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LEGENDS, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/56/) / 20 # Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter VI. LEGENDS, part 1, sentence 20 And so--the story concludes--"ever since that time it has been called not a dog but a hound--skin-deep it is unclean (\_pogana\_), but clean within." **Who acts:** story, time, church · **What happens:** conclude, call, be · **To what, where:** church, time · **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: who acts (story, time, church), 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:pg22373:56:20 # text = And so--the story concludes--"ever since that time it has been called not a dog but a hound--skin-deep it is unclean (_pogana_), but clean within." 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 2 so so ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 -- -- PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 concludes conclude VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 -- -- PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 " " PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 6 advmod _ _ 10 since since ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 12 det _ _ 12 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 13 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj:pass _ _ 14 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 15 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 16 aux:pass _ _ 16 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 acl:relcl _ _ 17 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 19 advmod _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 xcomp _ _ 20 but but CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 22 hound hound NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 23 -- -- PUNCT HYPH _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 skin skin NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 - - PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 deep deep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 27 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 28 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 cop _ _ 29 unclean unclean ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 acl:relcl _ _ 30 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 pogana pogana NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 33 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 but but CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 clean clean ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 38 within within ADP IN _ 37 case _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 " " PUNCT '' _ 37 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **conclude** | present | the story | | | | ever; time | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 2 | **call** *in a quote* | present · perfect · passive | that time *not said here* | church | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | | 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | church | that time *not said here* | | | | unclean *property* | tree rules | 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 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/56/19/) - next →: [sentence 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/56/21/) - ↑ back to [Chapter VI. LEGENDS, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/56/)