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LEGENDS, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/56/) / 11 # Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter VI. LEGENDS, part 1, sentence 11 Among the legends borrowed from the apocryphal books and similar writings, many of which are said to be still carefully preserved among the "Schismatics," concealed in hiding-places of which the secret is handed down from father to son--as was once the case with the Hussite books among the Bohemians--there are many which relate to the creation of the world and the early history of man. **What happens:** borrow, say, preserve, conceal, hand down, be · **To what, where:** legends, apocryphal books, many, hiding places, secret, son · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore», Chapter VI. LEGENDS, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: 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:pg22373:56:11 # text = Among the legends borrowed from the apocryphal books and similar writings, many of which are said to be still carefully preserved among the "Schismatics," concealed in hiding-places of which the secret is handed down from father to son--as was once the case with the Hussite books among the Bohemians--there are many which relate to the creation of the world and the early history of man. 1 Among among ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 legends legend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 61 obl _ _ 4 borrowed borrow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl _ _ 5 from from ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 apocryphal apocryphal NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 books book NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 10 similar similar ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 writings writing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 13 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 nsubj _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 13 nmod _ _ 16 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux:pass _ _ 17 said say VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl _ _ 18 to to PART TO _ 22 mark _ _ 19 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 22 aux:pass _ _ 20 still still ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 21 carefully carefully ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 22 preserved preserve VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 17 ccomp _ _ 23 among among ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 " " PUNCT `` _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 Schismatics Schismatic PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 " " PUNCT `` _ 29 punct _ _ 29 concealed conceal VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 22 conj _ _ 30 in in ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 31 hiding hiding NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 32 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 places place NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obl _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 39 obl _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 secret secret NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj:pass _ _ 38 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux:pass _ _ 39 handed hand VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 33 acl:relcl _ _ 40 down down ADP RP _ 39 compound:prt _ _ 41 from from ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 43 to to ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 -- -- PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 as as ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 47 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 50 cop _ _ 48 once once SCONJ IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 case case NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 51 with with ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 53 Hussite hussite NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 compound _ _ 54 books book NOUN NNS Number=Plur 50 nmod _ _ 55 among among ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 56 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 57 Bohemians Bohemian PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 54 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 58 -- -- PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 59 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 60 expl _ _ 60 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 61 cop _ _ 61 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 62 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 63 nsubj _ _ 63 relate relate VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 61 acl:relcl _ _ 64 to to ADP IN _ 66 case _ _ 65 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 66 det _ _ 66 creation creation NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 obl _ _ 67 of of ADP IN _ 69 case _ _ 68 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 69 det _ _ 69 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 66 nmod _ _ 70 and and CCONJ CC _ 73 cc _ _ 71 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 73 det _ _ 72 early early ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 73 amod _ _ 73 history history NOUN NN Number=Sing 66 conj _ _ 74 of of ADP IN _ 75 case _ _ 75 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 73 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 76 . . PUNCT . _ 61 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **borrow** | participle | | the legends *not said here* | | the apocryphal books and similar writings | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent from book=Source | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present · passive | | many | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **preserve** | to-infinitive · passive | | | | | still | among the Schismatics; carefully *property* | vn defend-72.3 «NP V S\_ING» | | 4 | **conceal** | participle | | | | hiding places | | | vn concealment-16 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in place=Location | | 5 | **hand down** | present · passive | | the secret | son | | | of hiding places; from father | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: subject=Theme of which=Initial\_Location to son=Destination | | 6 | **is** | past | | | | | | as the case; with the Hussite books among the Bohemians | tree rules | | 7 | **is** | present | | | | | | among the legends; many *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **relate** | present | | | | | | to the creation of the world and the early history of man | vn relate-86.2-2 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme to creation=Co-Theme | | 9 | **create** | | | the world | | | | | nom creation «act 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 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/56/10/) - next →: [sentence 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/56/12/) - ↑ back to [Chapter VI. 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