--- title: The old gods of the Slavonians have passed away and left behind but… — Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Musc… · tree and pragmatics description: The old gods of the Slavonians have passed away and left behind but scanty traces of their existence; but still, in the traditions and proverbial expressions of the peasants in various Slavonic lands, there may be recognized some relics of the older faith. Who acts: gods. A sentence of «Russian Fair --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/59/138/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collecti…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/) / [Chapter VI. LEGENDS, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/59/) / 138 # Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter VI. LEGENDS, part 4, sentence 138 The old gods of the Slavonians have passed away and left behind but scanty traces of their existence; but still, in the traditions and proverbial expressions of the peasants in various Slavonic lands, there may be recognized some relics of the older faith. **Who acts:** gods · **What happens:** pass away, leave behind, recognize, exist · **To what, where:** old gods, traditions, relics This is a sentence of «Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore», Chapter VI. LEGENDS, part 4. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (gods), 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:pg22373:59:138 # text = The old gods of the Slavonians have passed away and left behind but scanty traces of their existence; but still, in the traditions and proverbial expressions of the peasants in various Slavonic lands, there may be recognized some relics of the older faith. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 gods god NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 Slavonians Slavonian PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 3 nmod _ _ 7 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 passed pass VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 9 away away ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 conj _ _ 12 behind behind ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 13 but but CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 14 scanty scanty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 traces trace NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 conj _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 existence existence NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ; ; PUNCT : _ 21 punct _ _ 20 but but CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 still still ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 in in ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 traditions tradition NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 27 proverbial proverbial ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 expressions expression NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 conj _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 peasants peasant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 nmod _ _ 32 in in ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 33 various various ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 34 Slavonic slavonic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 lands land NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 37 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 40 expl _ _ 38 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 39 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 40 aux:pass _ _ 40 recognized recognize VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 parataxis _ _ 41 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 42 det _ _ 42 relics relic NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 obj _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 45 older old ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 46 amod _ _ 46 faith faith NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pass away** | present · perfect · passive | | the old gods of the Slavonians | | the traditions and proverbial expressions of the peasants in various Slavonic lands | still | away *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **leave behind** | participle | | | | | | behind *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **recognize** | may · passive | | some relics of the older faith | | there | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: relic=Stimulus | | 4 | **exist** | | gods *= god* | | | | | | nom existence «state intransitive»: poss=agent | 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 137](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/59/137/) - next →: [sentence 139](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/59/139/) - ↑ back to [Chapter VI. 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