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INTRODUCTORY, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/12/) / 206 # Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter I. INTRODUCTORY, part 2, sentence 206 A certain villager, named Trofim, having been unable to find a wife, his Aunt Melania comes to his aid, promising to procure him an interview with a widow who has been left well provided for, and whose personal appearance is attractive--"real blood and milk! **Who acts:** Aunt, personal appearance · **What happens:** name, have, be, find, come, promise · **To what, where:** certain villager, wife, aid, interview, Trofim, widow This is a sentence of «Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore», Chapter I. INTRODUCTORY, part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Aunt, personal appearance), 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:pg22373:12:206 # text = A certain villager, named Trofim, having been unable to find a wife, his Aunt Melania comes to his aid, promising to procure him an interview with a widow who has been left well provided for, and whose personal appearance is attractive--"real blood and milk! 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 certain certain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 villager villager NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 named name VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl _ _ 6 Trofim Trofim PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 having have VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 10 nsubj _ _ 9 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 10 cop _ _ 10 unable unable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 xcomp _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 16 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 17 Aunt Aunt PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 18 Melania Melania PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 flat _ _ 19 comes come VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 20 to to ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 aid aid NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 24 promising promise VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 19 advcl _ _ 25 to to PART TO _ 26 mark _ _ 26 procure procure VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 xcomp _ _ 27 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ _ 28 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 interview interview NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 30 with with ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 widow widow NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 33 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 36 nsubj:pass _ _ 34 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 35 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 36 aux:pass _ _ 36 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 32 acl:relcl _ _ 37 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 38 advmod _ _ 38 provided provide VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 36 advcl _ _ 39 for for ADP IN _ 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 42 whose whose PRON WP$ Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel 44 nmod:poss _ _ 43 personal personal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 appearance appearance NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nsubj _ _ 45 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 46 cop _ _ 46 attractive attractive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 -- -- PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 " " PUNCT `` _ 50 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 amod _ _ 50 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ _ 51 and and CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 52 milk milk NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 53 ! ! PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **name** | participle | | a certain villager *not said here* | | | | | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **have** | gerund | | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is** | participle | | | | | | unable *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **find** | to-infinitive | | a wife | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wife=Topic | | 5 | **come** | present | Aunt | | | Trofim's aid | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to aid=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **promise** *speech: promise* | gerund | Aunt *not said here* | | | | | | vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **procure** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Aunt *not said here* | a interview | Trofim | | | with a widow | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary interview=Theme | | 8 | **leave** | present · perfect · passive | | a widow | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 9 | **provide** | participle | | | | | | well *property* | vn ensure-99 «NP V that S»: agent=Precondition | | 10 | **is** | present | personal appearance | | | | | real blood and milk *obl*; attractive *property* | 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 205](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/12/205/) - next →: [sentence 207](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/12/207/) - ↑ back to [Chapter I. 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