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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 (I, various horned animals, Skazkas, notices), 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:pg22373:49:2 # text = I had intended to say something about the various golden haired or golden-horned animals which figure in the Skazkas, but it will be sufficient for the present to refer to the notices of them which occur in Prof. de Gubernatis's "Zoological Mythology." 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 intended intend VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 5 obj _ _ 7 about about ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 9 various various ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 10 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 haired haired ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 conj _ _ 12 or or CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 horned horned ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 animals animal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nmod _ _ 17 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 18 nsubj _ _ 18 figure figure VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 acl:relcl _ _ 19 in in ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 Skazkas Skazkas PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 23 but but CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 24 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 25 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 26 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 27 cop _ _ 27 sufficient sufficient ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ _ 28 for for ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 present present NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 refer refer VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 advcl _ _ 33 to to ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 notices notice NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obl _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nmod _ _ 38 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 39 nsubj _ _ 39 occur occur VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 acl:relcl _ _ 40 in in ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 Prof Prof PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ 43 de de X FW Foreign=Yes 3 obl _ _ 44 Gubernatis Gubernatis PROPN NNP Number=Sing 48 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 45 's 's PART POS _ 44 case _ _ 46 " " PUNCT `` _ 48 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 Zoological Zoological PROPN NNP Number=Sing 48 compound _ _ 48 Mythology mythology NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **intend** | past · perfect | I | de | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | something | | | | about the various horned animals | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent something=Topic | | 3 | **figure** | present | the various horned animals | | | the Skazkas | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **is** | future | Skazkas | | | | | for the present; sufficient *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **refer** | to-infinitive | Skazkas *not said here* | | | | | to the notices of notices | vn relate-86.2-2 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme to notice=Co-Theme | | 6 | **occur** | present | the notices of notices | | | Prof | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in prof=Location | | 7 | **notice** | | | notices *= notice* | | | | | nom notice «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 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/49/1/) - next →: [sentence 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/49/3/) - ↑ back to [Magic and Witchcraft., part 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/49/)