--- title: This renders the story wholly in accordance with (1) the Modern Gree… — Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Musc… · tree and pragmatics description: This renders the story wholly in accordance with (1) the Modern Greek tale of "The Half Man," (Hahn, No. 8) in which the magic formula runs, "according to the first word of God and the second of the fish shall such and such a thing be done!" Who acts: This, magic formula, Half Man. 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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 (This, magic formula, Half Man), 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:pg22373:49:219 # text = This renders the story wholly in accordance with (1) the Modern Greek tale of "The Half Man," (Hahn, No. 8) in which the magic formula runs, "according to the first word of God and the second of the fish shall such and such a thing be done!" 1 This this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 2 nsubj _ _ 2 renders render VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 wholly wholly ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 accordance accordance NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 8 with with ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 9 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 1 1 NUM LS NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 15 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 10 punct _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 13 Modern modern ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 14 Greek Greek ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 tale tale NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 17 " " PUNCT `` _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 Half Half PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 compound _ _ 20 Man Man PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 " " PUNCT '' _ 20 punct _ _ 23 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 Hahn Hahn PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 No. No. PROPN NNP Abbr=Yes|Number=Sing 27 nmod:unmarked _ _ 27 8 8 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 24 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 24 punct _ _ 29 in in ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 34 obl _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 magic magic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 formula formula NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ _ 34 runs run VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 36 " " PUNCT `` _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 according accord VERB VBG ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 41 case _ _ 38 to to ADP IN _ 37 fixed _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 41 amod _ _ 41 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 nmod _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 second second NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 nsubj _ _ 47 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 fish fish NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nmod _ _ 50 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 51 aux _ _ 51 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP 34 conj _ _ 52 and and CCONJ CC _ 57 cc _ _ 53 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 55 det:predet _ _ 54 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 nsubj:pass _ _ 56 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 57 aux:pass _ _ 57 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 51 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 58 ! ! PUNCT . _ 51 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 59 " " PUNCT '' _ 34 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **render** | present | This | the story | | accordance with the Modern Greek tale of the Half Man | | wholly *property* | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent story=Theme | | 2 | **run** | present | the magic formula | | | the Modern Greek tale of the Half Man | | accord the first word of God | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in which=Trajectory | | 3 | **accord** *in a quote* | gerund | | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **do** *in a quote* | infinitive · passive | | such thing | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | | 5 | **tell** | | the Half Man | | | | | | nom tale «communication intransitive»: of=agent | | 6 | **word** *in a quote* | | | God | | | | | nom word «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 218](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/49/218/) - next →: [sentence 220](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/49/220/) - ↑ back to [Magic and Witchcraft., part 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/49/)