--- title: In Little-Russia the peasantry believe in the existence of small bei… — Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Musc… · tree and pragmatics description: In Little-Russia the peasantry believe in the existence of small beings, of vaguely defined form, called _Zluidni_ who bring _zlo_ or evil to every habitation in which they take up their quarters. " Who acts: defined form, beings, small beings. A sentence of «Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/36/175/) [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 III. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/36/) / 175 # Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter III. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 2, sentence 175 In Little-Russia the peasantry believe in the existence of small beings, of vaguely defined form, called \_Zluidni\_ who bring \_zlo\_ or evil to every habitation in which they take up their quarters. " **Who acts:** defined form, beings, small beings · **What happens:** believe, define, call, bring, take up, exist · **To what, where:** Little, defined form, zlo, quarters, habitation · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore», Chapter III. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (defined form, beings, small beings), 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:pg22373:36:175 # text = In Little-Russia the peasantry believe in the existence of small beings, of vaguely defined form, called _Zluidni_ who bring _zlo_ or evil to every habitation in which they take up their quarters. " 1 In in ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 Little Little ADJ NNP Degree=Pos 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 Russia Russia PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 peasantry peasantry NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 appos _ _ 7 believe believe VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 existence existence NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 beings being NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 16 vaguely vaguely ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 17 defined define VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 amod _ _ 18 form form NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 20 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 acl _ _ 21 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 Zluidni Zluidni PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 23 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 22 punct _ _ 24 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 25 nsubj _ _ 25 bring bring VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 26 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 zlo zlo NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 27 punct _ _ 29 or or CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 evil evil ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 conj _ _ 31 to to ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 33 det _ _ 33 habitation habitation NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 34 in in ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 37 obl _ _ 36 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 take take VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 acl:relcl _ _ 38 up up ADP RP _ 37 compound:prt _ _ 39 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 quarters quarter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ 42 " " PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **believe** | present | | | | Little and Russia | | in the existence of small beings | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **define** | participle | | | | | | vaguely *property* | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **call** | participle | | defined form *not said here* | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **bring** | present | defined form | zlo | | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent zlo=Theme | | 5 | **take up** | present | beings *= being* | beings's quarters | | every habitation | | | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent quarter=Value in which=Location | | 6 | **exist** | | small beings | | | | | | nom existence «state intransitive»: of=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 174](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/36/174/) - next →: [sentence 176](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/36/176/) - ↑ back to [Chapter III. 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