--- title: In the name, if not in the nature, of the _Ad_, or subterranean abod… — Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Musc… · tree and pragmatics description: In the name, if not in the nature, of the _Ad_, or subterranean abode of evil spirits and sinful souls, we recognize the influence of the Byzantine Hades; but most of the tales in which it occurs are supposed to draw their original inspiration from Indian sources, while they owe to Christian, Brahma --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/51/154/) [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/) / [Ghost Stories., part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/51/) / 154 # Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Ghost Stories., part 1, sentence 154 In the name, if not in the nature, of the \_Ad\_, or subterranean abode of evil spirits and sinful souls, we recognize the influence of the Byzantine Hades; but most of the tales in which it occurs are supposed to draw their original inspiration from Indian sources, while they owe to Christian, Brahmanic, Buddhistic, and Mohammedan influences the form in which they now appear. **Who acts:** we, influence, tales, Mohammedan · **What happens:** recognize, occur, suppose, draw, owe, influence · **To what, where:** influence, name, tales, most, original inspiration, Indian sources This is a sentence of «Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore», Ghost Stories., part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (we, influence, tales, Mohammedan), 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:pg22373:51:154 # text = In the name, if not in the nature, of the _Ad_, or subterranean abode of evil spirits and sinful souls, we recognize the influence of the Byzantine Hades; but most of the tales in which it occurs are supposed to draw their original inspiration from Indian sources, while they owe to Christian, Brahmanic, Buddhistic, and Mohammedan influences the form in which they now appear. 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 5 if if SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 6 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 9 advmod _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 nature nature NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 Ad Ad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 or or CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 18 subterranean subterranean ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 abode abode NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 appos _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 evil evil ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 spirits spirit NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 nmod _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 24 sinful sinful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 souls soul NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 27 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 recognize recognize VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 influence influence NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 Byzantine Byzantine PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 compound _ _ 34 Hades Hade PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 30 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ; ; PUNCT : _ 46 punct _ _ 36 but but CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 37 most most ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 46 nsubj:pass _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 tales tale NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 nmod _ _ 41 in in ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 44 obl _ _ 43 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 44 occurs occur VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 acl:relcl _ _ 45 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 46 aux:pass _ _ 46 supposed suppose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 conj _ _ 47 to to PART TO _ 48 mark _ _ 48 draw draw VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 46 xcomp _ _ 49 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 51 nmod:poss _ _ 50 original original ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 51 amod _ _ 51 inspiration inspiration NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obj _ _ 52 from from ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 53 Indian Indian ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 54 amod _ _ 54 sources source NOUN NNS Number=Plur 48 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 56 while while SCONJ IN _ 58 mark _ _ 57 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 58 nsubj _ _ 58 owe owe VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 46 conj _ _ 59 to to ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 60 Christian Christian PROPN NNP Number=Sing 58 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 61 , , PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 62 Brahmanic Brahmanic PROPN NNP Number=Sing 60 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 63 , , PUNCT , _ 64 punct _ _ 64 Buddhistic Buddhistic PROPN NNP Number=Sing 60 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 65 , , PUNCT , _ 68 punct _ _ 66 and and CCONJ CC _ 68 cc _ _ 67 Mohammedan Mohammedan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 68 nsubj _ _ 68 influences influence VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 parataxis _ _ 69 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 70 det _ _ 70 form form NOUN NN Number=Sing 68 obj _ _ 71 in in ADP IN _ 72 case _ _ 72 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 75 obl _ _ 73 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 75 nsubj _ _ 74 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 75 advmod _ _ 75 appear appear VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 68 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 76 . . PUNCT . _ 28 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **recognize** | present | we | the influence of the Byzantine Hades | | the name and the nature | | of the Ad | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer influence=Stimulus | | 2 | **occur** | present | influence | | | the tales | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in which=Location | | 3 | **suppose** | present · passive | | most of the tales | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Attribute clause=Theme | | 4 | **draw** | to-infinitive | | tales's original inspiration | | Indian sources | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent inspiration=Theme from source=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **owe** | present | tales *= tale* | | Christian and Brahmanic and Buddhistic | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent to christian=Goal | | 6 | **influence** | present | Mohammedan | the form | | | | | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent form=Patient | | 7 | **appear** | present | tales *= tale* | | | | now | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in which=Location | | 8 | **inspire** | | tales *= tale* | | | | | | nom inspiration «cognition transitive»: poss=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 153](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/51/153/) - next →: [sentence 155](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/51/155/) - ↑ back to [Ghost Stories., part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/51/)