--- title: [421] How superior our intelligence is to that of Slavonian peasants… — Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Musc… · tree and pragmatics description: [421] How superior our intelligence is to that of Slavonian peasants is proved by the fact that they still drive stakes through supposed vampires, whereas our law no longer demands that a suicide shall have a stake driven through his corpse. Who acts: intelligence, fact, peasants, law. 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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 (intelligence, fact, peasants, law), 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:pg22373:55:92 # text = [421] How superior our intelligence is to that of Slavonian peasants is proved by the fact that they still drive stakes through supposed vampires, whereas our law no longer demands that a suicide shall have a stake driven through his corpse. 1 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 421 421 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 5 punct _ _ 4 How how ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 5 superior superior ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 parataxis _ _ 6 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 intelligence intelligence NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 8 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 15 nsubj:pass _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 Slavonian slavonian ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 peasants peasant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nmod _ _ 14 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux:pass _ _ 15 proved prove VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 parataxis _ _ 16 by by ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 fact fact NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 19 that that SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 20 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 21 still still ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 22 drive drive VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 acl _ _ 23 stakes stake NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obj _ _ 24 through through ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 supposed suppose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 26 amod _ _ 26 vampires vampire NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 28 whereas whereas SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 29 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 law law NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nsubj _ _ 31 no no ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 32 longer long ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 33 advmod _ _ 33 demands demand VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ _ 34 that that SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 suicide suicide NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 37 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 advcl _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 stake stake NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 41 driven drive VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 40 acl _ _ 42 through through ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 corpse corpse NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | our intelligence | | | | | to that; of Slavonian peasants | tree rules | | 2 | **prove** | present · passive | the fact | that | | | | | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme | | 3 | **drive** | present | peasants *= peasant* | stakes | | | still | through supposed vampires | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent stake=Theme through vampire=Trajectory | | 4 | **suppose** | participle | | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **demand** *speech: request* | present | our law | | | | | long *property* | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **have** | shall | a suicide | a stake | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stake=Patient | | 7 | **drive** | participle | | a stake *not said here* | | suicide's corpse | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent through corpse=Trajectory | 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 91](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/55/91/) - next →: [sentence 93](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/55/93/) - ↑ back to [Ghost Stories., part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/55/)