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LEGENDS, part 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/63/) / 18 # Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter VI. LEGENDS, part 8, sentence 18 Russian Peasants; their dramatic talent, 19; pictures of their life contained in folk-tales, 21; a village soiree, 24; a courtship, 31; a death, 32; preparations for a funeral, 33; wailing over the dead, 35; a burial, 36; religious feeling of, 40; passion for drink, 42; humor, 48; their jokes against women, 49; their dislike of avarice, 59; their jokes about simpletons, 62 **Who acts:** preparations, women · **What happens:** contain, wail, joke, dislike · **To what, where:** life, folk tales, dead, avarice This is a sentence of «Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore», Chapter VI. LEGENDS, part 8. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (preparations, women), 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:pg22373:63:18 # text = Russian Peasants; their dramatic talent, 19; pictures of their life contained in folk-tales, 21; a village soiree, 24; a courtship, 31; a death, 32; preparations for a funeral, 33; wailing over the dead, 35; a burial, 36; religious feeling of, 40; passion for drink, 42; humor, 48; their jokes against women, 49; their dislike of avarice, 59; their jokes about simpletons, 62 1 Russian Russian ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 Peasants peasant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ; ; PUNCT : _ 6 punct _ _ 4 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 5 dramatic dramatic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 talent talent NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 19 19 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 6 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ; ; PUNCT : _ 10 punct _ _ 10 pictures picture NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nmod _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ 14 contained contain VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 acl _ _ 15 in in ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 16 folk folk NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 17 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 tales tale NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 20 21 21 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 18 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ; ; PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 village village NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 compound _ _ 24 soiree soiree NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 26 24 24 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 24 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ; ; PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 courtship courtship NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 31 31 31 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 29 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ; ; PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 36 32 32 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 26 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ; ; PUNCT : _ 38 punct _ _ 38 preparations preparation NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 appos _ _ 39 for for ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 funeral funeral NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 43 33 33 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 38 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ; ; PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 45 wailing wail VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 38 acl _ _ 46 over over ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 50 35 35 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 38 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 ; ; PUNCT : _ 53 punct _ _ 52 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 burial burial NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 54 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 55 36 36 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 53 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 56 ; ; PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 57 religious religious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 58 amod _ _ 58 feeling feeling NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 conj _ _ 59 of of ADP IN _ 58 case _ SpaceAfter=No 60 , , PUNCT , _ 61 punct _ _ 61 40 40 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 38 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 62 ; ; PUNCT : _ 63 punct _ _ 63 passion passion NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 appos _ _ 64 for for ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 65 drink drink NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 66 , , PUNCT , _ 67 punct _ _ 67 42 42 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 38 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 68 ; ; PUNCT : _ 69 punct _ _ 69 humor humor NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 70 , , PUNCT , _ 71 punct _ _ 71 48 48 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 38 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 72 ; ; PUNCT : _ 74 punct _ _ 73 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 74 nmod:poss _ _ 74 jokes joke NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 conj _ _ 75 against against ADP IN _ 76 case _ _ 76 women woman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 74 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 77 , , PUNCT , _ 78 punct _ _ 78 49 49 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 74 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 79 ; ; PUNCT : _ 81 punct _ _ 80 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 81 nmod:poss _ _ 81 dislike dislike NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 conj _ _ 82 of of ADP IN _ 83 case _ _ 83 avarice avarice NOUN NN Number=Sing 81 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 84 , , PUNCT , _ 85 punct _ _ 85 59 59 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 38 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 86 ; ; PUNCT : _ 88 punct _ _ 87 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 88 nmod:poss _ _ 88 jokes joke NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 conj _ _ 89 about about ADP IN _ 90 case _ _ 90 simpletons simpleton NOUN NNS Number=Plur 88 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 91 , , PUNCT , _ 92 punct _ _ 92 62 62 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 38 conj _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **contain** | participle | | pictures's life *not said here* | | folk tales | | | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in tale=Location | | 2 | **wail** | gerund | preparations for a funeral and a burial and religious feeling and humor and preparations's jokes against women and women's dislike of avarice and women's jokes about simpletons *not said here* | | | the dead | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over dead=Location | | 3 | **joke** | | preparations *= preparation* | | | | | against women | nom joke «communication intransitive»: poss=agent against=obl | | 4 | **dislike** | | women *= woman* | avarice | | | | | nom dislike «cognition transitive»: poss=agent of=patient | | 5 | **joke** | | women *= woman* | | | | | about simpletons | nom joke «communication intransitive»: poss=agent about=obl | 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 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/63/17/) - next →: [sentence 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/63/19/) - ↑ back to [Chapter VI. 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