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LEGENDS, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/57/) / 49 # Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter VI. LEGENDS, part 2, sentence 49 One of the causes which conduced to this result may have been--if Perun really was considered in old times, as he is said to have been, the Lord of the Harvest--that the day consecrated by the Church to Elijah, July 20, occurs in the beginning of the harvest season, and therefore the peasants naturally connected their new saint with their old deity. **Who acts:** causes, day, peasants · **What happens:** conduce, consider, say, be, consecrate, occur · **To what, where:** One, Perun, day, beginning, new saint, harvest season · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore», Chapter VI. LEGENDS, part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (causes, day, peasants), 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:pg22373:57:49 # text = One of the causes which conduced to this result may have been--if Perun really was considered in old times, as he is said to have been, the Lord of the Harvest--that the day consecrated by the Church to Elijah, July 20, occurs in the beginning of the harvest season, and therefore the peasants naturally connected their new saint with their old deity. 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 18 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 causes cause NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 nmod _ _ 5 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 6 nsubj _ _ 6 conduced conduce VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 acl:relcl _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 9 det _ _ 9 result result NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 10 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 11 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 18 aux _ _ 12 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 18 aux:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 13 -- -- PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 if if SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 15 Perun Perun PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 nsubj:pass _ _ 16 really really ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 17 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux:pass _ _ 18 considered consider VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 19 in in ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 23 as as SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 25 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux:pass _ _ 26 said say VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 conj _ _ 27 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 28 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 29 aux _ _ 29 been be VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 26 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 Lord Lord PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 Harvest Harvest PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 -- -- PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 that that SCONJ IN _ 50 mark _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 nsubj _ _ 40 consecrated consecrate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 39 acl _ _ 41 by by ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 Church Church PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 obl:agent _ _ 44 to to ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 Elijah Elijah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 47 July July PROPN NNP Number=Sing 48 nmod:unmarked _ _ 48 20 20 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 43 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 50 occurs occur VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 51 in in ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 beginning beginning NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obl _ _ 54 of of ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 55 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 56 harvest harvest NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 compound _ _ 57 season season NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 58 , , PUNCT , _ 64 punct _ _ 59 and and CCONJ CC _ 64 cc _ _ 60 therefore therefore ADV RB _ 62 advmod _ _ 61 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 62 det _ _ 62 peasants peasant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 64 nsubj _ _ 63 naturally naturally ADV RB _ 64 advmod _ _ 64 connected connect VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 65 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 67 nmod:poss _ _ 66 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 67 amod _ _ 67 saint saint NOUN NN Number=Sing 64 obj _ _ 68 with with ADP IN _ 71 case _ _ 69 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 71 nmod:poss _ _ 70 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 71 amod _ _ 71 deity deity NOUN NN Number=Sing 64 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 72 . . PUNCT . _ 18 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **conduce** | past | the causes | | | | | to this result | tree rules | | 2 | **consider** | may · perfect · passive | | One of the causes | | | time | the Lord of the Harvest *obl* | vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Attribute | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | present · passive | | Perun | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic | | 4 | **be** | to-infinitive · perfect | | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **consecrate** | participle | | the day *not said here* | | | | | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **occur** | present | the day | | | | in the beginning of the harvest season | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in beginning=Location | | 7 | **connect** | past | the peasants | Elijah's new saint | | | | with Elijah's old deity; naturally *property* | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent saint=Patient with deity=Co-Patient | | 8 | **begin** | | | the harvest season | | | | | nom beginning «event 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 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/57/48/) - next →: [sentence 50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/57/50/) - ↑ back to [Chapter VI. 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