ 34 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 yakkho yakkho NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 38 as as ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 39 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 cop _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 41 synonymous synonymous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 term term NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 parataxis _ _ 43 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 yakseya yakseya NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 53 punct _ _ 46 from from ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 Sanskrit Sanskrit PROPN NNP Number=Sing 53 obl _ _ 49 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 48 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 yaksha yaksha X FW Foreign=Yes 48 dep _ SpaceAfter=No 51 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 48 punct _ _ 52 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 53 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 53 see see VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 42 parataxis _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 55 valuable valuable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 56 amod _ _ 56 paper paper NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obj _ _ 57 on on ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 58 Demonology demonology NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obl _ _ 59 in in ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 60 Ceylon Ceylon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 58 nmod _ _ 61 by by ADP IN _ 62 case _ _ 62 Dandris Dandris PROPN NNP Number=Sing 58 nmod _ _ 63 de de PROPN NNP Number=Sing 62 flat _ _ 64 Silva Silva PROPN NNP Number=Sing 62 flat _ _ 65 Gooneratne Gooneratne PROPN NNP Number=Sing 62 flat _ _ 66 Modliar Modliar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 65 flat _ _ 67 in in ADP IN _ 70 case _ _ 68 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 70 det _ _ 69 " " PUNCT `` _ 70 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 70 Journal Journal PROPN NNP Number=Sing 58 nmod _ _ 71 of of ADP IN _ 74 case _ _ 72 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 74 det _ _ 73 Ceylon Ceylon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 74 compound _ _ 74 Branch Branch PROPN NNP Number=Sing 70 nmod _ _ 75 of of ADP IN _ 79 case _ _ 76 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 79 det _ _ 77 Royal Royal ADJ NNP Degree=Pos 79 amod _ _ 78 Asiatic Asiatic PROPN NNP Number=Sing 79 compound _ _ 79 Society Society PROPN NNP Number=Sing 74 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 80 , , PUNCT , _ 82 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 81 " " PUNCT `` _ 82 punct _ _ 82 1865-6 1865-6 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 70 list _ SpaceAfter=No 83 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 82 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 84 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **be** | present | some similarity between the Russian form of the word | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **demon** | | the Singalese name for a male | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **derive** | present · passive | | demon | | the Pali yakkho | | | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.material»: subject=Result from yakkho=Material | | 4 | **is** | present | | | | | | as the synonymous term and yakseya | tree rules | | 5 | **see** | infinitive | | the valuable paper | | the Sanskrit | | on Demonology in Ceylon by Dandris in the Journal of the Ceylon Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer paper=Stimulus | | 6 | **form** | | | the word | | | | | nom form «communication transitive»: of=patient | 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 79](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/34/79/) - next →: [sentence 81](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/34/81/) - ↑ back to [Chapter II. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/34/)