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LEGENDS, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/58/) / 89 # Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter VI. LEGENDS, part 3, sentence 89 It is to him that at the present day the anxious peasant turns most readily for help, and it is he whom the legends represent as being the most prompt of all the heavenly host to assist the unfortunate among mankind. **Who acts:** character, anxious peasant, legends · **What happens:** be, turn, represent, assist · **To what, where:** unfortunate 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 (character, anxious peasant, legends), 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:pg22373:58:89 # text = It is to him that at the present day the anxious peasant turns most readily for help, and it is he whom the legends represent as being the most prompt of all the heavenly host to assist the unfortunate among mankind. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 to to ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 0 root _ _ 5 that that SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 present present ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 anxious anxious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 peasant peasant NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 13 turns turn VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 14 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 15 advmod _ _ 15 readily readily ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 16 for for ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 help help NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 20 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 21 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 cop _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 26 obj _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 legends legend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 nsubj _ _ 26 represent represent VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 27 as as ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 28 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 31 cop _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 31 advmod _ _ 31 prompt prompt NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 33 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 36 det:predet _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 heavenly heavenly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 host host NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 38 assist assist VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 acl _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 unfortunate unfortunate ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 obj _ _ 41 among among ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 mankind mankind NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | character | | | | | to Nicholas | tree rules | | 2 | **turn** | present | the anxious peasant | | | | day | for help | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **is a** | present | character | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **represent** | present | the legends | | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is** | gerund | | | | | | as the prompt; of all heavenly host | tree rules | | 6 | **assist** | to-infinitive | | the unfortunate | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent unfortunate=Beneficiary | 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 88](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/58/88/) - next →: [sentence 90](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/58/90/) - ↑ back to [Chapter VI. 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