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MYTHOLOGICAL, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/37/) / 95 # Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter III. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 3, sentence 95 Wednesday, the day consecrated to Odin, the eve of the day sacred to the Thundergod,\[254\] may also have been held holy by the heathen Slavonians, but to some commentators it appears more likely that the traditions now attached to it in Russia became transferred to it from Friday in Christian times--Wednesday and Friday having been associated by the Church as days sacred to the memory of Our Lord's passion and death. **Who acts:** Wednesday, heathen Slavonians, it, Church · **What happens:** consecrate, sacre, hold, appear, attach, transfer · **To what, where:** day, traditions, Thundergod, Russia, Wednesday This is a sentence of «Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore», Chapter III. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Wednesday, heathen Slavonians, it, Church), 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:pg22373:37:95 # text = Wednesday, the day consecrated to Odin, the eve of the day sacred to the Thundergod,[254] may also have been held holy by the heathen Slavonians, but to some commentators it appears more likely that the traditions now attached to it in Russia became transferred to it from Friday in Christian times--Wednesday and Friday having been associated by the Church as days sacred to the memory of Our Lord's passion and death. 1 Wednesday Wednesday PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 appos _ _ 5 consecrated consecrate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 acl _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 Odin Odin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 obl:agent _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 eve eve NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 appos _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ 14 sacred sacre VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 15 to to ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 Thundergod Thundergod PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 254 254 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 17 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 20 punct _ _ 22 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 23 also also ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 24 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 26 aux _ _ 25 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 26 aux:pass _ _ 26 held hold VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 ccomp _ _ 27 holy holy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 xcomp _ _ 28 by by ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 heathen heathen NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 compound _ _ 31 Slavonians Slavonian PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 33 but but CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 34 to to ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 36 det _ _ 36 commentators commentator NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 obl _ _ 37 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 appears appear VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 51 advcl _ _ 39 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 40 advmod _ _ 40 likely likely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 xcomp _ _ 41 that that SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 traditions tradition NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 nsubj:pass _ _ 44 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 45 advmod _ _ 45 attached attach VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 40 advcl _ _ 46 to to ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 obl _ _ 48 in in ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 Russia Russia PROPN NNP Number=Sing 45 obl _ _ 50 became become VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 51 aux:pass _ _ 51 transferred transfer VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 conj _ _ 52 to to ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 53 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 obl _ _ 54 from from ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 55 Friday Friday PROPN NNP Number=Sing 65 obl _ _ 56 in in ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 57 Christian Christian ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 58 amod _ _ 58 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 55 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 59 -- -- PUNCT , _ 60 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 60 Wednesday Wednesday PROPN NNP Number=Sing 65 nsubj:pass _ _ 61 and and CCONJ CC _ 62 cc _ _ 62 Friday Friday PROPN NNP Number=Sing 60 conj _ _ 63 having have AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 65 aux _ _ 64 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 65 aux:pass _ _ 65 associated associate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 51 parataxis _ _ 66 by by ADP IN _ 68 case _ _ 67 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 68 det _ _ 68 Church Church PROPN NNP Number=Sing 65 obl _ _ 69 as as ADP IN _ 70 case _ _ 70 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 65 obl _ _ 71 sacred sacred ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 70 amod _ _ 72 to to ADP IN _ 74 case _ _ 73 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 74 det _ _ 74 memory memory NOUN NN Number=Sing 71 obl _ _ 75 of of ADP IN _ 79 case _ _ 76 Our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 77 nmod:poss _ _ 77 Lord Lord PROPN NNP Number=Sing 79 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 78 's 's PART POS _ 77 case _ _ 79 passion passion NOUN NN Number=Sing 74 nmod _ _ 80 and and CCONJ CC _ 81 cc _ _ 81 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 79 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 82 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **consecrate** | participle | | the day *not said here* | | | | | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **sacre** | past | Wednesday | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **hold** | may · perfect · passive | the heathen Slavonians | | | | | to the Thundergod; holy *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **appear** | present | it | | | | | to some commentators; likely *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **attach** | participle · passive | | the traditions | Thundergod | Russia | now | | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP PP»: subject=Patient to it=Co-Patient | | 6 | **transfer** | past · passive | Wednesday *not said here* | | Thundergod | | | | vn contribute-13.2-2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: to it=Recipient | | 7 | **associate** | gerund · perfect · passive | the Church | Wednesday and Friday | | | day; friday | | vn amalgamate-22.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=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 94](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/37/94/) - next →: [sentence 96](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/37/96/) - ↑ back to [Chapter III. 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