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INTRODUCTORY, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/11/) / 52 # Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter I. INTRODUCTORY, part 1, sentence 52 We become well acquainted with its arrangements, with the cellar beneath its wooden floor, with the "corner of honor" in which are placed the "holy pictures," and with the stove which occupies so large a share of space, within which daily beats, as it were the heart of the house, above which is nightly taken the repose of the family. **Who acts:** stove, share, spot, family · **What happens:** acquaint, place, occupy, be, take, arrange · **To what, where:** We, holy pictures, corner, repose, space 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 (stove, share, spot, family), 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:pg22373:11:52 # text = We become well acquainted with its arrangements, with the cellar beneath its wooden floor, with the "corner of honor" in which are placed the "holy pictures," and with the stove which occupies so large a share of space, within which daily beats, as it were the heart of the house, above which is nightly taken the repose of the family. 1 We we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 become become VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 4 advmod _ _ 4 acquainted acquaint VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 arrangements arrangement NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 with with ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 cellar cellar NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 12 beneath beneath ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 14 wooden wooden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 floor floor NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 17 with with ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 " " PUNCT `` _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 corner corner NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 parataxis _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 honor honor NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 " " PUNCT '' _ 22 punct _ _ 24 in in ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 27 obl _ _ 26 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux:pass _ _ 27 placed place VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 parataxis _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 29 " " PUNCT `` _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 holy holy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 pictures picture NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 " " PUNCT '' _ 31 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 35 with with ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 stove stove NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 conj _ _ 38 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 39 nsubj _ _ 39 occupies occupy VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 acl:relcl _ _ 40 so so ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 41 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 xcomp _ _ 42 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 share share NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nsubj _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 space space NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 47 within within ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 which which DET WDT PronType=Int 50 det _ _ 49 daily daily ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 amod _ _ 50 beats beat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 52 as as ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 53 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 56 nsubj _ _ 54 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 56 cop _ _ 55 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 57 of of ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 58 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 59 det _ _ 59 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 60 , , PUNCT , _ 65 punct _ _ 61 above above ADP IN _ 62 case _ _ 62 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 65 obl _ _ 63 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 65 aux:pass _ _ 64 nightly nightly ADV RB _ 65 advmod _ _ 65 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 27 conj _ _ 66 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 67 det _ _ 67 repose repose NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 obj _ _ 68 of of ADP IN _ 70 case _ _ 69 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 70 det _ _ 70 family family NOUN NN Number=Sing 67 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 71 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **acquaint** *speech: other* | present · passive | | We | | | | with spot's arrangements; with the cellar beneath spot's wooden floor; well *property* | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient S»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **place** | present · passive | | the holy pictures and the stove | | the corner of honor | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: picture=Theme in which=Destination | | 3 | **occupy** | present | the stove | | | | | large *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **is** | past | share | | | | | as the heart; of the house | tree rules | | 5 | **take** | present · passive | | the repose of the family | | | | nightly *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: repose=Theme | | 6 | **arrange** | | spot | | | | | | nom arrangement «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | | 7 | **share** | | | space | | | | | nom share «possession transitive»: of=patient | | 8 | **repose** | | the family | | | | | | nom repose «act intransitive»: of=agent | 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 51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/11/51/) - next →: [sentence 53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/11/53/) - ↑ back to [Chapter I. 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