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title: “_n_” and “_k_” to be sounded distinct as in _pin-case_. — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics
description: “_n_” and “_k_” to be sounded distinct as in _pin-case_. A sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. Afanas'ev, Opening, part 41, with its dependency tree and the pragmatics of every clause.
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# Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 41, sentence 243

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“\_n\_” and “\_k\_” to be sounded distinct as in \_pin-case\_.

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**What happens:** sound · **To what, where:** n

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This is a sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. Afanas'ev, Opening, part 41. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: 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:pg62509:41:244
# text = “_n_” and “_k_” to be sounded distinct as in _pin-case_.
1	“	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	n	n	X	GW	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	”	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	“	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	k	k	X	GW	_	3	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	”	"	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
13	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	aux:pass	_	_
14	sounded	sound	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	acl:relcl	_	_
15	distinct	distinct	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	xcomp	_	_
16	as	as	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
17	in	in	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
18	_	_	PUNCT	HYPH	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	pin	pin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	19	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	case	case	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sound** | to-infinitive · passive |  |  |  |  |  | as pin case; distinct *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ» |

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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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