--- title: It was doubtless founded on one of the numerous folk-tales which cor… — Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Musc… · tree and pragmatics description: It was doubtless founded on one of the numerous folk-tales which correspond to the Christian legend of "The Seven Sleepers of Ephesus"--itself an echo of an older tale (see Baring Gould, "Curious Myths," 1872, pp. Who acts: story, numerous folk tales, echo. 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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 (story, numerous folk tales, echo), 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:pg22373:52:177 # text = It was doubtless founded on one of the numerous folk-tales which correspond to the Christian legend of "The Seven Sleepers of Ephesus"--itself an echo of an older tale (see Baring Gould, "Curious Myths," 1872, pp. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 doubtless doubtless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 founded found VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 obl _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 9 numerous numerous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 10 folk folk NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 11 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 tales tale NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nmod _ _ 13 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 14 nsubj _ _ 14 correspond correspond VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 acl:relcl _ _ 15 to to ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 Christian Christian ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 legend legend NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 20 " " PUNCT `` _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 Seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 23 nummod _ _ 23 Sleepers Sleeper PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 18 nmod _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 Ephesus Ephesus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 " " PUNCT '' _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 -- -- PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 itself itself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 36 obl _ _ 29 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 echo echo NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 32 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 older old ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 34 amod _ _ 34 tale tale NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 35 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 parataxis _ _ 37 Baring bare VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 36 xcomp _ _ 38 Gould Gould PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 40 " " PUNCT `` _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 Curious curious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 Myths Myths PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 38 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 " " PUNCT `` _ 45 punct _ _ 45 1872 1872 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 38 list _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 47 pp page NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | story | | | | | doubtless *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **found** | participle | | | | | | on one of the numerous folk tales | vn base-97.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent on one=Source | | 3 | **correspond** | present | the numerous folk tales | | | | | to the Christian legend of the Seven Sleepers of Ephesus | vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **see** | infinitive | a echo | story | | | | of a older tale | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 5 | **bare** | gerund | story *not said here* | Gould and Curious Myths and pp | | | | | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gould=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 176](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/52/176/) - next →: [sentence 178](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/52/178/) - ↑ back to [Ghost Stories., part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/52/)