--- title: [416] The ordinary Modern-Greek word for a vampire, +vourkolakas+, h… — Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Musc… · tree and pragmatics description: [416] The ordinary Modern-Greek word for a vampire, +vourkolakas+, he says, "is undoubtedly of Slavonic origin, being identical with the Slavonic name of the werwolf, which is called in Bohemian _vlkodlak_, in Bulgarian and Slovak, _vrkolak_, &c.," the vampire and the werwolf having many points in c --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/55/75/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collecti…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/) / [Ghost Stories., part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/55/) / 75 # Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Ghost Stories., part 5, sentence 75 \[416\] The ordinary Modern-Greek word for a vampire, +vourkolakas+, he says, "is undoubtedly of Slavonic origin, being identical with the Slavonic name of the werwolf, which is called in Bohemian \_vlkodlak\_, in Bulgarian and Slovak, \_vrkolak\_, &c.," the vampire and the werwolf having many points in common. **Who acts:** vampire, 416, c. · **What happens:** say, be, call, have, name · **To what, where:** werwolf, Bohemian, many points, common · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore», Ghost Stories., part 5. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (vampire, 416, c.), 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:pg22373:55:75 # text = [416] The ordinary Modern-Greek word for a vampire, +vourkolakas+, he says, "is undoubtedly of Slavonic origin, being identical with the Slavonic name of the werwolf, which is called in Bohemian _vlkodlak_, in Bulgarian and Slovak, _vrkolak_, &c.," the vampire and the werwolf having many points in common. 1 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 416 416 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 26 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 2 punct _ _ 4 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 5 ordinary ordinary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 6 Modern modern ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 Greek Greek ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod:unmarked _ _ 10 for for ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 vampire vampire NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 + + SYM SYM _ 15 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 15 vourkolakas vourkolaka NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 16 + + SYM SYM _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 21 " " PUNCT '' _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 cop _ _ 23 undoubtedly undoubtedly ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 Slavonic slavonic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 origin origin NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 29 cop _ _ 29 identical identical ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 30 with with ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 Slavonic slavonic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 werwolf werwolf NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 38 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 40 nsubj:pass _ _ 39 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux:pass _ _ 40 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 36 acl _ _ 41 in in ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 Bohemian Bohemian PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 obl _ _ 43 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 vlkodlak vlkodlak NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 45 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 47 in in ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 Bulgarian Bulgarian PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 appos _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 50 Slovak Slovak PROPN NNP Number=Sing 48 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 52 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 53 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 53 vrkolak vrkolak NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 54 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 48 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 56 & & CCONJ CC _ 57 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 57 c. c. NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 58 , , PUNCT , _ 61 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 59 " " PUNCT `` _ 61 punct _ _ 60 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 61 det _ _ 61 vampire vampire NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 conj _ _ 62 and and CCONJ CC _ 64 cc _ _ 63 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 64 det _ _ 64 werwolf werwolf NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 conj _ _ 65 having have VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 57 acl _ _ 66 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 67 amod _ _ 67 points point NOUN NNS Number=Plur 65 obj _ _ 68 in in ADP IN _ 69 case _ _ 69 common common ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 65 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 70 . . PUNCT . _ 26 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | vampire | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | 416 the ordinary Greek word for a vampire | | | | | of Slavonic origin; undoubtedly *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **is** *in a quote* | gerund | | | | | | with the Slavonic name of the werwolf; identical *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **call** *in a quote* | present · passive | | the werwolf | | Bohemian | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | | 5 | **have** | gerund | c. and the vampire and the werwolf *not said here* | many points | | common | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent point=Patient | | 6 | **name** *in a quote* | | | the werwolf | | | | | nom name «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 74](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/55/74/) - next →: [sentence 76](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/55/76/) - ↑ back to [Ghost Stories., part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/55/)