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INTRODUCTORY, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/11/) / 20 # Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter I. INTRODUCTORY, part 1, sentence 20 In order to fill up the gaps they leave, it is necessary to bring together a number of fragments taken from stories which evidently refer to another clime--fragments which may be looked upon as excrescences or developments due to the novel influences to which the foreign slip, or seedling, or even full-grown plant, has been subjected since its transportation. **Who acts:** gaps, novel · **What happens:** fill up, leave, be, bring together, take, refer · **To what, where:** gaps, number, fragments, stories, clime, foreign slip 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 (gaps, novel), 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:pg22373:11:20 # text = In order to fill up the gaps they leave, it is necessary to bring together a number of fragments taken from stories which evidently refer to another clime--fragments which may be looked upon as excrescences or developments due to the novel influences to which the foreign slip, or seedling, or even full-grown plant, has been subjected since its transportation. 1 In in SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 4 mark _ _ 2 order order NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 fixed _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 fill fill VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 advcl _ _ 5 up up ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 gaps gap NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 8 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 leave leave VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 11 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 expl _ _ 12 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 13 necessary necessary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 15 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 csubj _ _ 16 together together ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 number number NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 fragments fragment NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 nmod _ _ 21 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 acl _ _ 22 from from ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 stories story NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obl _ _ 24 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 26 obj _ _ 25 evidently evidently ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 26 refer refer VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 acl:relcl _ _ 27 to to ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 29 det _ _ 29 clime clime NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 -- -- PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 fragments fragment NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 conj _ _ 32 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 35 nsubj:pass _ _ 33 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 34 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 35 aux:pass _ _ 35 looked look VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 29 acl _ _ 36 upon upon ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 as as ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 excrescences excrescence NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 parataxis _ _ 39 or or CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 developments development NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 conj _ _ 41 due due ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|ExtPos=SCONJ 45 mark _ _ 42 to to ADP IN _ 41 fixed _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 novel novel NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nsubj _ _ 45 influences influence VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 advcl _ _ 46 to to ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 64 obl _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 49 foreign foreign ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 amod _ _ 50 slip slip NOUN NN Number=Sing 64 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 52 or or CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 53 seedling seedling NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 54 , , PUNCT , _ 60 punct _ _ 55 or or CCONJ CC _ 60 cc _ _ 56 even even ADV RB _ 60 advmod _ _ 57 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 60 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 58 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 57 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 59 grown grow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 60 amod _ _ 60 plant plant NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 61 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 62 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 64 aux _ _ 63 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 64 aux:pass _ _ 64 subjected subject VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 45 ccomp _ _ 65 since since ADP IN _ 67 case _ _ 66 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 67 nmod:poss _ _ 67 transportation transportation NOUN NN Number=Sing 64 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 68 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fill up** | to-infinitive | | the gaps | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent gap=Patient | | 2 | **leave** | present | gaps *= gap* | the gaps *not said here* | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gap=Theme | | 3 | **is** | present | | | | | | necessary *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **bring together** | to-infinitive | | a number of fragments | | | | together *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent number=Theme | | 5 | **take** | participle | | fragments *not said here* | | stories | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent from story=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **refer** | present | | stories | another clime and fragments | | | evidently *property* | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent which=Theme to clime=Recipient | | 7 | **look** | may · passive | | another clime and fragments | | | | | vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Attribute | | 8 | **influence** | present | the novel | | | | | | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Result | | 9 | **grow** | participle | | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 10 | **subject** | present · perfect · passive | | the foreign slip or seedling or full grown plant | | | since novel's transportation | | tree rules | 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: [sentence 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/11/19/) - next →: [sentence 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/11/21/) - ↑ back to [Chapter I. 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