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LEGENDS, part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/61/) / 94 # Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter VI. LEGENDS, part 6, sentence 94 Thus, as we have already seen, the story of the Awful Drunkard\[477\] represents the devil himself as being grateful to a man who has rebuked an irascible old woman for unjustly blaming the Prince of Darkness. **Who acts:** we, story, man · **What happens:** see, represent, be, rebuke, blame · **To what, where:** devil, irascible old woman, Prince 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, story, man), 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:pg22373:61:94 # text = Thus, as we have already seen, the story of the Awful Drunkard[477] represents the devil himself as being grateful to a man who has rebuked an irascible old woman for unjustly blaming the Prince of Darkness. 1 Thus thus ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 as as SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 4 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 5 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 6 already already ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 18 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 Awful awful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 Drunkard Drunkard PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 477 477 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 14 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 16 punct _ _ 18 represents represent VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 devil devil NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 21 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Emp|Reflex=Yes 20 nmod:unmarked _ _ 22 as as SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 23 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 24 cop _ _ 24 grateful grateful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 advcl _ _ 25 to to ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 28 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 30 nsubj _ _ 29 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 rebuked rebuke VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 27 acl:relcl _ _ 31 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 32 irascible irascible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 33 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 35 for for SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 36 unjustly unjustly ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 37 blaming blame VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 30 advcl _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 Darkness Darkness PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 18 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | present · perfect | we | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **represent** | present | the story of the Awful Drunkard | the devil fiend | | | | thus *property* | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot devil=Theme | | 3 | **is** | gerund | the story of the Awful Drunkard *not said here* | | | | | to a man; grateful *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **rebuke** | present · perfect | a man | a irascible old woman | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent woman=Theme | | 5 | **blame** | gerund | a man *not said here* | the Prince of Darkness | | | | unjustly *property* | vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prince=Theme | 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 93](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/61/93/) - next →: [sentence 95](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/61/95/) - ↑ back to [Chapter VI. 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