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description: The word _Golovikha_ means, in its strict sense, the wife of a _Golova_, or elected chief [_Golova_ = head] of a _Volost_, or association of village communities; but here it is used for a "female _Golova_," a species of "mayoress." Who acts: word, female Golova, working. A sentence of «Russian Fairy
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# Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter I. INTRODUCTORY, part 5, sentence 94

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The word \_Golovikha\_ means, in its strict sense, the wife of a \_Golova\_, or elected chief \[\_Golova\_ = head\] of a \_Volost\_, or association of village communities; but here it is used for a "female \_Golova\_," a species of "mayoress."

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**Who acts:** word, female Golova, working · **What happens:** mean, elect, use, sense · **To what, where:** strict sense, working

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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 (word, female Golova, working), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg22373:15:94
# text = The word _Golovikha_ means, in its strict sense, the wife of a _Golova_, or elected chief [_Golova_ = head] of a _Volost_, or association of village communities; but here it is used for a "female _Golova_," a species of "mayoress."
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	Golovikha	Golovikha	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	4	punct	_	_
6	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
10	strict	strict	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	sense	sense	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	appos	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	_	_	PUNCT	``	_	18	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	Golova	Golova	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
21	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	23	cc	_	_
22	elected	elect	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	23	amod	_	_
23	chief	chief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	_
24	[	[	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	26	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	26	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	Golova	Golova	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	23	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	29	punct	_	_
28	=	=	SYM	SYM	_	29	punct	_	_
29	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	]	]	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	26	punct	_	_
31	of	of	ADP	IN	_	34	case	_	_
32	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	34	det	_	_
33	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	34	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	Volost	Volost	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	23	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	34	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	38	punct	_	_
37	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	38	cc	_	_
38	association	association	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	appos	_	_
39	of	of	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
40	village	village	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	41	compound	_	_
41	communities	community	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	38	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	47	punct	_	_
43	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	44	cc	_	_
44	here	here	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	47	advmod	_	_
45	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	47	nsubj:pass	_	_
46	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	47	aux:pass	_	_
47	used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	conj	_	_
48	for	for	ADP	IN	_	53	case	_	_
49	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	53	det	_	_
50	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	53	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
51	female	female	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	53	amod	_	_
52	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	51	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
53	Golova	Golova	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	47	obl:agent	_	SpaceAfter=No
54	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	47	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
55	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	58	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
56	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	58	punct	_	_
57	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	58	det	_	_
58	species	species	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	47	obl	_	_
59	of	of	ADP	IN	_	61	case	_	_
60	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	61	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
61	mayoress	mayoress	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	58	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
62	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
63	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | the word | working's strict sense or elected chief of a Volost |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sense=Topic |
| 2 | **elect** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **use** | present · passive | a female Golova | working |  | here |  | a species of mayoress *obl* | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient |
| 4 | **sense** |  | working |  |  |  |  |  | nom sense «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |

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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.

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**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.

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