--- title: The Wallachians say that a _murony_--a sort of cross between a werwo… — Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Musc… · tree and pragmatics description: The Wallachians say that a _murony_--a sort of cross between a werwolf and a vampire, connected by name with our nightmare--can take the form of a dog, a cat, or a toad, and also of any blood-sucking insect. Who acts: Wallachians, murony. 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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 (Wallachians, murony), 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:pg22373:54:104 # text = The Wallachians say that a _murony_--a sort of cross between a werwolf and a vampire, connected by name with our nightmare--can take the form of a dog, a cat, or a toad, and also of any blood-sucking insect. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Wallachians Wallachian PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 _ _ PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 murony murony NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 -- -- PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 sort sort NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 appos _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 cross cross NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ 14 between between ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 werwolf werwolf NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 vampire vampire NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 21 connected connect VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 acl _ _ 22 by by ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 24 with with ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 nightmare nightmare NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 -- -- PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 form form NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 39 or or CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 40 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 toad toad NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 44 also also ADV RB _ 50 advmod _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 46 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 50 det _ _ 47 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 48 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 47 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 sucking suck VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 50 amod _ _ 50 insect insect NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the Wallachians | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **connect** | participle | | a werwolf and a vampire *not said here* | | | | by name with our nightmare | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **take** | can | a murony | the form of a dog and a cat | | | | of any sucking insect | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent form=Theme of insect=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **suck** | gerund | | | | | | | vn chew-39.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **sort** | | | cross between a werwolf and a vampire | | | | | nom sort «cognition transitive»: of=patient | | 6 | **form** | | | a dog and a cat | | | | | nom form «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 103](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/54/103/) - next →: [sentence 105](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/54/105/) - ↑ back to [Ghost Stories., part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/54/)