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INTRODUCTORY, part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/17/) / 19 # Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter I. INTRODUCTORY, part 7, sentence 19 In Scotland it is told, in a slightly different form, of two old maids who were once found bathed in tears, and who were obliged to confess that they had been day-dreaming and supposing--if they had been married, and one had had a boy and the other a girl; and if the children, when they grew up, had married, and had had a little child; and if it had tumbled out of the window and been killed--what a dreadful thing it would have been. **Who acts:** two old maids, horns, one, children · **What happens:** tell, find, bath, oblige, confess, dream · **To what, where:** world, children, Scotland, two old maids, tears, horns · **Speech:** someone speaks here 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 (two old maids, horns, one, children), 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:pg22373:17:19 # text = In Scotland it is told, in a slightly different form, of two old maids who were once found bathed in tears, and who were obliged to confess that they had been day-dreaming and supposing--if they had been married, and one had had a boy and the other a girl; and if the children, when they grew up, had married, and had had a little child; and if it had tumbled out of the window and been killed--what a dreadful thing it would have been. 1 In in ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 Scotland Scotland PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 told tell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 9 slightly slightly ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 different different ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 form form NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 16 nummod _ _ 15 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 maids maid NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ 17 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 20 nsubj _ _ 18 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux:pass _ _ 19 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 20 advmod _ _ 20 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 acl:relcl _ _ 21 bathed bath VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 xcomp _ _ 22 in in ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 tears tear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 26 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 28 nsubj _ _ 27 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux:pass _ _ 28 obliged oblige VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 conj _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 confess confess VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 xcomp _ _ 31 that that SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 32 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 33 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 34 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 37 aux _ _ 35 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 36 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 dreaming dream VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 30 advcl _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 supposing suppose VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 37 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 -- -- PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 if if SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 42 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj:pass _ _ 43 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 44 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 45 aux:pass _ _ 45 married marry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 48 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 50 nsubj _ _ 49 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 50 aux _ _ 50 had have VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 28 parataxis _ _ 51 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obj _ _ 53 and and CCONJ CC _ 57 cc _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 57 amod _ _ 56 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 57 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 58 ; ; PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 59 and and CCONJ CC _ 62 cc _ _ 60 if if SCONJ IN _ 62 mark _ _ 61 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 62 det _ _ 62 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 63 , , PUNCT , _ 66 punct _ _ 64 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 66 advmod _ _ 65 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 66 nsubj _ _ 66 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 62 acl:relcl _ _ 67 up up ADP RP _ 66 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 68 , , PUNCT , _ 70 punct _ _ 69 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 70 aux _ _ 70 married marry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 66 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 71 , , PUNCT , _ 74 punct _ _ 72 and and CCONJ CC _ 74 cc _ _ 73 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 74 aux _ _ 74 had have VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 70 conj _ _ 75 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 77 det _ _ 76 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 77 amod _ _ 77 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 74 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 78 ; ; PUNCT : _ 83 punct _ _ 79 and and CCONJ CC _ 83 cc _ _ 80 if if SCONJ IN _ 83 mark _ _ 81 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 83 nsubj:pass _ _ 82 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 83 aux _ _ 83 tumbled tumble VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 62 acl _ _ 84 out out ADP IN _ 87 case _ _ 85 of of ADP IN _ 87 case _ _ 86 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 87 det _ _ 87 window window NOUN NN Number=Sing 83 obl _ _ 88 and and CCONJ CC _ 90 cc _ _ 89 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 90 aux:pass _ _ 90 killed kill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 83 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 91 -- -- PUNCT , _ 92 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 92 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 62 parataxis _ _ 93 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 95 det _ _ 94 dreadful dreadful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 95 amod _ _ 95 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 92 nsubj _ _ 96 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 99 nsubj _ _ 97 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 99 aux _ _ 98 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 99 aux _ _ 99 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 95 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 100 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present · passive | | world | the children | Scotland | | in a different form; of two old maids | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient child=Topic | | 2 | **find** | past · passive | | two old maids | | | | once *property* | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Attribute clause=Theme | | 3 | **bath** | participle | two old maids *not said here* | | | tears | | | tree rules | | 4 | **oblige** | past · passive | | | | | | | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: subject=Patient clause=Result | | 5 | **confess** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn confess-37.10 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **dream** | past · perfect · progressive | horns *= horn* | | | | | | vn cognize-85 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **suppose** | gerund | horns *= horn* *not said here* | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **marry** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · perfect · passive | | horns *= horn* | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 9 | **have** | past · perfect | one | a boy and a other girl | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boy=Patient | | 10 | **grow up** | past | horns *= horn* | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 11 | **marry** | past · perfect | horns *= horn* *not said here* | | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 12 | **have** | past · perfect | horns *= horn* *not said here* | a little child | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Patient | | 13 | **tumble** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · perfect · passive | the children *not said here* | world | | the window | | | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme | | 14 | **kill** | participle · passive | the children *not said here* | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle» | 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 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/17/18/) - next →: [sentence 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/17/20/) - ↑ back to [Chapter I. 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