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INTRODUCTORY, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/11/) / 1 # Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter I. INTRODUCTORY, part 1, sentence 1 There are but few among those inhabitants of Fairy-land of whom "Popular Tales" tell, who are better known to the outer world than Cinderella--the despised and flouted younger sister, who long sits unnoticed beside the hearth, then furtively visits the glittering halls of the great and gay, and at last is transferred from her obscure nook to the place of honor justly due to her tardily acknowledged merits. **Who acts:** few, despised younger sister · **What happens:** be, tell, know, despise, flout, sit · **To what, where:** glittering halls, last, merits · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore», Chapter I. INTRODUCTORY, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (few, despised younger sister), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Parsed by Mova, not checked by a teacher.** This tree is Mova's own parse (the `en` model, on the CPU, when the site is built); it may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg22373:11:1 # text = There are but few among those inhabitants of Fairy-land of whom "Popular Tales" tell, who are better known to the outer world than Cinderella--the despised and flouted younger sister, who long sits unnoticed beside the hearth, then furtively visits the glittering halls of the great and gay, and at last is transferred from her obscure nook to the place of honor justly due to her tardily acknowledged merits. 1 There there PRON EX PronType=Dem 2 expl _ _ 2 are be VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 but but CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 4 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 nsubj _ _ 5 among among ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 those that DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 7 det _ _ 7 inhabitants inhabitant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nmod _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 Fairy fairy NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 10 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 11 nmod _ _ 14 " " PUNCT `` _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 Popular popular ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 Tales Tale PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 13 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 17 " " PUNCT '' _ 16 punct _ _ 18 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 22 nsubj _ _ 21 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 cop _ _ 22 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 18 ccomp _ _ 23 known know VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 22 advcl _ _ 24 to to ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 outer outer ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 28 than than ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 Cinderella Cinderella PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 -- -- PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 32 despised despise VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 36 amod _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 flouted flout VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 32 conj _ _ 35 younger young ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 36 amod _ _ 36 sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 38 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 40 nsubj _ _ 39 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 40 advmod _ _ 40 sits sit VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 acl:relcl _ _ 41 unnoticed unnoticed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 xcomp _ _ 42 beside beside ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 hearth hearth NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 46 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 48 advmod _ _ 47 furtively furtively ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ _ 48 visits visit VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 50 glittering glittering NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 compound _ _ 51 halls hall NOUN NNS Number=Plur 48 obj _ _ 52 of of ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 51 nmod _ _ 55 and and CCONJ CC _ 56 cc _ _ 56 gay gay ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 54 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 57 , , PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 58 and and CCONJ CC _ 62 cc _ _ 59 at at ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 60 last last NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 obl _ _ 61 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 62 aux:pass _ _ 62 transferred transfer VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 48 conj _ _ 63 from from ADP IN _ 66 case _ _ 64 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 66 nmod:poss _ _ 65 obscure obscure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 66 amod _ _ 66 nook nook NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 obl _ _ 67 to to ADP IN _ 69 case _ _ 68 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 69 det _ _ 69 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 obl _ _ 70 of of ADP IN _ 71 case _ _ 71 honor honor NOUN NN Number=Sing 69 nmod _ _ 72 justly justly ADV RB _ 71 advmod _ _ 73 due due ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP 75 case _ _ 74 to to ADP IN _ 73 fixed _ _ 75 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 62 obl _ _ 76 tardily tardily ADV RB _ 77 advmod _ _ 77 acknowledged acknowledge VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 62 advcl _ _ 78 merits merit NOUN NNS Number=Plur 77 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 79 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **be** | present | | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | infinitive | few among that inhabitants of Fairy land of that inhabitants of Fairy land | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is** | present | | | | | | good *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **know** | participle | | | | | | to the outer world; than Cinderella | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **despise** | participle | | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **flout** | participle | | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **sit** | present | the despised younger sister | | | | | long, unnoticed *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **visit** | present | | the glittering halls of the great | | | then | furtively *property* | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hall=Co-Agent | | 9 | **transfer** | present · passive | | | | last | | from Cinderella's obscure nook; to the place of honor; due Cinderella | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: from nook=Initial\_Location to place=Destination | | 10 | **acknowledge** | past | | merits | | | | tardily *property* | vn confess-37.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent merit=Topic | 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 Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore», Project Gutenberg book 22373 (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: [XXXVIII. the Soldier's Midni…, 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/10/25/) - next →: [sentence 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/11/2/) - ↑ back to [Chapter I. 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