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title: The local cults continued, with this difference, that they were now… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics
description: The local cults continued, with this difference, that they were now condemned by the Church and became clandestine magic; or else they were adopted by the Church, and the rites and sanctuaries transferred. Who acts: local cults, Church, rites. A sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. Afanas'ev, O
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# Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 1, sentence 24

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The local cults continued, with this difference, that they were now condemned by the Church and became clandestine magic; or else they were adopted by the Church, and the rites and sanctuaries transferred.

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**Who acts:** local cults, Church, rites · **What happens:** continue, condemn, become, adopt, transfer · **To what, where:** cults, clandestine magic

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This is a sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. Afanas'ev, Opening, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (local cults, Church, rites), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg62509:1:25
# text = The local cults continued, with this difference, that they were now condemned by the Church and became clandestine magic; or else they were adopted by the Church, and the rites and sanctuaries transferred.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	local	local	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	cults	cult	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	continued	continue	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	8	det	_	_
8	difference	difference	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
10	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
11	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj:pass	_	_
12	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux:pass	_	_
13	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	14	advmod	_	_
14	condemned	condemn	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	parataxis	_	_
15	by	by	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	Church	Church	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
19	became	become	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	conj	_	_
20	clandestine	clandestine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
21	magic	magic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	27	punct	_	_
23	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	27	cc	_	_
24	else	else	ADV	RB	_	27	advmod	_	_
25	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	27	nsubj:pass	_	_
26	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	27	aux:pass	_	_
27	adopted	adopt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
28	by	by	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
29	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	30	det	_	_
30	Church	Church	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	27	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	37	punct	_	_
32	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	37	cc	_	_
33	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	34	det	_	_
34	rites	rite	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	37	nsubj	_	_
35	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	36	cc	_	_
36	sanctuaries	sanctuary	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	34	conj	_	_
37	transferred	transfer	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **continue** | past | the local cults |  |  |  |  | with this difference | vn continue-55.3 «NP.eventuality V PP.subeventuality»: agent=Eventuality with difference=Subeventuality |
| 2 | **condemn** | past · passive | the Church | cults *= cult* |  |  | now |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |
| 3 | **become** | past | the Church *not said here* | clandestine magic |  |  |  |  | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |
| 4 | **adopt** | past · passive | the Church | cults *= cult* |  |  |  | else *property* | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |
| 5 | **transfer** | past | the rites and sanctuaries |  |  |  |  |  | vn contribute-13.2-2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |

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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.

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**Text:** «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. Afanas'ev, Project Gutenberg book 62509 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order.

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