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# Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter VI. LEGENDS, part 6, sentence 70

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The explanation of this appears to be that the devils of European folk-lore have nothing in common with the rebellious angels of Miltonic theology beyond their vague denomination; nor can any but a nominal resemblance be traced between their chiefs or "grandfathers" and the thunder-smitten but still majestic "Lucifer, Son of the Morning."

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**Who acts:** explanation, devils, this · **What happens:** appear, be, any, trace, smite, explain · **To what, where:** nominal resemblance, Lucifer

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This is a sentence of «Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore», Chapter VI. LEGENDS, part 6. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (explanation, devils, this), 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:pg22373:61:70
# text = The explanation of this appears to be that the devils of European folk-lore have nothing in common with the rebellious angels of Miltonic theology beyond their vague denomination; nor can any but a nominal resemblance be traced between their chiefs or "grandfathers" and the thunder-smitten but still majestic "Lucifer, Son of the Morning."
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	explanation	explanation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	nmod	_	_
5	appears	appear	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	16	mark	_	_
7	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	16	cop	_	_
8	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	devils	devil	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	nsubj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
12	European	European	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
13	folk	folk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	lore	lore	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
16	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	_
17	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	16	obj	_	_
18	in	in	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	common	common	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
20	with	with	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
22	rebellious	rebellious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	23	amod	_	_
23	angels	angel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	obl	_	_
24	of	of	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
25	Miltonic	miltonic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	26	amod	_	_
26	theology	theology	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	nmod	_	_
27	beyond	beyond	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
28	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	30	nmod:poss	_	_
29	vague	vague	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	30	amod	_	_
30	denomination	denomination	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	34	punct	_	_
32	nor	nor	CCONJ	CC	Polarity=Neg	34	cc	_	_
33	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	34	aux	_	_
34	any	any	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	_
35	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	40	cc	_	_
36	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	38	det	_	_
37	nominal	nominal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	38	amod	_	_
38	resemblance	resemblance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	40	nsubj:pass	_	_
39	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	40	aux:pass	_	_
40	traced	trace	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	34	conj	_	_
41	between	between	ADP	IN	_	43	case	_	_
42	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	43	nmod:poss	_	_
43	chiefs	chief	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	40	obl	_	_
44	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	46	cc	_	_
45	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	46	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
46	grandfathers	grandfather	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	43	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
47	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	46	punct	_	_
48	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	52	cc	_	_
49	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	52	det	_	_
50	thunder	thunder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	52	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
51	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	50	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
52	smitten	smite	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	40	conj	_	_
53	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	55	cc	_	_
54	still	still	ADV	RB	_	55	advmod	_	_
55	majestic	majestic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	52	conj	_	_
56	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	57	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
57	Lucifer	Lucifer	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	52	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
58	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	59	punct	_	_
59	Son	Son	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	57	conj	_	_
60	of	of	ADP	IN	_	62	case	_	_
61	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	62	det	_	_
62	Morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	59	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
63	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
64	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **appear** | present | the explanation of this |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | to-infinitive | the devils of European folk lore |  |  |  |  | have *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **any** | can |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **trace** | infinitive · passive |  | a nominal resemblance |  |  |  | between spirits's chiefs or grandfathers | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 5 | **smite** | participle |  | Lucifer and Son of the Morning |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 6 | **explain** |  | this |  |  |  |  |  | nom explanation «communication intransitive»: of=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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