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title: English _rough_, German _rauh_, etc.]; also taken the specific refer… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics
description: English _rough_, German _rauh_, etc.]; also taken the specific references in the magic charms in connection with the facts recorded by the Scandinavian chroniclers, there seems to be little doubt that the Isle of Buyán is a folk-tale shadow of the old place of Pagan pilgrimage, contaminated, of cour
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# Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 40, sentence 59

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English \_rough\_, German \_rauh\_, etc.\]; also taken the specific references in the magic charms in connection with the facts recorded by the Scandinavian chroniclers, there seems to be little doubt that the Isle of Buyán is a folk-tale shadow of the old place of Pagan pilgrimage, contaminated, of course, with other fantastic elements.

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**Who acts:** English, Isle · **What happens:** take, record, seem, be, contaminate · **To what, where:** specific references, magic charms, facts, little doubt, tale shadow

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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 (English, Isle), 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:pg62509:40:59
# text = English _rough_, German _rauh_, etc.]; also taken the specific references in the magic charms in connection with the facts recorded by the Scandinavian chroniclers, there seems to be little doubt that the Isle of Buyán is a folk-tale shadow of the old place of Pagan pilgrimage, contaminated, of course, with other fantastic elements.
1	English	English	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	35	nsubj	_	_
2	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	rough	rough	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	German	German	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
7	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	rauh	rauh	INTJ	UH	_	1	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	etc.	etc.	NOUN	FW	Abbr=Yes|Number=Plur	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	]	]	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
14	also	also	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
15	taken	take	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl:relcl	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	specific	specific	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	references	reference	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	obj	_	_
19	in	in	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
21	magic	magic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	compound	_	_
22	charms	charm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	nmod	_	_
23	in	in	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
24	connection	connection	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	nmod	_	_
25	with	with	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
26	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
27	facts	fact	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	24	nmod	_	_
28	recorded	record	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	27	acl	_	_
29	by	by	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
30	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	32	det	_	_
31	Scandinavian	scandinavian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	32	amod	_	_
32	chroniclers	chronicler	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	28	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
34	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	35	expl	_	_
35	seems	seem	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
36	to	to	PART	TO	_	39	mark	_	_
37	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	39	cop	_	_
38	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	39	amod	_	_
39	doubt	doubt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	xcomp	_	_
40	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	50	mark	_	_
41	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	42	det	_	_
42	Isle	Isle	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	50	nsubj	_	_
43	of	of	ADP	IN	_	44	case	_	_
44	Buyán	Buyán	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	42	nmod	_	_
45	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	50	cop	_	_
46	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	50	det	_	_
47	folk	folk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	49	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
48	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	47	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
49	tale	tale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	50	compound	_	_
50	shadow	shadow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	nmod	_	_
51	of	of	ADP	IN	_	54	case	_	_
52	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	54	det	_	_
53	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	54	amod	_	_
54	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	50	nmod	_	_
55	of	of	ADP	IN	_	57	case	_	_
56	Pagan	pagan	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	57	amod	_	_
57	pilgrimage	pilgrimage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	54	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
58	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	59	punct	_	_
59	contaminated	contaminate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	39	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
60	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	62	punct	_	_
61	of	of	ADP	IN	_	62	case	_	_
62	course	course	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	59	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
63	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	67	punct	_	_
64	with	with	ADP	IN	_	67	case	_	_
65	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	67	amod	_	_
66	fantastic	fantastic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	67	amod	_	_
67	elements	element	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	59	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
68	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	35	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | participle | English and German and etc. *not said here* | the specific references |  | the magic charms in connection with the facts |  |  | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent reference=Value in charm=Location |
| 2 | **record** | participle |  | the facts *not said here* |  |  |  | by the Scandinavian chroniclers | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **seem** | present | English and German and etc. |  |  | there |  |  | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **is a** | to-infinitive | English and German and etc. *not said here* | little doubt |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **is a** | present | the Isle of Buyán | a tale shadow |  |  |  | of the old place of Pagan pilgrimage | tree rules |
| 6 | **contaminate** | participle | English and German and etc. *not said here* |  |  |  |  | of course; with other fantastic elements | vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with element=Theme |

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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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