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INTRODUCTORY, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/15/) / 25 # Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter I. INTRODUCTORY, part 5, sentence 25 The charge is true, but the wife is induced to talk such nonsense, and the husband complains so bitterly of her, that "the seigneur pitied the moujik for being so unfortunate, so he set him at liberty; and he had him divorced from his wife and married to another, a young and good-looking one. **Who acts:** charge, husband, seigneur, widower · **What happens:** be, induce, talk, complain, pity, set · **To what, where:** wife, such nonsense, that, widower, liberty · **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 (charge, husband, seigneur, widower), 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:pg22373:15:25 # text = The charge is true, but the wife is induced to talk such nonsense, and the husband complains so bitterly of her, that "the seigneur pitied the moujik for being so unfortunate, so he set him at liberty; and he had him divorced from his wife and married to another, a young and good-looking one. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 charge charge NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 6 but but CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 9 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux:pass _ _ 10 induced induce VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 parataxis _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 talk talk VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 advcl _ _ 13 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 nonsense nonsense NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 19 complains complain VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 20 so so ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 21 bitterly bitterly ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 25 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 29 obl:unmarked _ _ 26 " " PUNCT `` _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 seigneur seigneur NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 29 pitied pity VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 moujik moujik NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 32 for for ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 33 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 35 cop _ _ 34 so so ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 35 unfortunate unfortunate ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 37 so so ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 38 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 set set VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 conj _ _ 40 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obj _ _ 41 at at ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 liberty liberty NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ; ; PUNCT : _ 46 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 45 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 46 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 47 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 obj _ _ 48 divorced divorce VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 46 xcomp _ _ 49 from from ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 51 nmod:poss _ _ 51 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl _ _ 52 and and CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 53 married marry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 48 conj _ _ 54 to to ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 55 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 53 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 56 , , PUNCT , _ 63 punct _ _ 57 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 63 det _ _ 58 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 62 amod _ _ 59 and and CCONJ CC _ 60 cc _ _ 60 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 58 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 61 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 60 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 62 looking look VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 63 amod _ _ 63 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 64 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | the charge | | | | | true *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **induce** | present · passive | | the wife | | | | | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 3 | **talk** | to-infinitive | | such nonsense | | | | | vn compel-59.1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent nonsense=Patient | | 4 | **complain** *speech: other* | present | the husband | | | | | bitterly *property* | vn complain-37.8 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **pity** *in a quote* | past | the seigneur | that | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer moujik=Stimulus | | 6 | **is** *in a quote* | gerund | | | | | | unfortunate *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **set** *in a quote* | past | seigneur | widower | | liberty | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme at liberty=Destination | | 8 | **have** *in a quote* | past | seigneur | widower | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **divorce** *in a quote* | participle | widower *not said here* | | | | | from seigneur's wife | vn separate-23.1-1 «NP V PP.co-patient»: agent=Patient from wife=Co-Patient | | 10 | **marry** *in a quote* | participle | widower *not said here* | | | | | to another | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent to another=Co-Patient | | 11 | **look** *in a quote* | gerund | | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | 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 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/15/24/) - next →: [sentence 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/15/26/) - ↑ back to [Chapter I. 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