--- title: Such monsters as these are, throughout their lives, a terror to the… — Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Musc… · tree and pragmatics description: Such monsters as these are, throughout their lives, a terror to the district they inhabit; nor does their evil influence die with them, for after they have been laid in the earth, they assume their direst aspect, and as Vampires bent on blood, night after night, they go forth from their graves to de --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/46/91/) [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 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/46/) / 91 # Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Magic and Witchcraft., part 5, sentence 91 Such monsters as these are, throughout their lives, a terror to the district they inhabit; nor does their evil influence die with them, for after they have been laid in the earth, they assume their direst aspect, and as Vampires bent on blood, night after night, they go forth from their graves to destroy. **Who acts:** monsters, Such monsters · **What happens:** be, inhabit, die, lay, assume, bend · **To what, where:** Such monsters, district, monsters, earth, direst aspect, Vampires This is a sentence of «Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore», Magic and Witchcraft., part 5. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (monsters, Such monsters), 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:pg22373:46:91 # text = Such monsters as these are, throughout their lives, a terror to the district they inhabit; nor does their evil influence die with them, for after they have been laid in the earth, they assume their direst aspect, and as Vampires bent on blood, night after night, they go forth from their graves to destroy. 1 Such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 monsters monster NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 nsubj _ _ 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 2 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 throughout throughout ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 lives life NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 terror terror NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ 13 to to ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 district district NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ _ 16 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 inhabit inhabit VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ; ; PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 19 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 24 cc _ _ 20 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 21 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 22 evil evil ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 influence influence NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 24 die die VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 25 with with ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 28 for for SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 29 after after SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 30 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 31 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 32 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 33 aux:pass _ _ 33 laid lay VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 24 conj _ _ 34 in in ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 assume assume VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 conj _ _ 40 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 41 direst dire ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 42 amod _ _ 42 aspect aspect NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 56 cc _ _ 45 as as ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 Vampires vampire NOUN NNS Number=Plur 56 obl _ _ 47 bent bend VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 46 acl _ _ 48 on on ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 51 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 conj _ _ 52 after after ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 53 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 55 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 56 nsubj _ _ 56 go go VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 conj _ _ 57 forth forth ADV RB _ 56 advmod _ _ 58 from from ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 59 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 60 nmod:poss _ _ 60 graves grave NOUN NNS Number=Plur 56 obl _ _ 61 to to PART TO _ 62 mark _ _ 62 destroy destroy VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 60 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 63 . . PUNCT . _ 24 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | | Such monsters and monsters's lives and a terror to the district | | | | as these | tree rules | | 2 | **inhabit** | present | monsters *= monster* | the district *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **die** | present · do-support | Such monsters and monsters's lives and a terror to the district | | | | | with lives *= life* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 4 | **lay** | present · perfect · passive | | monsters *= monster* | | the earth | | | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in earth=Destination | | 5 | **assume** | present | monsters *= monster* | monsters's direst aspect | | | | | vn adopt-93.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent aspect=Theme | | 6 | **bend** | participle | | Vampires *not said here* | | blood and night | night | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on blood=Location | | 7 | **go** | present | monsters *= monster* | | | monsters's graves | | as Vampires; forth *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme from grave=Initial\_Location | | 8 | **destroy** | to-infinitive | monsters *= monster* *not said here* | | | | | | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=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 90](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/46/90/) - next →: [sentence 92](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/46/92/) - ↑ back to [Magic and Witchcraft., part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/46/)