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description: The main difference between the "legend" we are about to quote, and the skazkas which have already been quoted, is that a devil of the Satanic type is substituted in it for the mythical personage--whether Slavonic Neptune or Indian Rakshasa--who played a similar part in them. Who acts: we, Slavonic.
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# Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter VI. LEGENDS, part 5, sentence 113

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The main difference between the "legend" we are about to quote, and the skazkas which have already been quoted, is that a devil of the Satanic type is substituted in it for the mythical personage--whether Slavonic Neptune or Indian Rakshasa--who played a similar part in them.

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**Who acts:** we, Slavonic · **What happens:** be, quote, play · **To what, where:** skazkas, main difference, rise, similar part

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This is a sentence of «Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore», Chapter VI. LEGENDS, part 5. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (we, Slavonic), 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:pg22373:60:113
# text = The main difference between the "legend" we are about to quote, and the skazkas which have already been quoted, is that a devil of the Satanic type is substituted in it for the mythical personage--whether Slavonic Neptune or Indian Rakshasa--who played a similar part in them.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	main	main	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	difference	difference	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	33	nsubj	_	_
4	between	between	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	legend	legend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
9	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
10	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
11	about	about	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	quote	quote	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	skazkas	skazka	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
18	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	22	nsubj:pass	_	_
19	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	22	aux	_	_
20	already	already	ADV	RB	_	22	advmod	_	_
21	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	22	aux:pass	_	_
22	quoted	quote	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	17	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
24	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	33	cop	_	_
25	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	33	mark	_	_
26	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
27	devil	devil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	33	nsubj:pass	_	_
28	of	of	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
29	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	31	det	_	_
30	Satanic	Satanic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	31	amod	_	_
31	type	type	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	nmod	_	_
32	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	33	aux:pass	_	_
33	substituted	substitute	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
34	in	in	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
35	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	33	obl	_	_
36	for	for	ADP	IN	_	39	case	_	_
37	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	39	det	_	_
38	mythical	mythical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	39	amod	_	_
39	personage	personage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	33	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
40	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	49	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	whether	whether	SCONJ	IN	_	49	mark	_	_
42	Slavonic	Slavonic	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	49	nsubj	_	_
43	Neptune	Neptune	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	42	flat	_	_
44	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	46	cc	_	_
45	Indian	Indian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	46	amod	_	_
46	Rakshasa	Rakshasa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	42	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
47	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	49	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
48	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	49	nsubj	_	_
49	played	play	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	33	conj	_	_
50	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	52	det	_	_
51	similar	similar	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	52	amod	_	_
52	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	49	obj	_	_
53	in	in	ADP	IN	_	54	case	_	_
54	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	49	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
55	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	33	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | we |  |  |  |  | about, quote *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **quote** *speech: other* | present · perfect · passive |  | the skazkas |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic |
| 3 | **is** | present · passive |  | the main difference between the legend and the skazkas |  | rise |  | for the mythical personage; substitute *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **play** | past | Slavonic or Indian Rakshasa | a similar part |  |  |  | in devils *= devil* | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent part=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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