--- title: The two beliefs run side by side with each other, sometimes clashing… — Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Musc… · tree and pragmatics description: The two beliefs run side by side with each other, sometimes clashing and producing strange results--all the more strange when they show signs of an attempt having been made to reconcile them with Christian ideas. Who acts: two beliefs, results, attempt. 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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 (two beliefs, results, attempt), 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:pg22373:51:4 # text = The two beliefs run side by side with each other, sometimes clashing and producing strange results--all the more strange when they show signs of an attempt having been made to reconcile them with Christian ideas. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 beliefs belief NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 run run VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 6 by by ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 with with ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 each each DET DT ExtPos=PRON|PronType=Rcp 4 obl _ _ 10 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 fixed _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 sometimes sometimes ADV RB PronType=Ind 13 advmod _ _ 13 clashing clash VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 producing produce VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 13 conj _ _ 16 strange strange ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 results result NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 -- -- PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 22 det:predet _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 22 advmod _ _ 22 strange strange ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 parataxis _ _ 23 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 25 advmod _ _ 24 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 show show VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 advcl _ _ 26 signs sign NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obj _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 attempt attempt NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ _ 30 having have AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 32 aux _ _ 31 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 32 aux:pass _ _ 32 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 29 acl _ _ 33 to to PART TO _ 34 mark _ _ 34 reconcile reconcile VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 xcomp _ _ 35 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obj _ _ 36 with with ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 Christian Christian ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 ideas idea NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **run** | present | the two beliefs | side | | | | by side; with each | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by side=Trajectory | | 2 | **clash** | gerund | the two beliefs *not said here* | | | | | sometimes *property* | vn battle-36.4 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **produce** | gerund | the two beliefs *not said here* | strange results | | | | | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent result=Result | | 4 | **show** | present | results *= result* | signs of a attempt | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent sign=Recipient | | 5 | **make** | gerund · perfect · passive | | a attempt *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **reconcile** | to-infinitive | a attempt *not said here* | signs *= sign* | | | | with Christian ideas | tree rules | | 7 | **sign** | | | a attempt | | | | | nom sign «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 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/51/3/) - next →: [sentence 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/51/5/) - ↑ back to [Ghost Stories., part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/51/)