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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: 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:pg22373:46:90 # text = In those which I am about to quote, the wizard or witch who is mentioned is a human being, but one who has made a compact with evil spirits, and has thereby become endowed with strange powers. 1 In in ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 those that PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 0 root _ _ 3 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 6 nsubj _ _ 4 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 about about ADP IN _ 2 nmod _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 quote quote VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 wizard wizard NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 appos _ _ 12 or or CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 witch witch NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 conj _ _ 14 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 16 nsubj:pass _ _ 15 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux:pass _ _ 16 mentioned mention VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 acl:relcl _ _ 17 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 cop _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 19 human human ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 nsubj:outer _ _ 20 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 37 aux:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 22 but but CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 23 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 37 nsubj:pass _ _ 24 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 26 nsubj _ _ 25 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 23 parataxis _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 compact compact NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 29 with with ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 evil evil ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 spirits spirit NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 34 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 35 thereby thereby ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 36 become become VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 37 aux:pass _ _ 37 endowed endow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 appos _ _ 38 with with ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 strange strange ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 powers power NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **quote** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **mention** *speech: other* | present · passive | | the wizard or witch | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic | | 3 | **make** | present · perfect | | a compact | | | | with evil spirits | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent compact=Product | | 4 | **is** | present · passive | | human | | | | with strange powers; endow *property* | tree rules | 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 89](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/46/89/) - next →: [sentence 91](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/46/91/) - ↑ back to [Magic and Witchcraft., part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/46/)