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description: But it is among the races which are Slavonic by tongue as well as by descent, that the genuine vampire tales flourish most luxuriantly: in Russia, in Poland, and in Servia--among the Czekhs of Bohemia, and the Slovaks of Hungary, and the numerous other subdivisions of the Slavonic family which are i
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# Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Ghost Stories., part 4, sentence 81

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But it is among the races which are Slavonic by tongue as well as by descent, that the genuine vampire tales flourish most luxuriantly: in Russia, in Poland, and in Servia--among the Czekhs of Bohemia, and the Slovaks of Hungary, and the numerous other subdivisions of the Slavonic family which are included within the heterogeneous empire of Austria.

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**Who acts:** majority, races, genuine vampire tales · **What happens:** be, flourish, include · **To what, where:** Russia, Slovaks

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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 (majority, races, genuine vampire tales), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg22373:54:81
# text = But it is among the races which are Slavonic by tongue as well as by descent, that the genuine vampire tales flourish most luxuriantly: in Russia, in Poland, and in Servia--among the Czekhs of Bohemia, and the Slovaks of Hungary, and the numerous other subdivisions of the Slavonic family which are included within the heterogeneous empire of Austria.
1	But	but	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	among	among	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	races	race	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
7	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
8	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	Slavonic	slavonic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	acl:relcl	_	_
10	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	tongue	tongue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
12	as	as	ADV	RB	ExtPos=CCONJ	16	cc	_	_
13	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	12	fixed	_	_
14	as	as	ADP	IN	_	12	fixed	_	_
15	by	by	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	descent	descent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
18	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	23	mark	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
20	genuine	genuine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	amod	_	_
21	vampire	vampire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	compound	_	_
22	tales	tale	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	23	nsubj	_	_
23	flourish	flourish	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	parataxis	_	_
24	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	25	advmod	_	_
25	luxuriantly	luxuriantly	ADV	RB	_	23	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	28	punct	_	_
27	in	in	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
28	Russia	Russia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	23	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	31	punct	_	_
30	in	in	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
31	Poland	Poland	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	28	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	35	punct	_	_
33	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	35	cc	_	_
34	in	in	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
35	Servia	Servia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	28	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	39	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	among	among	ADP	IN	_	39	case	_	_
38	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	39	det	_	_
39	Czekhs	czekh	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	23	obl	_	_
40	of	of	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
41	Bohemia	bohemia	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	60	punct	_	_
43	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	60	cc	_	_
44	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	45	det	_	_
45	Slovaks	slovak	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	60	nsubj:pass	_	_
46	of	of	ADP	IN	_	47	case	_	_
47	Hungary	Hungary	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	45	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
48	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	53	punct	_	_
49	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	53	cc	_	_
50	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	53	det	_	_
51	numerous	numerous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	53	amod	_	_
52	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	53	amod	_	_
53	subdivisions	subdivision	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	60	nsubj:pass	_	_
54	of	of	ADP	IN	_	57	case	_	_
55	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	57	det	_	_
56	Slavonic	Slavonic	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	57	compound	_	_
57	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	53	nmod	_	_
58	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	60	nsubj:pass	_	_
59	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	60	aux:pass	_	_
60	included	include	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	conj	_	_
61	within	within	ADP	IN	_	64	case	_	_
62	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	64	det	_	_
63	heterogeneous	heterogeneous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	64	amod	_	_
64	empire	empire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	60	obl	_	_
65	of	of	ADP	IN	_	66	case	_	_
66	Austria	Austria	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	64	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
67	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | majority |  |  |  |  | among the races | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | the races |  |  |  |  | by tongue as descent; slavonic *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **flourish** | present | the genuine vampire tales |  |  | Russia and Poland and Servia |  | among the Czekhs of Bohemia; luxuriantly *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in russia=Location |
| 4 | **include** | present · passive |  | the Slovaks of Hungary |  |  |  | within the heterogeneous empire of Austria | vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

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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.

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**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.

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