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# Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter II. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 16, sentence 82

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This corresponds with the derivation of the word \_yaksha\_ contained in the following legend: "The Vishnu Pur\[=a\]na, i. 5, narrates that they (the Yakshas) were produced by Brahm\[=a\] as beings emaciate with hunger, of hideous aspect, and with long beards, and that, crying out 'Let us eat,' they were denominated Yakshas (fr.

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**Who acts:** This, Vishnu Pur, Brahm, beings, that, us · **What happens:** correspond, contain, follow, narrate, produce, emaciate · **To what, where:** following legend, philologists, us · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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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 (This, Vishnu Pur, Brahm, beings), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg22373:34:82
# text = This corresponds with the derivation of the word _yaksha_ contained in the following legend: "The Vishnu Pur[=a]na, i. 5, narrates that they (the Yakshas) were produced by Brahm[=a] as beings emaciate with hunger, of hideous aspect, and with long beards, and that, crying out 'Let us eat,' they were denominated Yakshas (fr.
1	This	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	nsubj	_	_
2	corresponds	correspond	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	derivation	derivation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	yaksha	yaksha	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	8	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	12	punct	_	_
12	contained	contain	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	parataxis	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	16	amod	_	_
16	legend	legend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	21	punct	_	_
18	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	21	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
20	Vishnu	Vishnu	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	21	compound	_	_
21	Pur	Pur	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	31	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	[	[	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	26	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	=	=	SYM	SYM	_	26	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	26	det	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	]	]	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	26	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	na	na	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	29	punct	_	_
28	i.	i.	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	29	nsubj	_	_
29	5	5	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	26	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	31	punct	_	_
31	narrates	narrate	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
32	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	39	mark	_	_
33	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	39	nsubj:pass	_	_
34	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	36	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	36	det	_	_
36	Yakshas	Yakshas	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	33	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	36	punct	_	_
38	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	39	aux:pass	_	_
39	produced	produce	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	31	advcl	_	_
40	by	by	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
41	Brahm	Brahm	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	39	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	[	[	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	44	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
43	=	=	SYM	SYM	_	44	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
44	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	41	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	]	]	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	48	punct	_	_
46	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	48	mark	_	_
47	beings	being	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	48	nsubj	_	_
48	emaciate	emaciate	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	44	conj	_	_
49	with	with	ADP	IN	_	50	case	_	_
50	hunger	hunger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	48	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
51	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	54	punct	_	_
52	of	of	ADP	IN	_	54	case	_	_
53	hideous	hideous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	54	amod	_	_
54	aspect	aspect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	48	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
55	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	59	punct	_	_
56	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	59	cc	_	_
57	with	with	ADP	IN	_	59	case	_	_
58	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	59	amod	_	_
59	beards	beard	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	54	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
60	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	64	punct	_	_
61	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	64	cc	_	_
62	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	64	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
63	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	64	punct	_	_
64	crying	cry	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	48	advcl	_	_
65	out	out	ADP	RP	_	64	compound:prt	_	_
66	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	67	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
67	Let	let	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	64	conj	_	_
68	us	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	67	obj	_	_
69	eat	eat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	67	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
70	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	74	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
71	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	74	punct	_	_
72	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	74	nsubj	_	_
73	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	74	aux:pass	_	_
74	denominated	denominate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	67	advcl	_	_
75	Yakshas	Yakshas	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	74	obj	_	_
76	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	77	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
77	fr	fr	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	75	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
78	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **correspond** | present | This |  |  |  |  | with the derivation of the word | tree rules |
| 2 | **contain** | participle |  |  |  | the following legend |  |  | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in legend=Location |
| 3 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **narrate** *speech: other* *in a quote* | present | the Vishnu Pur |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **produce** *in a quote* | past · passive | Brahm | philologists *= philologist* |  |  |  |  | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Result |
| 6 | **emaciate** *in a quote* | present | beings |  |  |  |  | with hunger; of hideous aspect and long beards | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with hunger=Instrument |
| 7 | **cry out** *speech: express* *in a quote* | gerund | that |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 8 | **let** *in a quote* | infinitive | that *not said here* | us |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 9 | **eat** *in a quote* | infinitive | us *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 10 | **denominate** *in a quote* | past · passive |  | philologists *= philologist* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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.

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**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.

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