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MYTHOLOGICAL, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/38/) / 17 # Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter III. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 4, sentence 17 In it we see reduced to a vulgar form, and brought into accordance with everyday peasant-life, the myth which appears to have given rise to the endless stories about the theft and recovery of queens and princesses. **Who acts:** we, myth, queens · **What happens:** see, reduce, bring, appear, give, rise · **To what, where:** skazka, vulgar form, accordance, endless stories This is a sentence of «Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore», Chapter III. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 4. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (we, myth, queens), 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:pg22373:38:17 # text = In it we see reduced to a vulgar form, and brought into accordance with everyday peasant-life, the myth which appears to have given rise to the endless stories about the theft and recovery of queens and princesses. 1 In in ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ _ 3 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 see see VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 reduced reduce VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 xcomp _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 vulgar vulgar ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 form form NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 13 into into ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 accordance accordance NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 15 with with ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 16 everyday everyday ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 17 peasant peasant NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 18 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 myth myth NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 conj _ _ 23 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 24 nsubj _ _ 24 appears appear VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 acl:relcl _ _ 25 to to PART TO _ 27 mark _ _ 26 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 27 aux _ _ 27 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 24 advcl _ _ 28 rise rise VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 xcomp _ _ 29 to to ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 31 endless endless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 stories story NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obl _ _ 33 about about ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 theft theft NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nmod _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 recovery recovery NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 conj _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 queens queen NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 nmod _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 princesses princess NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | present | we | | | skazka | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **reduce** | participle | we *not said here* | | | | | to a vulgar form *goal* | vn limit-76 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Causer to form=Goal | | 3 | **bring** | past | we *not said here* | | | accordance | | with everyday peasant life and the myth | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent into accordance=Destination | | 4 | **appear** | present | the myth | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **give** | to-infinitive · perfect | the myth *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **rise** | infinitive | the myth *not said here* | | | the endless stories about the theft and recovery of queens and princesses | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to story=Initial\_Location | | 7 | **recover** | | queens and princesses | | | | | | nom recovery «event 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 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/38/16/) - next →: [sentence 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/38/18/) - ↑ back to [Chapter III. 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