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title: But this particular application of the myth, the picture of her as a… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics
description: But this particular application of the myth, the picture of her as a wandering devil who attaches herself to unfortunate heroes but can be cheated into non-existence, much like the ordinary devil of folk-lore, is a feature, as has been said, probably peculiar to Russia. Who acts: wandering devil, pa
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# Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 40, sentence 117

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But this particular application of the myth, the picture of her as a wandering devil who attaches herself to unfortunate heroes but can be cheated into non-existence, much like the ordinary devil of folk-lore, is a feature, as has been said, probably peculiar to Russia.

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**Who acts:** wandering devil, particular application, feature, myth · **What happens:** wonder, attach, cheat, be, say, apply · **To what, where:** hag, non-existence, feature, peculiar · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. Afanas'ev, Opening, part 40. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (wandering devil, particular application, feature, myth), 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:pg62509:40:117
# text = But this particular application of the myth, the picture of her as a wandering devil who attaches herself to unfortunate heroes but can be cheated into non-existence, much like the ordinary devil of folk-lore, is a feature, as has been said, probably peculiar to Russia.
1	But	but	CCONJ	CC	_	42	cc	_	_
2	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	det	_	_
3	particular	particular	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	application	application	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	42	nsubj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	myth	myth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	picture	picture	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	appos	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nmod	_	_
13	as	as	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	wandering	wonder	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	16	amod	_	_
16	devil	devil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
17	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	18	nsubj	_	_
18	attaches	attach	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	acl:relcl	_	_
19	herself	herself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	18	obj	_	_
20	to	to	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	unfortunate	unfortunate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	amod	_	_
22	heroes	hero	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	obl	_	_
23	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	26	cc	_	_
24	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	26	aux	_	_
25	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	26	aux:pass	_	_
26	cheated	cheat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	18	conj	_	_
27	into	into	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
28	non-existence	non-existence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	34	punct	_	_
30	much	much	ADV	RB	_	34	advmod	_	_
31	like	like	ADP	IN	_	34	case	_	_
32	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	34	det	_	_
33	ordinary	ordinary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	34	amod	_	_
34	devil	devil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	parataxis	_	_
35	of	of	ADP	IN	_	38	case	_	_
36	folk	folk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	38	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	36	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	lore	lore	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
40	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	42	cop	_	_
41	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	42	det	_	_
42	feature	feature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
43	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	47	punct	_	_
44	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	47	mark	_	_
45	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	47	aux	_	_
46	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	47	aux:pass	_	_
47	said	say	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	42	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
48	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	50	punct	_	_
49	probably	probably	ADV	RB	_	50	advmod	_	_
50	peculiar	peculiar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	47	obl	_	_
51	to	to	ADP	IN	_	52	case	_	_
52	Russia	Russia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	50	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
53	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	42	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wonder** *speech: ask* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **attach** | present | a wandering devil | hag |  |  |  | to unfortunate heroes | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent herself=Patient to hero=Co-Patient |
| 3 | **cheat** | can · passive | a wandering devil *not said here* |  |  |  |  | into non-existence *result*; the ordinary devil of folk lore *parataxis* | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP S\_ING»: into non-existence=Result |
| 4 | **is a** | present | this particular application of the myth as a wandering devil | a feature |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | present · perfect · passive | a feature *not said here* | peculiar to Russia |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S» |
| 6 | **apply** |  | the myth as a wandering devil |  |  |  |  |  | nom application «act intransitive»: of=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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