--- title: _ Perún was the God of Thunder in pagan Slavdom, and his attributes… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: _ Perún was the God of Thunder in pagan Slavdom, and his attributes have been transferred to Elijah who is represented as driven up to Heaven in a fiery chariot darting fiery rays, drawn by four winged horses, and surrounded by clouds and flames; a tale which copied the biblical account of Elijah’s --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/40/13/) [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 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/40/) / 13 # Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 40, sentence 13 \_ Perún was the God of Thunder in pagan Slavdom, and his attributes have been transferred to Elijah who is represented as driven up to Heaven in a fiery chariot darting fiery rays, drawn by four winged horses, and surrounded by clouds and flames; a tale which copied the biblical account of Elijah’s end. **Who acts:** \_, fiery chariot, four, tale · **What happens:** be, transfer, represent, drive up, dart, draw · **To what, where:** God, pagan Slavdom, attributes, Elijah, Heaven, fiery chariot 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 (\_, fiery chariot, four, tale), 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:pg62509:40:13 # text = _ Perún was the God of Thunder in pagan Slavdom, and his attributes have been transferred to Elijah who is represented as driven up to Heaven in a fiery chariot darting fiery rays, drawn by four winged horses, and surrounded by clouds and flames; a tale which copied the biblical account of Elijah’s end. 1 _ _ PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 2 Perún Perún PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 flat _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 Thunder Thunder PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 pagan pagan ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 Slavdom Slavdom PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 13 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 attributes attribute NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 nsubj:pass _ _ 15 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 16 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 17 aux:pass _ _ 17 transferred transfer VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 parataxis _ _ 18 to to ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 Elijah Elijah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 20 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 22 nsubj _ _ 21 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux:pass _ _ 22 represented represent VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 17 parataxis _ _ 23 as as SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 24 driven drive VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 22 advcl _ _ 25 up up ADP RP _ 24 compound:prt _ _ 26 to to ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 Heaven Heaven PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 28 in in ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 fiery fiery ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 chariot chariot NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 32 darting dart VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 31 acl _ _ 33 fiery fiery ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 rays ray NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 36 drawn draw VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 22 conj _ _ 37 by by SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 38 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 39 nsubj _ _ 39 winged wing VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 advcl _ _ 40 horses horse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 surrounded surround VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 39 conj _ _ 44 by by ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 clouds cloud NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 obl _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 47 flames flame NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ; ; PUNCT : _ 50 punct _ _ 49 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 tale tale NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 appos _ _ 51 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 52 nsubj _ _ 52 copied copy VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 50 acl:relcl _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 54 biblical biblical ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 55 amod _ _ 55 account account NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obj _ _ 56 of of ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 57 Elijah Elijah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 59 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 58 ’s 's PART POS _ 57 case _ _ 59 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 60 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | \_ | the God | | pagan Slavdom | | of Thunder; a tale *appos* | tree rules | | 2 | **transfer** | present · perfect · passive | | \_'s attributes | Elijah | | | | vn contribute-13.2-2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to elijah=Recipient | | 3 | **represent** | present · passive | | | | | | who *nsubj* | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 4 | **drive up** | participle | | | Heaven | a fiery chariot | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent to heaven=Trajectory | | 5 | **dart** | gerund | a fiery chariot *not said here* | fiery rays | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ray=Agent | | 6 | **draw** | participle | | | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **wing** | past | four | horses | | | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Theme | | 8 | **surround** | participle | four *not said here* | | | | | by clouds and flames | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **copy** | past | a tale | the biblical account of Elijah's end | | | | | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent account=Theme | | 10 | **account** | | | Elijah's end | | | | | nom account «communication transitive»: of=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 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/40/12/) - next →: [sentence 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/40/14/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/40/)