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# Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter VI. LEGENDS, part 3, sentence 37

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The discrepancies which exist between the various representations given of his character and his functions are very glaring, but they may be explained by the fact that a number of legendary ideas sprung from separate sources have become associated with his name; so that in one story his actions are in keeping with the character of an old Slavonian deity, in another, with that of a Christian or a Buddhist saint.

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**Who acts:** discrepancies, fact, separate sources, actions, Yegory · **What happens:** exist, give, be, explain, spring, become · **To what, where:** various representations, discrepancies, number, one story

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This is a sentence of «Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore», Chapter VI. LEGENDS, part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (discrepancies, fact, separate sources, actions), 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:pg22373:58:37
# text = The discrepancies which exist between the various representations given of his character and his functions are very glaring, but they may be explained by the fact that a number of legendary ideas sprung from separate sources have become associated with his name; so that in one story his actions are in keeping with the character of an old Slavonian deity, in another, with that of a Christian or a Buddhist saint.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	discrepancies	discrepancy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	nsubj	_	_
3	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	exist	exist	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
5	between	between	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	various	various	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	representations	representation	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
9	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	acl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	character	character	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
14	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	functions	function	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	conj	_	_
16	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	cop	_	_
17	very	very	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
18	glaring	glaring	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
20	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	24	cc	_	_
21	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	24	nsubj:pass	_	_
22	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	24	aux	_	_
23	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	24	aux:pass	_	_
24	explained	explain	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	18	advcl	_	_
25	by	by	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
26	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
27	fact	fact	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	obl	_	_
28	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	34	mark	_	_
29	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	30	det	_	_
30	number	number	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	obl:unmarked	_	_
31	of	of	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
32	legendary	legendary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	33	amod	_	_
33	ideas	idea	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	30	nmod	_	_
34	sprung	spring	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	27	acl	_	_
35	from	from	SCONJ	IN	_	39	mark	_	_
36	separate	separate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	37	amod	_	_
37	sources	source	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	39	nsubj	_	_
38	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	39	aux	_	_
39	become	become	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	34	advcl	_	_
40	associated	associate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	39	xcomp	_	_
41	with	with	ADP	IN	_	43	case	_	_
42	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	43	nmod:poss	_	_
43	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	40	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
44	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	54	punct	_	_
45	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	54	mark	_	_
46	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	54	mark	_	_
47	in	in	ADP	IN	_	49	case	_	_
48	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	49	nummod	_	_
49	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	54	obl	_	_
50	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	51	nmod:poss	_	_
51	actions	action	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	54	nsubj	_	_
52	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	54	aux	_	_
53	in	in	SCONJ	IN	_	54	mark	_	_
54	keeping	keep	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	18	advcl	_	_
55	with	with	ADP	IN	_	57	case	_	_
56	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	57	det	_	_
57	character	character	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	54	obl	_	_
58	of	of	ADP	IN	_	62	case	_	_
59	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	62	det	_	_
60	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	62	amod	_	_
61	Slavonian	slavonian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	62	amod	_	_
62	deity	deity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	57	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
63	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	65	punct	_	_
64	in	in	ADP	IN	_	65	case	_	_
65	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	54	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
66	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	68	punct	_	_
67	with	with	ADP	IN	_	68	case	_	_
68	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	54	obl	_	_
69	of	of	ADP	IN	_	71	case	_	_
70	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	71	det	_	_
71	Christian	Christian	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	68	nmod	_	_
72	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	75	cc	_	_
73	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	75	det	_	_
74	Buddhist	buddhist	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	75	amod	_	_
75	saint	saint	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	71	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
76	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	18	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **exist** | present | the discrepancies |  |  | the various representations and Yegory's functions |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme between representation=Location |
| 2 | **give** | participle |  | the various representations and Yegory's functions *not said here* |  |  |  | of Yegory's character | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **is** | present | the discrepancies |  |  |  |  | glaring *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **explain** *speech: assert* | may · passive | the fact | discrepancies *= discrepancy* |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Topic |
| 5 | **spring** | participle | the fact *not said here* | a number of legendary ideas |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 6 | **become** | present · perfect | separate sources |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 7 | **associate** | participle | separate sources *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with Yegory's name | vn amalgamate-22.2-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Patient with name=Co-Patient |
| 8 | **keep** | present · progressive | Yegory's actions |  |  | one story |  | with the character of a old Slavonian deity; in another; with that | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in story=Location |
| 9 | **name** |  | Yegory |  |  |  |  |  | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
| 10 | **act** |  | Yegory |  |  |  |  |  | nom action «act intransitive»: poss=agent |

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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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