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INTRODUCTORY, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/12/) / 38 # Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter I. INTRODUCTORY, part 2, sentence 38 When you go to where the girls are to-morrow, take a ball of thread with you, make a noose in it, and, when you are going to see him off, throw it over one of his buttons, and quietly unroll the ball; then, by means of the thread, you will be able to find out where he lives." **Who acts:** you, girls, Harkye · **What happens:** go, be, take, make, see off, throw · **To what, where:** ball, noose, Harkye · **Speech:** someone speaks here 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 (you, girls, Harkye), 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:pg22373:12:38 # text = When you go to where the girls are to-morrow, take a ball of thread with you, make a noose in it, and, when you are going to see him off, throw it over one of his buttons, and quietly unroll the ball; then, by means of the thread, you will be able to find out where he lives." 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 go go VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 advcl _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 5 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 11 advmod _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 girls girl NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nsubj _ _ 8 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ SpaceAfter=No 10 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 morrow morrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 13 take take VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 ball ball NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 thread thread NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ _ 18 with with ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 21 make make VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 noose noose NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 24 in in ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 29 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 32 advmod _ _ 30 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 31 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 38 advcl _ _ 33 to to PART TO _ 34 mark _ _ 34 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 xcomp _ _ 35 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obj _ _ 36 off off ADP RP _ 34 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 38 throw throw VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 39 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ _ 40 over over ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 38 obl _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 buttons button NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 47 quietly quietly ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ _ 48 unroll unroll VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 38 parataxis _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 ball ball NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 ; ; PUNCT : _ 55 punct _ _ 52 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 55 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 54 by by ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 55 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 parataxis _ _ 56 of of ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 57 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 58 thread thread NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 59 , , PUNCT , _ 63 punct _ _ 60 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 63 nsubj _ _ 61 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 63 aux _ _ 62 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 63 cop _ _ 63 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 55 conj _ _ 64 to to PART TO _ 65 mark _ _ 65 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 63 xcomp _ _ 66 out out ADP RP _ 65 compound:prt _ _ 67 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 69 advmod _ _ 68 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 69 nsubj _ _ 69 lives live VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 65 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 70 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 71 " " PUNCT '' _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | present | you | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **is** | present | the girls | | | | | to morrow | tree rules | | 3 | **take** | imperative | you *not said here* | a ball of thread | | | | with you | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ball=Theme | | 4 | **make** | infinitive | you *not said here* | a noose | | noose | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset noose=Product | | 5 | **go** | present · progressive | you | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **see off** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | Harkye | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | | 7 | **throw** | infinitive | you *not said here* | ball | | | | over one of Harkye's buttons | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent it=Theme over one=Destination | | 8 | **unroll** | infinitive | | the ball | | | | quietly *property* | vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent ball=Patient | | 9 | **mean** | present | | | | | then | of the thread | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **is** | future | you | | | | | able *property* | tree rules | | 11 | **find out** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V what S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 12 | **live** | present | Harkye | | | | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/12/37/) - next →: [sentence 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/12/39/) - ↑ back to [Chapter I. 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