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INTRODUCTORY, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/15/) / 21 # Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter I. INTRODUCTORY, part 5, sentence 21 In the same way another story shows us in Russian garb our old friend the widower who, when looking for his drowned wife--a woman of a very antagonistic disposition--went up the river instead of down, saying to his astonished companions, "She always did everything contrary-wise, so now, no doubt, she's gone against the stream." **Who acts:** story, widower, woman, doubt · **What happens:** show, look, drown, go up, say, do · **To what, where:** us, same way, river, astonished companions, everything · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore», Chapter I. INTRODUCTORY, part 5. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (story, widower, woman, doubt), 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:pg22373:15:21 # text = In the same way another story shows us in Russian garb our old friend the widower who, when looking for his drowned wife--a woman of a very antagonistic disposition--went up the river instead of down, saying to his astonished companions, "She always did everything contrary-wise, so now, no doubt, she's gone against the stream." 1 In in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 5 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 6 det _ _ 6 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 shows show VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 iobj _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 Russian Russian ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 garb garb NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 12 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 13 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 appos _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 widower widower NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 appos _ _ 17 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 20 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 when when SCONJ WRB _ 20 mark _ _ 20 looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 16 acl:relcl _ _ 21 for for ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 22 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 23 drowned drown VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 24 amod _ _ 24 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 -- -- PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 appos _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 30 very very ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 31 antagonistic antagonistic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 disposition disposition NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 -- -- PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 35 up up ADP RP _ 34 compound:prt _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 38 instead instead ADV RB ExtPos=ADP 40 case _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 38 fixed _ _ 40 down down ADV RB _ 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 42 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 34 advcl _ _ 43 to to ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 44 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 45 astonished astonished ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 companions companion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 48 " " PUNCT `` _ 51 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 50 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 51 advmod _ _ 51 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 ccomp _ _ 52 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 51 obj _ _ 53 contrary contrary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 55 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 54 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 53 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 55 wise wise ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 56 , , PUNCT , _ 65 punct _ _ 57 so so ADV RB _ 58 advmod _ _ 58 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 65 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 59 , , PUNCT , _ 65 punct _ _ 60 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 61 det _ _ 61 doubt doubt NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 62 , , PUNCT , _ 61 punct _ _ 63 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 65 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 64 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 65 cop _ _ 65 gone gone ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 parataxis _ _ 66 against against ADP IN _ 68 case _ _ 67 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 68 det _ _ 68 stream stream NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 69 . . PUNCT . _ 65 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 70 " " PUNCT '' _ 65 punct _ SpaceAfter=No ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **show** | present | another story | | us | the same way | | in Russian garb | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S»: agent=Agent we=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **look** | gerund | the widower | | | | | for widower's drowned wife | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for wife=Theme | | 3 | **drown** | participle | | | | | | | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **go up** | past | another story *not said here* | the river | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | another story *not said here* | | widower's astonished companions | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to companion=Recipient clause=Topic | | 6 | **do** *in a quote* | past | woman | everything | | | | always *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everything=Eventuality | | 7 | **is** *in a quote* | present | no doubt | | | | now | against the stream; gone *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 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/15/20/) - next →: [sentence 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/15/22/) - ↑ back to [Chapter I. 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