--- title: Saint George [Egóri] has taken over many Pagan legends; in one of th… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Saint George [Egóri] has taken over many Pagan legends; in one of the semi-sacred _bylíny_ [v. Bezsónov, _Kalěki_ _Perekhózhie_], he turns round the oaks and the mountains, like Vertodúb and Vertogór, and in other _bylíny_ of the same class the miraculous incidents of the birth of Ilyá Múromets are --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/1/66/) [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/) / 66 # Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 1, sentence 66 Saint George \[Egóri\] has taken over many Pagan legends; in one of the semi-sacred \_bylíny\_ \[v. Bezsónov, \_Kalěki\_ \_Perekhózhie\_\], he turns round the oaks and the mountains, like Vertodúb and Vertogór, and in other \_bylíny\_ of the same class the miraculous incidents of the birth of Ilyá Múromets are attributed to him. **Who acts:** George, same class · **What happens:** take, turn, attribute · **To what, where:** many Pagan legends, v. Bezsónov, oaks, miraculous incidents, George 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 (George, same class), 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:pg62509:1:67 # text = Saint George [Egóri] has taken over many Pagan legends; in one of the semi-sacred _bylíny_ [v. Bezsónov, _Kalěki_ _Perekhózhie_], he turns round the oaks and the mountains, like Vertodúb and Vertogór, and in other _bylíny_ of the same class the miraculous incidents of the birth of Ilyá Múromets are attributed to him. 1 Saint Saint PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nmod:desc _ _ 2 George George PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 3 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 Egóri Egóri PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 4 punct _ _ 6 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 8 over over ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 10 Pagan pagan ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 legends legend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ; ; PUNCT : _ 14 punct _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 7 parataxis _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 17 semi-sacred semi-sacred ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 18 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 bylíny bylíny NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 14 punct _ _ 21 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 v. V. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 compound _ _ 23 Bezsónov Bezsónov PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 25 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 Kalěki Kalěki PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 27 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 23 punct _ _ 28 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 Perekhózhie Perekhózhie PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 30 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 turns turn VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 acl:relcl _ _ 35 round round ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 oaks oak NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 obl _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 mountains mountain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 42 like like ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 Vertodúb Vertodúb PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 nmod _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 45 Vertogór Vertogór PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 48 in in ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 49 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 amod _ _ 50 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 49 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 bylíny bylíny ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 52 _ _ NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 conj _ _ 53 of of ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 55 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 56 amod _ _ 56 class class NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 nmod _ _ 57 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 59 det _ _ 58 miraculous miraculous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 59 amod _ _ 59 incidents incident NOUN NNS Number=Plur 67 nsubj:pass _ _ 60 of of ADP IN _ 62 case _ _ 61 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 62 det _ _ 62 birth birth NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 nmod _ _ 63 of of ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 64 Ilyá Ilyá PROPN NNP Number=Sing 65 compound _ _ 65 Múromets Múromet PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 62 nmod _ _ 66 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 67 aux:pass _ _ 67 attributed attribute VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 56 acl:relcl _ _ 68 to to ADP IN _ 69 case _ _ 69 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 67 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 70 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | present · perfect | George Saint | | | many Pagan legends | | one of the semi-sacred bylíny *parataxis* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **turn** | present | George | v. Bezsónov and other bylíny \_ of the same class *not said here* | | the oaks like Vertodúb and Vertogór and the mountains | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent bezsónov=Theme round oak=Trajectory | | 3 | **attribute** | present · passive | the same class *not said here* | the miraculous incidents of the birth of Ilyá Múromets | George | | | | 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:** «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 65](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/1/65/) - next →: [sentence 67](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/1/67/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/1/)