The poor little Russian Verb. Another one of my inventions from
   long ago. It is squished by ALL of these rules and lives in this
   tiny little blue spot in the middle. At least that was my
   theory. The ppl on the LINGUIST list loved it so I must've
   figured something out right. I made another set of wheels for
   Spanish too. Always felt bad for the Russian verb - always
   having to change to fit the situation it finds itself in a
   sentence.