--- title: The favourable reception given to my volume of _Russian Fairy Tales_… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The favourable reception given to my volume of _Russian Fairy Tales_ has encouraged me to follow it up with a sister volume of stories selected from another Slavonic dialect extraordinarily rich in folk-tales--I mean Ruthenian, the language of the Cossacks. Who acts: favourable reception, I. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (favourable reception, I), 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:pg29672:1:16 # text = The favourable reception given to my volume of _Russian Fairy Tales_ has encouraged me to follow it up with a sister volume of stories selected from another Slavonic dialect extraordinarily rich in folk-tales--I mean Ruthenian, the language of the Cossacks. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 favourable favourable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 reception reception NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 volume volume NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 9 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 Russian Russian ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 11 Fairy fairy NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 compound _ _ 12 Tales tale NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 4 punct _ _ 14 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 encouraged encourage VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 16 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 follow follow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 xcomp _ _ 19 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obj _ _ 20 up up ADP RP _ 18 compound:prt _ _ 21 with with ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 compound _ _ 24 volume volume NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 stories story NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 nmod _ _ 27 selected select VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 26 acl _ _ 28 from from ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 29 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 31 det _ _ 30 Slavonic slavonic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 dialect dialect NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 32 extraordinarily extraordinarily ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 33 rich rich ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 34 in in ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 35 folk folk NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 36 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 tales tale NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 -- -- PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 mean mean VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 parataxis _ _ 41 Ruthenian Ruthenian PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 language language NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 appos _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 Cossacks Cossack PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 44 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | participle | | the favourable reception *not said here* | my volume of Russian Fairy Tales | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to volume=Recipient | | 2 | **encourage** | present · perfect · passive | | the favourable reception | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **follow up** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the favourable reception *not said here* | reception | | | | with a sister volume of stories | tree rules | | 4 | **select** | participle | | stories *not said here* | | another Slavonic dialect | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent from dialect=Source | | 5 | **mean** | present | I | Ruthenian | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ruthenian=Topic | 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:** «Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales», Project Gutenberg book 29672 (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 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/1/15/) - next →: [sentence 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/1/17/) - ↑ back to [Russian Fairy Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/1/)