--- title: The story begins with one of the conventional openings of the Skazka… — Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Musc… · tree and pragmatics description: The story begins with one of the conventional openings of the Skazka--"In a certain _tsarstvo_, in a certain _gosudarstvo_,"--but the two synonyms for "kingdom" or "state" are used only because they rhyme. Who acts: story, synonyms. A sentence of «Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovit --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/16/132/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collecti…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/) / [Chapter I. INTRODUCTORY, part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/16/) / 132 # Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter I. INTRODUCTORY, part 6, sentence 132 The story begins with one of the conventional openings of the Skazka--"In a certain \_tsarstvo\_, in a certain \_gosudarstvo\_,"--but the two synonyms for "kingdom" or "state" are used only because they rhyme. **Who acts:** story, synonyms · **What happens:** begin, use, rhyme · **To what, where:** two synonyms This is a sentence of «Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore», Chapter I. INTRODUCTORY, part 6. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (story, synonyms), 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:pg22373:16:132 # text = The story begins with one of the conventional openings of the Skazka--"In a certain _tsarstvo_, in a certain _gosudarstvo_,"--but the two synonyms for "kingdom" or "state" are used only because they rhyme. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 begins begin VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 with with ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 obl _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 conventional conventional ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 openings opening NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nmod _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 Skazka Skazka PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 -- -- PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 " " PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 In in ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 certain certain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ _ 18 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 tsarstvo tsarstvo PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 20 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 in in ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 certain certain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 conj _ _ 25 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 gosudarstvo gosudarstvo PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 27 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 " " PUNCT '' _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 -- -- PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 but but CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 34 nummod _ _ 34 synonyms synonym NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 nsubj:pass _ _ 35 for for ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 " " PUNCT `` _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 " " PUNCT '' _ 37 punct _ _ 39 or or CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 40 " " PUNCT `` _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 state state NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 " " PUNCT '' _ 41 punct _ _ 43 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 44 aux:pass _ _ 44 used use VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 45 only only ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ _ 46 because because SCONJ IN _ 48 mark _ _ 47 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 48 rhyme rhyme VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 44 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **begin** | present | the story | | | | | with one of the conventional openings of the Skazka | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V PP.subeventuality»: agent=Eventuality with one=Subeventuality | | 2 | **use** | present · passive | | the two synonyms for kingdom or state | | | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 3 | **rhyme** | present | synonyms *= synonym* | | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=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 131](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/16/131/) - next →: [sentence 133](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/16/133/) - ↑ back to [Chapter I. 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