--- title: In the East these are generally attributed to the fact of its being… — Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Musc… · tree and pragmatics description: In the East these are generally attributed to the fact of its being possessed by an evil spirit, but in some parts of Europe no such explanation of its conduct is given, though it may often be implied. " Who acts: evil spirit, conduct, explanation. 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" **Who acts:** evil spirit, conduct, explanation · **What happens:** attribute, possess, give, imply, explain, conduct · **To what, where:** these, East, such explanation, parts, explanation This is a sentence of «Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore», Ghost Stories., part 4. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (evil spirit, conduct, explanation), 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:pg22373:54:76 # text = In the East these are generally attributed to the fact of its being possessed by an evil spirit, but in some parts of Europe no such explanation of its conduct is given, though it may often be implied. " 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 East East PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 4 these this PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 7 nsubj:pass _ _ 5 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux:pass _ _ 6 generally generally ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 attributed attribute VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 fact fact NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 acl _ _ 13 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 14 aux:pass _ _ 14 possessed possess VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 parataxis _ _ 15 by by ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 16 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 evil evil ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 spirit spirit NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 20 but but CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 21 in in ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 23 det _ _ 23 parts part NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obl _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 Europe Europe PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 nmod _ _ 26 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 28 det _ _ 27 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 explanation explanation NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nsubj:pass _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 conduct conduct NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nmod _ _ 32 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux:pass _ _ 33 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 35 though though SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 36 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj:pass _ _ 37 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 38 often often ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 39 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 40 aux:pass _ _ 40 implied imply VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 33 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ 42 " " PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **attribute** | present · passive | | these | | the East | | to the fact; generally *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **possess** | gerund · passive | a evil spirit | | | | | | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot | | 3 | **give** | present · passive | | no such explanation of explanation's conduct | | some parts of Europe | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 4 | **imply** | may · passive | | explanation | | | | often *property* | vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic | | 5 | **explain** | | explanation's conduct | | | | | | nom explanation «communication intransitive»: of=agent | | 6 | **conduct** | | explanation | | | | | | nom conduct «act 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 75](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/54/75/) - next →: [sentence 77](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/54/77/) - ↑ back to [Ghost Stories., part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/54/)