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LEGENDS, part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/61/) / 76 # Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter VI. LEGENDS, part 6, sentence 76 Thus, in a German story\[474\] we find a schoolmaster deceiving the devil; in one of its Slavonic counterparts\[475\] a gypsy deludes a snake; in another, current among the Baltic Kashoubes, in place of the snake figures a giant so huge that the thumb of his glove serves as a shelter for the hero of the tale--one which is closely connected with that which tells of Thor and the giant Skrymir. **Who acts:** we, schoolmaster, one, current, thumb · **What happens:** find, deceive, delude, figure, serve, connect · **To what, where:** schoolmaster, German story, devil, snake, another, a · **Speech:** someone speaks here 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 (we, schoolmaster, one, current), 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:pg22373:61:76 # text = Thus, in a German story[474] we find a schoolmaster deceiving the devil; in one of its Slavonic counterparts[475] a gypsy deludes a snake; in another, current among the Baltic Kashoubes, in place of the snake figures a giant so huge that the thumb of his glove serves as a shelter for the hero of the tale--one which is closely connected with that which tells of Thor and the giant Skrymir. 1 Thus thus ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 German German ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 474 474 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 6 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 8 punct _ _ 10 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 find find VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 schoolmaster schoolmaster NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 deceiving deceive VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 13 acl _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 devil devil NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 18 in in ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 29 nsubj _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 21 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 22 Slavonic slavonic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 counterparts counterpart NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 475 475 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 23 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 25 punct _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 gypsy gypsy NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nmod _ _ 29 deludes delude VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 snake snake NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ; ; PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 in in ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 36 current current NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nsubj _ _ 37 among among ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 Baltic Baltic PROPN NNP _ 40 compound _ _ 40 Kashoubes Kashoubes PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 42 in in ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 appos _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 snake snake NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nmod _ _ 47 figures figure VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 parataxis _ _ 48 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 47 obj _ _ 49 giant giant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 50 so so ADV RB _ 51 advmod _ _ 51 huge huge ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 conj _ _ 52 that that SCONJ IN _ 58 mark _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 thumb thumb NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 nsubj _ _ 55 of of ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 56 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 57 nmod:poss _ _ 57 glove glove NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 nmod _ _ 58 serves serve VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 51 advcl _ _ 59 as as ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 60 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 61 det _ _ 61 shelter shelter NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 obl _ _ 62 for for ADP IN _ 64 case _ _ 63 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 64 det _ _ 64 hero hero NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 nmod _ _ 65 of of ADP IN _ 67 case _ _ 66 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 67 det _ _ 67 tale tale NOUN NN Number=Sing 64 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 68 -- -- PUNCT , _ 69 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 69 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 77 nsubj _ _ 70 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 73 nsubj:pass _ _ 71 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 73 aux:pass _ _ 72 closely closely ADV RB _ 73 advmod _ _ 73 connected connect VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 69 acl:relcl _ _ 74 with with ADP IN _ 75 case _ _ 75 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 73 obl _ _ 76 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 77 nsubj _ _ 77 tells tell VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 58 conj _ _ 78 of of ADP IN _ 79 case _ _ 79 Thor Thor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 77 obl _ _ 80 and and CCONJ CC _ 83 cc _ _ 81 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 83 det _ _ 82 giant giant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 83 amod _ _ 83 Skrymir Skrymir PROPN NNP Number=Sing 79 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 84 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **find** | present | we | a schoolmaster | | a German story | | thus *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent schoolmaster=Topic | | 2 | **deceive** | gerund | a schoolmaster *not said here* | the devil | | | | | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent devil=Patient | | 3 | **delude** | present | one of schoolmaster's Slavonic counterparts a gypsy | a snake | | another | | | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent snake=Patient | | 4 | **figure** | present | current among the Baltic Kashoubes | a | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent a=Patient | | 5 | **serve** | present | the thumb of thumb's glove | | | | | as a shelter for the hero of the tale | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as shelter=Attribute | | 6 | **connect** | present · passive | | | | | | closely *property* | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: subject=Patient with that=Co-Patient | | 7 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present | one | | | | | of Thor and the giant Skrymir | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=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 75](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/61/75/) - next →: [sentence 77](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/61/77/) - ↑ back to [Chapter VI. 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