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INTRODUCTORY, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/15/) / 22 # Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter I. INTRODUCTORY, part 5, sentence 22 \[49\] A common story again is that of the husband who, having confided a secret to his wife which he justly fears she will reveal, throws discredit on her evidence about things in general by making her believe various absurd stories which she hastens to repeat. **Who acts:** widower, wife, 49, various absurd stories · **What happens:** confide, fear, reveal, be, make, believe · **To what, where:** husband, wife, evidence, various absurd stories · **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 (widower, wife, 49, various absurd stories), 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:pg22373:15:22 # text = [49] A common story again is that of the husband who, having confided a secret to his wife which he justly fears she will reveal, throws discredit on her evidence about things in general by making her believe various absurd stories which she hastens to repeat. 1 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 49 49 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 30 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 2 punct _ _ 4 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 common common ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 7 again again ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 8 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 cop _ _ 9 that that SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 13 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 16 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 having have AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 16 aux _ _ 16 confided confide VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 acl:relcl _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 secret secret NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 19 to to ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ _ 22 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 25 obj _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 24 justly justly ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 25 fears fear VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 acl:relcl _ _ 26 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 27 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 reveal reveal VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 30 throws throw VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 31 discredit discredit NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 32 on on ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 evidence evidence NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 35 about about ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 nmod _ _ 37 in in ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 general general ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 39 by by SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 40 making make VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 38 advcl _ _ 41 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 obj _ _ 42 believe believe VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 xcomp _ _ 43 various various ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 44 absurd absurd ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 stories story NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 obj _ _ 46 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 48 nsubj _ _ 47 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 48 hastens hasten VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 45 acl:relcl _ _ 49 to to PART TO _ 50 mark _ _ 50 repeat repeat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 48 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **confide** *speech: other* | gerund · perfect · passive | | the husband | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **fear** | present | widower | widower's wife | | | | justly *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **reveal** | future | wife | | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is** | present | 49 | | | wife's evidence about things | | of the husband; throw *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **make** | gerund | 49 *not said here* | wife | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **believe** | infinitive | wife *not said here* | various absurd stories | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer story=Stimulus | | 7 | **hasten** | present | various absurd stories | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **repeat** | to-infinitive | various absurd stories *not said here* | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 9 | **evidence** | | wife | | | | | about things | nom evidence «cognition transitive»: poss=agent about=obl | 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 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/15/21/) - next →: [sentence 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/15/23/) - ↑ back to [Chapter I. 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