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# Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter VI. LEGENDS, part 1, sentence 9

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On the one hand, into narratives drawn from purely Christian sources there has entered a pagan element, most clearly perceptible in stories which deal with demons and departed spirits; on the other hand, an attempt has been made to give a Christian nature to what are manifestly heathen legends, by lending saintly names to their characters and clothing their ideas in an imitation of biblical language.

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**Who acts:** Christian sources, stories, attempt · **What happens:** draw, enter, deal, make, give, be · **To what, where:** narratives, pagan element, attempt, other hand, Christian nature, heathen legends

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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 (Christian sources, stories, attempt), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg22373:56:9
# text = On the one hand, into narratives drawn from purely Christian sources there has entered a pagan element, most clearly perceptible in stories which deal with demons and departed spirits; on the other hand, an attempt has been made to give a Christian nature to what are manifestly heathen legends, by lending saintly names to their characters and clothing their ideas in an imitation of biblical language.
1	On	on	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	into	into	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	narratives	narrative	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	appos	_	_
8	drawn	draw	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl	_	_
9	from	from	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	purely	purely	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
11	Christian	Christian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	sources	source	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
13	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	15	expl	_	_
14	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
15	entered	enter	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	12	acl	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	pagan	pagan	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	element	element	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
20	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	21	advmod	_	_
21	clearly	clearly	ADV	RB	_	22	advmod	_	_
22	perceptible	perceptible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
23	in	in	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
24	stories	story	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	22	obl	_	_
25	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	26	nsubj	_	_
26	deal	deal	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	24	acl:relcl	_	_
27	with	with	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
28	demons	demon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	26	obl	_	_
29	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	31	cc	_	_
30	departed	departed	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	31	amod	_	_
31	spirits	spirit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	28	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	42	punct	_	_
33	on	on	ADP	IN	_	36	case	_	_
34	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	36	det	_	_
35	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	36	amod	_	_
36	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	42	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	36	punct	_	_
38	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	39	det	_	_
39	attempt	attempt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	42	nsubj:pass	_	_
40	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	42	aux	_	_
41	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	42	aux:pass	_	_
42	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	22	parataxis	_	_
43	to	to	PART	TO	_	44	mark	_	_
44	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	42	xcomp	_	_
45	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	47	det	_	_
46	Christian	Christian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	47	amod	_	_
47	nature	nature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	44	obj	_	_
48	to	to	ADP	IN	_	49	case	_	_
49	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	53	obl	_	_
50	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	53	cop	_	_
51	manifestly	manifestly	ADV	RB	_	53	advmod	_	_
52	heathen	heathen	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	53	amod	_	_
53	legends	legend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	44	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
54	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	56	punct	_	_
55	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	56	mark	_	_
56	lending	lend	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	42	advcl	_	_
57	saintly	saintly	ADV	RB	_	56	advmod	_	_
58	names	name	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	56	obj	_	_
59	to	to	ADP	IN	_	61	case	_	_
60	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	61	nmod:poss	_	_
61	characters	character	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	58	nmod	_	_
62	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	63	cc	_	_
63	clothing	clothe	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	56	conj	_	_
64	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	65	nmod:poss	_	_
65	ideas	idea	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	63	obj	_	_
66	in	in	ADP	IN	_	68	case	_	_
67	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	68	det	_	_
68	imitation	imitation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	63	obl	_	_
69	of	of	ADP	IN	_	71	case	_	_
70	biblical	biblical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	71	amod	_	_
71	language	language	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	68	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
72	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	22	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **draw** | participle |  | narratives *not said here* |  |  |  | from Christian sources | vn split-23.2 «NP V PP.co-patient»: agent=Patient from source=Co-Patient |
| 2 | **enter** | present · perfect | Christian sources *not said here* | a pagan element |  | there |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme element=Destination |
| 3 | **deal** | present | stories |  |  |  |  | with demons and departed spirits | vn cope-83 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with demon=Theme |
| 4 | **make** | present · perfect · passive |  | a attempt |  | the other hand |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **give** | to-infinitive | a attempt *not said here* | a Christian nature |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nature=Theme |
| 6 | **is a** | present |  | heathen legends |  |  |  | manifestly *property* | tree rules |
| 7 | **lend** | gerund |  | names | names's characters |  |  | saintly *property* | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent name=Theme to character=Recipient |
| 8 | **clothe** | gerund |  | names's ideas |  | a imitation of biblical language |  |  | vn dress-41.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent idea=Patient |
| 9 | **imitate** |  |  | biblical language |  |  |  |  | nom imitation «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

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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.

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**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.

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