--- title: Those readers who are acquainted with the works of Gogol, the great… — Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Musc… · tree and pragmatics description: Those readers who are acquainted with the works of Gogol, the great Russian novelist, who was a native of that part of the country, will observe how closely he has kept to popular traditions in his thrilling story of the _Vy_, which has been translated into English, from the French, under the title --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/47/38/) [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 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/47/) / 38 # Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Magic and Witchcraft., part 6, sentence 38 Those readers who are acquainted with the works of Gogol, the great Russian novelist, who was a native of that part of the country, will observe how closely he has kept to popular traditions in his thrilling story of the \_Vy\_, which has been translated into English, from the French, under the title of "The King of the Gnomes." **Who acts:** great Russian novelist, readers, English, Gogol · **What happens:** acquaint, be, observe, keep, thrill, translate · **To what, where:** readers, native, Gogol, thrilling story, Vy, French This is a sentence of «Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore», Magic and Witchcraft., part 6. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (great Russian novelist, readers, English, Gogol), 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:pg22373:47:38 # text = Those readers who are acquainted with the works of Gogol, the great Russian novelist, who was a native of that part of the country, will observe how closely he has kept to popular traditions in his thrilling story of the _Vy_, which has been translated into English, from the French, under the title of "The King of the Gnomes." 1 Those that DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 2 det _ _ 2 readers reader NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 nsubj _ _ 3 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 5 nsubj _ _ 4 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 acquainted acquaint VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 acl:relcl _ _ 6 with with ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 works work NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 Gogol Gogol PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 13 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 14 Russian Russian ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 novelist novelist NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 17 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 20 nsubj _ _ 18 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 cop _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 native native NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 appos _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 23 det _ _ 23 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nmod _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 28 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 observe observe VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 30 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 34 advmod _ _ 31 closely closely ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj:pass _ _ 33 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 kept keep VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 29 advcl _ _ 35 to to ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 popular popular ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 traditions tradition NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 obl _ _ 38 in in ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 39 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 40 thrilling thrill VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 41 amod _ _ 41 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 44 _ _ PUNCT `` _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 Vy Vy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 48 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 51 nsubj:pass _ _ 49 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 51 aux _ _ 50 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 51 aux:pass _ _ 51 translated translate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 45 acl _ _ 52 into into ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 53 English English PROPN NNP Number=Sing 51 obl:agent _ SpaceAfter=No 54 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 55 from from ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 56 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 57 French French PROPN NNP Number=Sing 51 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 58 , , PUNCT , _ 61 punct _ _ 59 under under ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 60 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 61 det _ _ 61 title title NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 62 of of ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 63 " " PUNCT `` _ 65 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 64 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 65 det _ _ 65 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 61 nmod _ _ 66 of of ADP IN _ 68 case _ _ 67 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 68 det _ _ 68 Gnomes Gnome PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 65 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 69 . . PUNCT . _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 70 " " PUNCT '' _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **acquaint** *speech: other* | present · passive | | that readers | | | | with the works of Gogol | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | | 2 | **is a** | past | the great Russian novelist | a native | | | | of that part of the country | tree rules | | 3 | **observe** | future | that readers | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **keep** | present · perfect · passive | | Gogol | | Gogol's thrilling story of the Vy | | to popular traditions; under the title of the King of the Gnomes; closely *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme in story=Location | | 5 | **thrill** | gerund | | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **translate** | present · perfect · passive | English | the Vy | | the French | | | vn turn-26.6.1 «NP V NP.patient PP.material PP.result»: agent=Agent subject=Patient from french=Initial\_State | | 7 | **work** | | Gogol | | | | | | nom work «act intransitive»: of=agent | | 8 | **title** | | | the King of the Gnomes | | | | | nom title «communication transitive»: of=patient | 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 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/47/37/) - next →: [sentence 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/47/39/) - ↑ back to [Magic and Witchcraft., part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/47/)