--- title: Such narratives as these are to be found in every land, but Russia i… — Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Musc… · tree and pragmatics description: Such narratives as these are to be found in every land, but Russia is specially rich in them, the faith of the peasantry in the existence of Witches and Wizards, Turnskins and Vampires, not having been as yet seriously shaken. Who acts: Russia, Witches. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Russia, Witches), 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:pg22373:46:88 # text = Such narratives as these are to be found in every land, but Russia is specially rich in them, the faith of the peasantry in the existence of Witches and Wizards, Turnskins and Vampires, not having been as yet seriously shaken. 1 Such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 narratives narrative NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 as as ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 these this PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 2 nmod _ _ 5 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux:pass _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 7 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 8 aux:pass _ _ 8 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 11 det _ _ 11 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 13 but but CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 14 Russia Russia PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 15 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 cop _ _ 16 specially specially ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 17 rich rich ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 conj _ _ 18 in in ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 faith faith NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 peasantry peasantry NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod _ _ 26 in in ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 existence existence NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 Witches witch NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 nmod _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 Wizards wizard NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 34 Turnskins turnskin NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 conj _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 Vampires vampire NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 38 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 44 advmod _ _ 39 having have AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 44 aux _ _ 40 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 44 aux:pass _ _ 41 as as SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 42 yet yet ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 43 seriously seriously ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 44 shaken shake VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 30 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **find** | present · passive | | Such narratives as these | | every land | | the faith of the peasantry in the existence of Witches and Wizards and Turnskins and Vampires *obl* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic | | 2 | **is** | present | Russia | | | | | in narratives *= narrative*; rich, specially *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **not** **shake** | gerund · perfect · passive | | | | | | seriously *property* | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle» | | 4 | **exist** | | Witches and Wizards and Turnskins and Vampires | | | | | | 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 87](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/46/87/) - next →: [sentence 89](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/46/89/) - ↑ back to [Magic and Witchcraft., part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/46/)