--- title: The selection, though naturally restricted, is fairly representative… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The selection, though naturally restricted, is fairly representative; every variety of folk-tale has a place in it, and it should never be forgotten that the Ruthenian _kazka_ (_Maerchen_), owing to favourable circumstances, has managed to preserve far more of the fresh spontaneity and naive simplic --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/1/32/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/) / [Russian Fairy Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/1/) / 32 # Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales, Russian Fairy Tales, sentence 32 The selection, though naturally restricted, is fairly representative; every variety of folk-tale has a place in it, and it should never be forgotten that the Ruthenian \_kazka\_ (\_Maerchen\_), owing to favourable circumstances, has managed to preserve far more of the fresh spontaneity and naive simplicity of the primitive folk-tale than her more sophisticated sister, the Russian \_skazka\_. **Who acts:** selection, variety · **What happens:** restrict, be, have, not forget, owe, manage · **To what, where:** selection, place, variety, favourable circumstances, more This is a sentence of «Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales», Russian Fairy Tales. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (selection, variety), 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:pg29672:1:32 # text = The selection, though naturally restricted, is fairly representative; every variety of folk-tale has a place in it, and it should never be forgotten that the Ruthenian _kazka_ (_Maerchen_), owing to favourable circumstances, has managed to preserve far more of the fresh spontaneity and naive simplicity of the primitive folk-tale than her more sophisticated sister, the Russian _skazka_. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 selection selection NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 4 though though SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 5 naturally naturally ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 restricted restrict VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 8 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 9 fairly fairly ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 representative representative ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ; ; PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 12 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 13 det _ _ 13 variety variety NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 folk folk NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 16 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 tale tale NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ _ 18 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 parataxis _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 21 in in ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 25 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj:pass _ _ 26 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 27 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 29 advmod _ _ 28 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 29 aux:pass _ _ 29 forgotten forget VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 conj _ _ 30 that that SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 Ruthenian Ruthenian PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 33 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 kazka kazka X FW Foreign=Yes 32 flat:foreign _ SpaceAfter=No 35 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 32 punct _ _ 36 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 Maerchen Maerchen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 39 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 42 owing owe VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 29 advcl _ _ 43 to to ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 favourable favourable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 circumstances circumstance NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 47 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 48 managed manage VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 10 conj _ _ 49 to to PART TO _ 50 mark _ _ 50 preserve preserve VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 48 xcomp _ _ 51 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 52 advmod _ _ 52 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 50 obj _ _ 53 of of ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 55 fresh fresh ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 56 amod _ _ 56 spontaneity spontaneity NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obl _ _ 57 and and CCONJ CC _ 59 cc _ _ 58 naive naive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 59 amod _ _ 59 simplicity simplicity NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 conj _ _ 60 of of ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 61 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 65 det _ _ 62 primitive primitive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 65 amod _ _ 63 folk folk NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 64 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 63 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 65 tale tale NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 nmod _ _ 66 than than ADP IN _ 67 case _ _ 67 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 obl _ _ 68 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 69 advmod _ _ 69 sophisticated sophisticated ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 70 amod _ _ 70 sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 71 , , PUNCT , _ 73 punct _ _ 72 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 73 det _ _ 73 Russian Russian ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 70 conj _ _ 74 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 75 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 75 skazka skazka X FW Foreign=Yes 50 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 76 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 75 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 77 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **restrict** | participle | | the selection *not said here* | | | | naturally *property* | vn limit-76 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer | | 2 | **is** | present | the selection | | | | | fairly, representative *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **have** | present | every variety of folk tale | a place | | place | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent place=Patient | | 4 | **not** **forget** | should · passive | | variety | | | | the Ruthenian *obl* | tree rules | | 5 | **owe** | gerund | | | | | | to favourable circumstances *goal* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent to circumstance=Goal | | 6 | **manage** | present · perfect | the selection *not said here* | | | | | | vn succeed-74-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 7 | **preserve** | to-infinitive | the selection *not said here* | more | | | | than Ruthenian; sophisticated sister *obl* | tree rules | 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 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/1/31/) - next →: [sentence 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/1/33/) - ↑ back to [Russian Fairy Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/1/)