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title: _ The Kutúzovy are one of the most ancient of Russian families; this… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics
description: _ The Kutúzovy are one of the most ancient of Russian families; this particular village from which they derive their name must be somewhere on the trade route of the Dniepr. Who acts: Kutúzovy, families, particular village. A sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. Afanas'ev, Opening, part 40, wit
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# Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 40, sentence 73

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\_ The Kutúzovy are one of the most ancient of Russian families; this particular village from which they derive their name must be somewhere on the trade route of the Dniepr.

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**Who acts:** Kutúzovy, families, particular village · **What happens:** be, derive, name · **To what, where:** one, name, particular village, trade route

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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 (Kutúzovy, families, particular village), 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:pg62509:40:73
# text = _ The Kutúzovy are one of the most ancient of Russian families; this particular village from which they derive their name must be somewhere on the trade route of the Dniepr.
1	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	3	punct	_	_
2	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	Kutúzovy	Kutúzovy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	9	advmod	_	_
9	ancient	ancient	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	acl:relcl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	Russian	Russian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	families	family	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	16	punct	_	_
14	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	16	det	_	_
15	particular	particular	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	village	village	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	nsubj	_	_
17	from	from	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	20	obl	_	_
19	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	20	nsubj	_	_
20	derive	derive	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	acl:relcl	_	_
21	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	22	nmod:poss	_	_
22	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obj	_	_
23	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	29	aux	_	_
24	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	29	cop	_	_
25	somewhere	somewhere	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	29	advmod	_	_
26	on	on	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
27	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	29	det	_	_
28	trade	trade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	compound	_	_
29	route	route	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	acl:relcl	_	_
30	of	of	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
31	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	32	det	_	_
32	Dniepr	Dniepr	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	29	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
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## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the Kutúzovy | one |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **derive** | present | families *= family* | families's name |  | this particular village |  |  | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.material»: agent=Agent name=Result from which=Material |
| 3 | **is** | must | this particular village |  |  | the trade route |  | of the Dniepr; somewhere *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **name** |  | families *= family* |  |  |  |  |  | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=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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