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INTRODUCTORY, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/15/) / 31 # Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter I. INTRODUCTORY, part 5, sentence 31 After trying all sorts of devices her dejected husband at last asked her how she had been brought up, and learnt that she had received an education almost entirely German and French, with scarcely any Russian in it; she had not even been wrapped in swaddling-clothes when a baby, nor swung in a \_liulka\_. **Who acts:** living · **What happens:** try, deject, ask, bring up, learn, receive · **To what, where:** sorts, living, education, devices · **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 (living), 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:pg22373:15:31 # text = After trying all sorts of devices her dejected husband at last asked her how she had been brought up, and learnt that she had received an education almost entirely German and French, with scarcely any Russian in it; she had not even been wrapped in swaddling-clothes when a baby, nor swung in a _liulka_. 1 After after SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 trying try VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 12 advcl _ _ 3 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 4 det _ _ 4 sorts sort NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 devices device NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nmod _ _ 7 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 8 dejected deject VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 amod _ _ 9 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 10 at at ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 last last NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ 12 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 iobj _ _ 14 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 18 advmod _ _ 15 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 16 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 17 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 18 aux:pass _ _ 18 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 ccomp _ _ 19 up up ADP RP _ 18 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 learnt learn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 parataxis _ _ 23 that that SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 24 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 25 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 received receive VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 22 ccomp _ _ 27 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 education education NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 29 almost almost ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 30 entirely entirely ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 31 German German ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 advcl _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 French French PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 35 with with ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 36 scarcely scarcely ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 37 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 38 det _ _ 38 Russian Russian ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 conj _ _ 39 in in ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ; ; PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 42 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 43 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 44 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 47 advmod _ _ 45 even even ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ _ 46 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 47 aux:pass _ _ 47 wrapped wrap VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 conj _ _ 48 in in SCONJ IN _ 49 mark _ _ 49 swaddling swaddle VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 51 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 49 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 clothes clothes NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 47 obl _ _ 52 when when SCONJ WRB _ 54 mark _ _ 53 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 baby baby NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 56 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 57 cc _ _ 57 swung swing VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 parataxis _ _ 58 in in ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 59 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 61 det _ _ 60 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 61 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 61 liulka liulka X FW Foreign=Yes 57 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 62 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 57 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 63 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **try** | gerund | | all sorts of devices living's dejected husband at last | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sort=Eventuality | | 2 | **deject** | participle | | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | | | living | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic | | 4 | **bring up** | past · perfect · passive | | living | | | | | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient | | 5 | **learn** | past | | | | | | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **receive** | past · perfect | living | a education | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent education=Theme | | 7 | **not** **wrap** | past · perfect · passive | | living | | | | clothes *obl* | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.destination»: subject=Destination | | 8 | **swaddle** | gerund | | | | | | | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **swing** | participle | | | | | | in a liulka | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in liulka=Attribute | | 10 | **sort** | | | devices living's dejected husband at last | | | | | nom sort «cognition transitive»: of=patient | 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 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/15/30/) - next →: [sentence 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/15/32/) - ↑ back to [Chapter I. 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