--- title: [416] Beyond this he will not go, and he quotes a number of passages… — Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Musc… · tree and pragmatics description: [416] Beyond this he will not go, and he quotes a number of passages from Hellenic writers to prove that in ancient Greece spectres were frequently represented as delighting in blood, and sometimes as exercising a power to destroy. Who acts: 416, Bernhard. 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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 (416, Bernhard), 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:pg22373:54:85 # text = [416] Beyond this he will not go, and he quotes a number of passages from Hellenic writers to prove that in ancient Greece spectres were frequently represented as delighting in blood, and sometimes as exercising a power to destroy. 1 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 416 416 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 2 punct _ _ 4 Beyond beyond ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 2 nmod _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 7 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 8 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 9 advmod _ _ 9 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 quotes quote VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 number number NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 passages passage NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 nmod _ _ 18 from from ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 Hellenic Hellenic PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 compound _ _ 20 writers writer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 nmod _ _ 21 to to PART TO _ 22 mark _ _ 22 prove prove VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 advcl _ _ 23 that that SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 24 in in ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 25 ancient ancient ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 26 Greece Greece PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 compound _ _ 27 spectres spectre NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obl _ _ 28 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux:pass _ _ 29 frequently frequently ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 30 represented represent VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 22 ccomp _ _ 31 as as SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 32 delighting delight VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 30 advcl _ _ 33 in in ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 37 sometimes sometimes ADV RB PronType=Ind 39 advmod _ _ 38 as as SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 39 exercising exercise VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 advcl _ _ 40 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 power power NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 42 to to PART TO _ 43 mark _ _ 43 destroy destroy VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **go** | future | 416 beyond this | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **quote** *speech: other* | present | Bernhard | a number of passages from Hellenic writers | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent number=Topic | | 3 | **prove** | to-infinitive | Bernhard *not said here* | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 4 | **represent** | past · passive | Bernhard *not said here* | | | | | in ancient Greece spectres; frequently *property* | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: in spectre=Attribute | | 5 | **delight** | gerund | Bernhard *not said here* | | | blood | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **exercise** | gerund | 416 beyond this *not said here* | a power | | | | sometimes *property* | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent power=Patient | | 7 | **destroy** | to-infinitive | 416 beyond this *not said here* | a power *not said here* | | | | | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=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 84](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/54/84/) - next →: [sentence 86](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/54/86/) - ↑ back to [Ghost Stories., part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/54/)