--- title: One of the Russian equivalents for our hideous "father-in-law" is "g… — Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Musc… · tree and pragmatics description: One of the Russian equivalents for our hideous "father-in-law" is "god-given father" (_bogodanny otets_), and for "mother-in-law," _bogodanny mat'_ or "God-given mother." Who acts: One, God. 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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 (One, God), 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:pg22373:49:143 # text = One of the Russian equivalents for our hideous "father-in-law" is "god-given father" (_bogodanny otets_), and for "mother-in-law," _bogodanny mat'_ or "God-given mother." 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 21 nsubj _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 Russian Russian ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 equivalents equivalent NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 nmod _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 hideous hideous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 9 " " PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ SpaceAfter=No 13 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 law law NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 15 " " PUNCT '' _ 14 punct _ _ 16 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 cop _ _ 17 " " PUNCT `` _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 god god NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 19 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 amod _ _ 21 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 22 " " PUNCT '' _ 21 punct _ _ 23 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 bogodanny bogodanny NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 compound _ _ 26 otets otet NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 27 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 31 for for ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 32 " " PUNCT `` _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 in in ADP IN _ 37 case _ SpaceAfter=No 36 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 law law NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 " " PUNCT `` _ 44 punct _ _ 40 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 bogodanny bogodanny NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 compound _ _ 42 mat mat NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 _ _ NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 appos _ _ 45 or or CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 46 " " PUNCT `` _ 50 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 50 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 47 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 50 amod _ _ 50 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 " " PUNCT '' _ 44 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** *in a quote* | participle | | | | | | | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | One of the Russian equivalents | given father and law | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **give** *in a quote* | participle | | | | | | | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **mother** *in a quote* | | God | | | | | | 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 142](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/49/142/) - next →: [sentence 144](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/49/144/) - ↑ back to [Magic and Witchcraft., part 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/49/)