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LEGENDS](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/9/) / 7 # Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter VI. LEGENDS, sentence 7 Part played by Demons in the Skazkas--On "Hasty Words," and Parental Curses; their power to subject persons to demoniacal possession--The dulness of Demons; Stories about Tricks played upon them--Their Gratitude to those who treat them with Kindness and their General Behavior--Various Legends about Devils--Moral Tale of the Gossip's Bedstead 361 **Who acts:** Stories · **What happens:** play, subject, treat · **To what, where:** Part, persons, Stories This is a sentence of «Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore», Chapter VI. LEGENDS. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Stories), 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:pg22373:9:7 # text = Part played by Demons in the Skazkas--On "Hasty Words," and Parental Curses; their power to subject persons to demoniacal possession--The dulness of Demons; Stories about Tricks played upon them--Their Gratitude to those who treat them with Kindness and their General Behavior--Various Legends about Devils--Moral Tale of the Gossip's Bedstead 361 1 Part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 played play VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 acl _ _ 3 by by ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 Demons demon NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 Skazkas Skazkas PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 -- -- PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 On on ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 " " PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 Hasty hasty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 Words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 " " PUNCT '' _ 1 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 16 Parental parental ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 Curses curse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ; ; PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 19 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 power power NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ 21 to to PART TO _ 22 mark _ _ 22 subject subject VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 acl _ _ 23 persons person NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obj _ _ 24 to to ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 demoniacal demoniacal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 possession possession NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 -- -- PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 dulness dulness NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 appos _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 Demons Demon PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 29 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ; ; PUNCT : _ 36 punct _ _ 33 Stories story NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 nsubj _ _ 34 about about ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 Tricks trick NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 nmod _ _ 36 played play VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 37 upon upon ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 -- -- PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 Their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 Gratitude gratitude NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ 42 to to ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 those that PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 41 nmod _ _ 44 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 45 nsubj _ _ 45 treat treat VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 43 acl:relcl _ _ 46 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 obj _ _ 47 with with ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 Kindness kindness NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 50 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 52 nmod:poss _ _ 51 General General PROPN NNP Number=Sing 52 nmod:desc _ _ 52 Behavior Behavior PROPN NNP Number=Sing 48 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 53 -- -- PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 54 Various various ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 55 amod _ _ 55 Legends legend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 48 conj _ _ 56 about about ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 57 Devils devil NOUN NNS Number=Plur 55 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 58 -- -- PUNCT , _ 60 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 59 Moral Moral PROPN NNP Number=Sing 60 compound _ _ 60 Tale Tale PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ 61 of of ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 62 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 63 det _ _ 63 Gossip Gossip PROPN NNP Number=Sing 65 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 64 's 's PART POS _ 63 case _ _ 65 Bedstead Bedstead PROPN NNP Number=Sing 60 nmod _ _ 66 361 361 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 65 flat _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **play** | participle | | Part Moral Tale of the Gossip's Bedstead and Hasty Words and Parental Curses and Demons's power and Demons's Gratitude to those *not said here* | | | | by Demons in the Skazkas | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **subject** | to-infinitive | | persons | | | | to demoniacal possession | tree rules | | 3 | **play** | past | Stories about Tricks | | | | | upon Demons *= demon* | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **treat** | present | | Stories *= story* | | | | with Kindness and Demons's Behavior General and Various Legends about Devils | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient with kindness=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 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/9/6/) - next →: [sentence 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/9/8/) - ↑ back to [Chapter VI. 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