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INTRODUCTORY, part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/17/) / 62 # Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter I. INTRODUCTORY, part 7, sentence 62 And do thou crawl, O Bug, the bun-like, beneath the ash, and spread abroad this news of me, the Spider, the wrestler, the hero bold--that the Spider, the wrestler, the hero bold, no longer in the world exists; that they have sent him to Kazan; that in Kazan, upon a block, they've chopped his head off, and the block destroyed." **Who acts:** thou, witnesses, Kazan · **What happens:** crawl, spread, exist, send, chop off, destroy · **To what, where:** ash, news, world, witnesses, Kazan, head 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 (thou, witnesses, Kazan), 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:pg22373:17:62 # text = And do thou crawl, O Bug, the bun-like, beneath the ash, and spread abroad this news of me, the Spider, the wrestler, the hero bold--that the Spider, the wrestler, the hero bold, no longer in the world exists; that they have sent him to Kazan; that in Kazan, upon a block, they've chopped his head off, and the block destroyed." 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 do do AUX VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 4 nsubj _ _ 4 crawl crawl VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 O of ADP IN Abbr=Yes 7 case _ _ 7 Bug Bug PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 10 bun bun NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 11 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 like like ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 beneath beneath ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 ash ash NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 spread spread VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 20 abroad abroad ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 21 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 22 det _ _ 22 news news NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 22 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 Spider Spider PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 wrestler wrestler NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 hero hero NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 compound _ _ 34 bold bold NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 -- -- PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 that that SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 Spider Spider PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 wrestler wrestler NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 44 hero hero NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 compound _ _ 45 bold bold NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 47 no no ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ _ 48 longer long ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 4 advmod _ _ 49 in in ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obl _ _ 52 exists exist VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 48 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 53 ; ; PUNCT : _ 57 punct _ _ 54 that that SCONJ IN _ 57 mark _ _ 55 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 57 nsubj:pass _ _ 56 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 57 aux _ _ 57 sent send VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 parataxis _ _ 58 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 57 obj _ _ 59 to to ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 60 Kazan Kazan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 57 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 61 ; ; PUNCT : _ 64 punct _ _ 62 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 64 nsubj _ _ 63 in in ADP IN _ 64 case _ _ 64 Kazan Kazan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 80 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 65 , , PUNCT , _ 68 punct _ _ 66 upon upon ADP IN _ 68 case _ _ 67 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 68 det _ _ 68 block block NOUN NN Number=Sing 64 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 69 , , PUNCT , _ 72 punct _ _ 70 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 72 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 71 've have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 72 aux _ _ 72 chopped chop VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 64 acl:relcl _ _ 73 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 74 nmod:poss _ _ 74 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 72 obj _ _ 75 off off ADP RP _ 72 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 76 , , PUNCT , _ 80 punct _ _ 77 and and CCONJ CC _ 80 cc _ _ 78 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 79 det _ _ 79 block block NOUN NN Number=Sing 80 nsubj _ _ 80 destroyed destroy VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 81 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 82 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **crawl** | infinitive · do-support | thou | | | the ash | | long *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme beneath ash=Trajectory | | 2 | **spread** | past | | this news of me | | | | the Spider and the hero bold *obl*; abroad *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location news=Theme | | 3 | **exist** | present | thou *not said here* | | | the world | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in world=Location | | 4 | **send** | present · perfect · passive | | witnesses *= witness* | Kazan | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **chop off** | present · perfect | witnesses *= witness* | Kazan's head | | | | | vn carve-21.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Patient | | 6 | **destroy** | past | Kazan | | | | | | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | 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 61](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/17/61/) - next →: [sentence 63](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/17/63/) - ↑ back to [Chapter I. 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