--- title: The Demon began to learn his trade; at the end of a month he knew mo… — Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Musc… · tree and pragmatics description: The Demon began to learn his trade; at the end of a month he knew more about smith's work than his master did himself, was able to do everything that his master couldn't do. Who acts: Demon, master, smith. A sentence of «Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore», Chapter I. IN --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/17/109/) [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 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/17/) / 109 # Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter I. INTRODUCTORY, part 7, sentence 109 The Demon began to learn his trade; at the end of a month he knew more about smith's work than his master did himself, was able to do everything that his master couldn't do. **Who acts:** Demon, master, smith · **What happens:** begin, learn, know, be, do, not do · **To what, where:** trade, more, end, everything This is a sentence of «Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore», Chapter I. INTRODUCTORY, part 7. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Demon, master, smith), 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:pg22373:17:109 # text = The Demon began to learn his trade; at the end of a month he knew more about smith's work than his master did himself, was able to do everything that his master couldn't do. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Demon Demon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 learn learn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 trade trade NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ; ; PUNCT : _ 16 punct _ _ 9 at at ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 month month NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 17 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 16 obj _ _ 18 about about ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 19 smith smith NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 20 's 's PART POS _ 19 case _ _ 21 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 22 than than ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod _ _ 25 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 acl _ _ 26 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 25 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 cop _ _ 29 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 conj _ _ 30 to to PART TO _ 31 mark _ _ 31 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 xcomp _ _ 32 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 31 obj _ _ 33 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 38 obj _ _ 34 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 36 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 37 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 38 advmod _ _ 38 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **begin** | past | the Demon | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **learn** | to-infinitive | the Demon *not said here* | DEMON's trade | | | | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trade=Topic | | 3 | **know** | past | DEMON | more | | | at the end of a month | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer more=Stimulus | | 4 | **is** | past | DEMON *not said here* | | | | | able *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **do** | to-infinitive | DEMON *not said here* | everything | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everything=Eventuality | | 6 | **not** **do** | could | DEMON's master | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Eventuality | | 7 | **trade** | | DEMON | | | | | | nom trade «act transitive»: poss=agent | | 8 | **work** | | smith | | | | | than DEMON's master | nom work «act intransitive»: poss=agent than=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 108](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/17/108/) - next →: [sentence 110](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/17/110/) - ↑ back to [Chapter I. 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