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title: If so, _bogatýr_ is probably a corruption (through _bog_ God and _bo… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics
description: If so, _bogatýr_ is probably a corruption (through _bog_ God and _bogat_ rich) of the form _buĭtur_, found in the Slóvo, which is certainly cognate with the Turanian root _buĭ_, to command. Who acts: bogatýr, Slóvo. A sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. Afanas'ev, Opening, part 39, with its de
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# Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 39, sentence 119

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If so, \_bogatýr\_ is probably a corruption (through \_bog\_ God and \_bogat\_ rich) of the form \_buĭtur\_, found in the Slóvo, which is certainly cognate with the Turanian root \_buĭ\_, to command.

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**Who acts:** bogatýr, Slóvo · **What happens:** be, find, command · **To what, where:** corruption, Slóvo · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. Afanas'ev, Opening, part 39. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (bogatýr, Slóvo), 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:pg62509:39:119
# text = If so, _bogatýr_ is probably a corruption (through _bog_ God and _bogat_ rich) of the form _buĭtur_, found in the Slóvo, which is certainly cognate with the Turanian root _buĭ_, to command.
1	If	if	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	so	so	ADV	RB	_	10	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	bogatýr	bogatýr	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	5	punct	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
8	probably	probably	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	corruption	corruption	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
11	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	through	through	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	_	_	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	bog	bog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	16	punct	_	_
16	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	appos	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
18	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	19	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	bogat	bogat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	21	punct	_	_
21	rich	rich	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	14	punct	_	_
23	of	of	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
24	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
25	form	form	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
26	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	27	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	buĭtur	buĭtur	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	27	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	30	punct	_	_
30	found	find	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	acl	_	_
31	in	in	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
32	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	33	det	_	_
33	Slóvo	Slóvo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	30	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	38	punct	_	_
35	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	38	nsubj	_	_
36	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	38	cop	_	_
37	certainly	certainly	ADV	RB	_	38	advmod	_	_
38	cognate	cognate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	33	conj	_	_
39	with	with	ADP	IN	_	42	case	_	_
40	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	42	det	_	_
41	Turanian	turanian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	42	amod	_	_
42	root	root	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	38	obl	_	_
43	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	44	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
44	buĭ	buĭ	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	38	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	33	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
46	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	48	punct	_	_
47	to	to	PART	TO	_	48	mark	_	_
48	command	command	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	33	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
49	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | bogatýr | a corruption |  |  |  | of the form; \_ bog *appos*; buĭtur *appos*; probably *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **find** | participle |  | a corruption *not said here* |  | the Slóvo |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is** | present | the Slóvo |  |  |  |  | with the Turanian root; buĭ *conj*; certainly, cognate *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **command** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.predicate»: 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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