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# Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter VI. LEGENDS, part 2, sentence 50

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But with more certainty may it be accepted that, the leading cause was the similarity which appeared to the recent converts to prevail between their dethroned thunder-god and the prophet who was connected with drought and with rain, whose enemies were consumed by fire from on high, and on whom waited "a chariot of fire and horses of fire," when he was caught up by a whirlwind into heaven.

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**Who acts:** leading cause, similarity, fire, whirlwind · **What happens:** accept, lead, be, appear, prevail, dethrone · **To what, where:** One, similarity, prophet, enemies, high, chariot

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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 (leading cause, similarity, fire, whirlwind), 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:pg22373:57:50
# text = But with more certainty may it be accepted that, the leading cause was the similarity which appeared to the recent converts to prevail between their dethroned thunder-god and the prophet who was connected with drought and with rain, whose enemies were consumed by fire from on high, and on whom waited "a chariot of fire and horses of fire," when he was caught up by a whirlwind into heaven.
1	But	but	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
2	with	with	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	amod	_	_
4	certainty	certainty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
5	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	accepted	accept	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
9	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	leading	lead	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	13	amod	_	_
13	cause	cause	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
14	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	similarity	similarity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	advcl	_	_
17	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	18	nsubj	_	_
18	appeared	appear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	acl:relcl	_	_
19	to	to	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
21	recent	recent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	amod	_	_
22	converts	convert	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	obl	_	_
23	to	to	PART	TO	_	24	mark	_	_
24	prevail	prevail	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	18	advcl	_	_
25	between	between	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
26	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	30	nmod:poss	_	_
27	dethroned	dethrone	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	30	amod	_	_
28	thunder	thunder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	28	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	god	god	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	obl	_	_
31	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	33	cc	_	_
32	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	33	det	_	_
33	prophet	prophet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	conj	_	_
34	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	36	nsubj:pass	_	_
35	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	36	aux:pass	_	_
36	connected	connect	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	33	acl:relcl	_	_
37	with	with	ADP	IN	_	38	case	_	_
38	drought	drought	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	obl	_	_
39	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	41	cc	_	_
40	with	with	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
41	rain	rain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	38	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	46	punct	_	_
43	whose	whose	PRON	WP$	Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel	44	nmod:poss	_	_
44	enemies	enemy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	46	nsubj	_	_
45	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	46	aux:pass	_	_
46	consumed	consume	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	38	acl	_	_
47	by	by	ADP	IN	_	48	case	_	_
48	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	46	obl	_	_
49	from	from	ADP	IN	_	51	case	_	_
50	on	on	ADP	IN	_	51	case	_	_
51	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	46	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
52	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	56	punct	_	_
53	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	56	cc	_	_
54	on	on	SCONJ	IN	_	56	mark	_	_
55	whom	whom	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	56	nsubj	_	_
56	waited	wait	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	18	parataxis	_	_
57	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	59	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
58	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	59	det	_	_
59	chariot	chariot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	56	obl	_	_
60	of	of	ADP	IN	_	61	case	_	_
61	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	59	nmod	_	_
62	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	63	cc	_	_
63	horses	horse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	61	conj	_	_
64	of	of	ADP	IN	_	65	case	_	_
65	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	63	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
66	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	71	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
67	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	71	punct	_	_
68	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	71	mark	_	_
69	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	71	nsubj:pass	_	_
70	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	71	aux:pass	_	_
71	caught	catch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	56	conj	_	_
72	up	up	ADP	RP	_	71	compound:prt	_	_
73	by	by	ADP	IN	_	75	case	_	_
74	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	75	det	_	_
75	whirlwind	whirlwind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	71	obl	_	_
76	into	into	ADP	IN	_	77	case	_	_
77	heaven	heaven	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	71	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
78	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **accept** | may · passive |  | One |  |  |  | with more certainty | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **lead** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition |
| 3 | **is a** | past | the leading cause | the similarity |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **appear** | past | the similarity |  |  |  |  | to the recent converts | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 5 | **prevail** | to-infinitive | the similarity *not said here* |  |  |  |  | between causes's dethroned thunder god and the prophet | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme between god=Location |
| 6 | **dethrone** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 7 | **connect** | past · passive |  | the prophet |  |  |  | with drought and rain | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: subject=Patient with drought=Co-Patient |
| 8 | **consume** | past · passive | fire | enemies |  | high |  |  | vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Asset |
| 9 | **wait** | past |  | a chariot of fire and horses of fire |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 10 | **catch up** | past · passive | a whirlwind | Perun |  | heaven |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |

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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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