--- title: The part played by the Water of Strength in this story may be compar… — Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Musc… · tree and pragmatics description: The part played by the Water of Strength in this story may be compared with "the important share which the exhilarating juice of the Soma-plant assumes in bracing Indra for his conflict with the hostile powers in the atmosphere," and Vikhor's sudden debility with that of Indra when the Asura Namuchi --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/43/5/) [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/) / [Magic and Witchcraft., part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/43/) / 5 # Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Magic and Witchcraft., part 2, sentence 5 The part played by the Water of Strength in this story may be compared with "the important share which the exhilarating juice of the Soma-plant assumes in bracing Indra for his conflict with the hostile powers in the atmosphere," and Vikhor's sudden debility with that of Indra when the Asura Namuchi "drank up Indra's strength along with a draught of wine and soma." **Who acts:** exhilarating juice, Asura Namuchi, Indra · **What happens:** play, compare, exhilarate, assume, brace, drink up · **To what, where:** part, story, important share, Indra, strength · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore», Magic and Witchcraft., 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 (exhilarating juice, Asura Namuchi, Indra), 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:pg22373:43:5 # text = The part played by the Water of Strength in this story may be compared with "the important share which the exhilarating juice of the Soma-plant assumes in bracing Indra for his conflict with the hostile powers in the atmosphere," and Vikhor's sudden debility with that of Indra when the Asura Namuchi "drank up Indra's strength along with a draught of wine and soma." 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 played play VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 acl _ _ 4 by by ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 Water Water PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 Strength Strength PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 11 det _ _ 11 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 12 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 13 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 14 aux:pass _ _ 14 compared compare VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 15 with with ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 16 " " PUNCT `` _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 important important ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 share share NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 20 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 29 obj _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 exhilarating exhilarate VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 23 amod _ _ 23 juice juice NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 26 Soma Soma PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 27 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 plant plant NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nmod _ _ 29 assumes assume VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 parataxis _ _ 30 in in SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 31 bracing brace VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 29 advcl _ _ 32 Indra Indra PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 33 for for ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 conflict conflict NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 36 with with ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 hostile hostile ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 powers power NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 nmod _ _ 40 in in ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 atmosphere atmosphere NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 " " PUNCT '' _ 14 punct _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 46 Vikhor Vikhor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 49 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 47 's 's PART POS _ 46 case _ _ 48 sudden sudden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 49 debility debility NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 conj _ _ 50 with with ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 51 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 49 nmod _ _ 52 of of ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 53 Indra Indra PROPN NNP Number=Sing 49 nmod _ _ 54 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 59 advmod _ _ 55 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 56 Asura Asura PROPN NNP Number=Sing 57 compound _ _ 57 Namuchi Namuchi PROPN NNP Number=Sing 59 nsubj _ _ 58 " " PUNCT '' _ 57 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 59 drank drink VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 advcl _ _ 60 up up ADP RP _ 59 compound:prt _ _ 61 Indra Indra PROPN NNP Number=Sing 63 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 62 's 's PART POS _ 61 case _ _ 63 strength strength NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 obj _ _ 64 along along ADP IN _ 67 case _ _ 65 with with ADP IN _ 67 case _ _ 66 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 67 det _ _ 67 draught draught NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 obl _ _ 68 of of ADP IN _ 69 case _ _ 69 wine wine NOUN NN Number=Sing 67 nmod _ _ 70 and and CCONJ CC _ 71 cc _ _ 71 soma soma NOUN NN Number=Sing 69 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 72 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 73 " " PUNCT '' _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **play** | participle | | the part *not said here* | | this story | | by the Water of Strength | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **compare** | may · passive | | the part | | | | with the important share | vn amalgamate-22.2-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: subject=Patient with share=Co-Patient | | 3 | **exhilarate** *in a quote* | gerund | | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **assume** *in a quote* | present | the exhilarating juice of the Soma plant | the important share | | | | | vn adopt-93.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Theme | | 5 | **brace** *in a quote* | gerund | the exhilarating juice of the Soma plant *not said here* | Indra | | | | for Indra's conflict with the hostile powers in the atmosphere | tree rules | | 6 | **drink up** *in a quote* | past | the Asura Namuchi | Indra's strength | | | | along a draught of wine and soma | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent strength=Patient | | 7 | **conflict** *in a quote* | | Indra | | | | | with the hostile powers in the atmosphere | nom conflict «act intransitive»: poss=agent with=obl | 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 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/43/4/) - next →: [sentence 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/43/6/) - ↑ back to [Magic and Witchcraft., part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/43/)