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description: For transformations of a maiden into a flower or tree, see Grimm, No. 76, "Die Nelke," and the notes to that story in vol. iii., p. 125--Hahn, No. 21, "Das Lorbeerkind," etc. "The Water of Life," will meet with due consideration in the fourth chapter. Who acts: you. A sentence of «Russian Fairy Tale
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# Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter I. INTRODUCTORY, part 8, sentence 52

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For transformations of a maiden into a flower or tree, see Grimm, No. 76, "Die Nelke," and the notes to that story in vol. iii., p. 125--Hahn, No. 21, "Das Lorbeerkind," etc. "The Water of Life," will meet with due consideration in the fourth chapter.

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**Who acts:** you · **What happens:** see, die, meet, transform · **To what, where:** Grimm, Nelke, maiden · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore», Chapter I. INTRODUCTORY, part 8. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (you), 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:pg22373:18:52
# text = For transformations of a maiden into a flower or tree, see Grimm, No. 76, "Die Nelke," and the notes to that story in vol. iii., p. 125--Hahn, No. 21, "Das Lorbeerkind," etc. "The Water of Life," will meet with due consideration in the fourth chapter.
1	For	for	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	transformations	transformation	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obl	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	maiden	maiden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	into	into	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	flower	flower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
12	see	see	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
13	Grimm	Grimm	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
15	No.	No.	PROPN	NNP	Abbr=Yes|Number=Sing	16	nmod:unmarked	_	_
16	76	76	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	13	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
18	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	19	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	Die	die	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	12	conj	_	_
20	Nelke	Nelke	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	19	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	20	punct	_	_
23	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	25	cc	_	_
24	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
25	notes	note	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	20	conj	_	_
26	to	to	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
27	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	28	det	_	_
28	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obl	_	_
29	in	in	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
30	vol.	vol.	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	nmod	_	_
31	iii	III	NUM	CD	NumForm=Roman|NumType=Card	30	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	35	punct	_	_
34	p.	P.	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	35	nmod:unmarked	_	_
35	125	125	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	37	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	Hahn	Hahn	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	35	nmod:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	39	punct	_	_
39	No.	No.	PROPN	NNP	Abbr=Yes|Number=Sing	37	appos	_	_
40	21	21	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	39	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	43	punct	_	_
42	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	43	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
43	Das	Das	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	37	conj	_	_
44	Lorbeerkind	Lorbeerkind	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	43	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	47	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
46	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	47	punct	_	_
47	etc.	etc.	NOUN	FW	Abbr=Yes|Number=Plur	37	appos	_	_
48	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	47	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
49	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	50	det	_	_
50	Water	Water	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	37	nmod	_	_
51	of	of	ADP	IN	_	52	case	_	_
52	Life	Life	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	50	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
53	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	56	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
54	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	56	punct	_	_
55	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	56	aux	_	_
56	meet	meet	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	37	parataxis	_	_
57	with	with	ADP	IN	_	59	case	_	_
58	due	due	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	59	amod	_	_
59	consideration	consideration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	56	obl	_	_
60	in	in	ADP	IN	_	63	case	_	_
61	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	63	det	_	_
62	fourth	fourth	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	63	amod	_	_
63	chapter	chapter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	59	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
64	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | imperative | you *not said here* | Grimm |  |  |  | for transformations of a maiden into a flower or tree; 125  p.  Hahn  the Water of Life and Das *obl* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer grimm=Stimulus |
| 2 | **die** *in a quote* | infinitive | you *not said here* | Nelke and the notes |  |  |  | to that story in vol. | tree rules |
| 3 | **meet** | future |  |  |  |  |  | with due consideration in the fourth chapter | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with consideration=Co-Agent |
| 4 | **transform** |  |  | a maiden into a flower or tree |  |  |  |  | nom transformation «event transitive»: of=patient |

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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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