--- title: The marriage takes place, but one day the well known case comes befo… — Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Musc… · tree and pragmatics description: The marriage takes place, but one day the well known case comes before him for decision, of the foal of the borrowed mare--does it belong to the owner of the mare, or to the borrower in whose possession it was at the time of foaling? Who acts: marriage, one day, heroine, borrower. A sentence of «Rus --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/14/70/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collecti…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/) / [Chapter I. INTRODUCTORY, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/14/) / 70 # Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter I. INTRODUCTORY, part 4, sentence 70 The marriage takes place, but one day the well known case comes before him for decision, of the foal of the borrowed mare--does it belong to the owner of the mare, or to the borrower in whose possession it was at the time of foaling? **Who acts:** marriage, one day, heroine, borrower · **What happens:** take, know, come, borrow, belong, be · **To what, where:** place This is a sentence of «Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore», Chapter I. INTRODUCTORY, part 4. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (marriage, one day, heroine, borrower), 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:pg22373:14:70 # text = The marriage takes place, but one day the well known case comes before him for decision, of the foal of the borrowed mare--does it belong to the owner of the mare, or to the borrower in whose possession it was at the time of foaling? 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 marriage marriage NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 takes take VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 6 but but CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 7 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 8 nummod _ _ 8 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 10 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 11 advmod _ _ 11 known know VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 amod _ _ 12 case case NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 13 comes come VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 14 before before ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obl _ _ 16 for for ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 decision decision NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 foal foal NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 borrowed borrow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 25 amod _ _ 25 mare mare NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 -- -- PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 28 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 belong belong VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 30 to to ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 owner owner NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 mare mare NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 37 or or CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 38 to to ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 borrower borrower NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl _ _ 41 in in ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 whose whose PRON WP$ Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 possession possession NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nmod _ _ 44 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 45 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 48 cop _ _ 46 at at ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 parataxis _ _ 49 of of SCONJ IN _ 50 mark _ _ 50 foaling foal VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 48 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | present | the marriage | place | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent place=Theme | | 2 | **know** | participle | | | | | | well *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **come** | present | one day the known case | | | | before marriage | for decision; of the foal of the borrowed mare | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme of foal=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **borrow** | participle | | | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **belong** | present · do-support | heroine | | | | | to the owner of the mare | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **is** | past | heroine | | | | at the time | to the borrower in the borrower in the borrower's possession's possession | tree rules | | 7 | **foal** | gerund | heroine *not said here* | | | | | | vn calve-28.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **possess** | | the borrower in the borrower in possession's possession | | | | | | nom possession «act transitive»: poss=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 69](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/14/69/) - next →: [sentence 71](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/14/71/) - ↑ back to [Chapter I. 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