--- title: They are, in the first place, characterized by the so-called realism… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: They are, in the first place, characterized by the so-called realism that tinges all Russian literature; a better word would be factualism, as realism is associated with the anti-romanticism that accentuates material facts and seeks to obliterate moral factors. Who acts: divergencies, called realism --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/1/36/) [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/) / [Russian Folk-Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/) / [Opening, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/1/) / 36 # Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 1, sentence 36 They are, in the first place, characterized by the so-called realism that tinges all Russian literature; a better word would be factualism, as realism is associated with the anti-romanticism that accentuates material facts and seeks to obliterate moral factors. **Who acts:** divergencies, called realism, better word, anti-romanticism · **What happens:** be, characterize, call, tinge, associate, accentuate · **To what, where:** first place, Russian literature, factualism, realism, material facts, moral factors · **Speech:** someone speaks here 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 (divergencies, called realism, better word, anti-romanticism), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg62509:1:37 # text = They are, in the first place, characterized by the so-called realism that tinges all Russian literature; a better word would be factualism, as realism is associated with the anti-romanticism that accentuates material facts and seeks to obliterate moral factors. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 7 amod _ _ 7 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 characterized characterize VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 acl _ _ 10 by by ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 12 so so ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 amod _ _ 15 realism realism NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl:agent _ _ 16 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 17 nsubj _ _ 17 tinges tinge VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 acl:relcl _ _ 18 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 20 det _ _ 19 Russian Russian ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 literature literature NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ; ; PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 24 amod _ _ 24 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 25 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 26 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 27 cop _ _ 27 factualism factualism NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 29 as as SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 30 realism realism NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nsubj:pass _ _ 31 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux:pass _ _ 32 associated associate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 27 parataxis _ _ 33 with with ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 anti-romanticism anti-romanticism NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 36 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 37 nsubj _ _ 37 accentuates accentuate VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 acl:relcl _ _ 38 material material NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 compound _ _ 39 facts fact NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obj _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 seeks seek VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 conj _ _ 42 to to PART TO _ 43 mark _ _ 43 obliterate obliterate VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 xcomp _ _ 44 moral moral ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 factors factor NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | divergencies *= divergency* | | | the first place and factualism | | | tree rules | | 2 | **characterize** | participle | | the first place and factualism *not said here* | | | | the called realism *obl:agent* | vn characterize-29.2-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **call** | participle | | | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **tinge** | present | the called realism | all Russian literature | | | | | vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme literature=Destination | | 5 | **is a** | would | a better word | factualism | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **associate** | present · passive | | realism | | | | with the anti-romanticism | vn amalgamate-22.2-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: subject=Patient with anti-romanticism=Co-Patient | | 7 | **accentuate** | present | the anti-romanticism | material facts | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **seek** | present | the anti-romanticism *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **obliterate** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the anti-romanticism *not said here* | moral factors | | | | | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent factor=Patient | 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 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. - ← previous: [sentence 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/1/35/) - next →: [sentence 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/1/37/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/1/)