--- title: [413] But where it is customary to lay the dead body in the ground,… — Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Musc… · tree and pragmatics description: [413] But where it is customary to lay the dead body in the ground, "a peculiar half-life" becomes attributed to it by popular fancy, and by some races it is supposed to be actuated at intervals by murderous impulses. Who acts: little, popular fancy, races, murderous impulses. 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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 (little, popular fancy, races, murderous impulses), 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:pg22373:54:75 # text = [413] But where it is customary to lay the dead body in the ground, "a peculiar half-life" becomes attributed to it by popular fancy, and by some races it is supposed to be actuated at intervals by murderous impulses. 1 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 413 413 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 26 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 2 punct _ _ 4 But but CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 5 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 8 advmod _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 8 customary customary NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 lay lay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 acl _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 body body NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 14 in in ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 18 " " PUNCT `` _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 20 peculiar peculiar ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 21 half half NOUN NN Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac 23 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 22 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 " " PUNCT '' _ 23 punct _ _ 25 becomes become VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux:pass _ _ 26 attributed attribute VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 27 to to ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obl _ _ 29 by by ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 popular popular ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 fancy fancy NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 34 by by ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 36 det _ _ 36 races race NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 obl _ _ 37 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj:pass _ _ 38 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux:pass _ _ 39 supposed suppose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 26 conj _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 42 mark _ _ 41 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 42 aux:pass _ _ 42 actuated actuate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 39 xcomp _ _ 43 at at ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 intervals interval NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 obl _ _ 45 by by ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 murderous murderous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 impulses impulse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 26 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | little | customary | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **lay** | to-infinitive | popular fancy *not said here* | the dead body | | the ground a peculiar half life | | | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent body=Theme in ground=Destination | | 3 | **attribute** | present · passive | popular fancy | 413 but customary | little | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **suppose** | present · passive | some races | little | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent subject=Attribute clause=Theme | | 5 | **actuate** | to-infinitive · passive | murderous impulses | | | intervals | | | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition | 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 74](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/54/74/) - next →: [sentence 76](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/54/76/) - ↑ back to [Ghost Stories., part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/54/)