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MYTHOLOGICAL, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/19/) / 32 # Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter II. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 1, sentence 32 In one story we see him riding on horseback, with hawk on wrist (or raven on shoulder) and hound at heel; in another he figures as a composite being with a human body and a serpent's head; in a third he flies as a fiery snake into his mistress's bower, stamps with his foot on the ground, and becomes a youthful gallant. **Who acts:** we, outline · **What happens:** see, ride, figure, be, fly, stamp · **To what, where:** outline, one story, horseback, another, third, ground This is a sentence of «Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore», Chapter II. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (we, outline), 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:pg22373:19:32 # text = In one story we see him riding on horseback, with hawk on wrist (or raven on shoulder) and hound at heel; in another he figures as a composite being with a human body and a serpent's head; in a third he flies as a fiery snake into his mistress's bower, stamps with his foot on the ground, and becomes a youthful gallant. 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 4 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 see see VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 riding ride VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ _ 8 on on ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 horseback horseback NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 with with ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 hawk hawk NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 13 on on ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 wrist wrist NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ _ 15 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 or or CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 raven raven NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 appos _ _ 18 on on ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 shoulder shoulder NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 17 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 hound hound NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 conj _ _ 23 at at ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 heel heel NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ; ; PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 26 in in ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 29 obl _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 figures figure VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 30 as as ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 composite composite NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 33 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 37 cop _ _ 34 with with ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 human human ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 body body NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 ccomp _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 serpent serpent NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 41 's 's PART POS _ 40 case _ _ 42 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ; ; PUNCT : _ 48 punct _ _ 44 in in ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 third third NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl _ _ 47 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 48 flies fly VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 49 as as ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 50 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 51 fiery fiery ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 amod _ _ 52 snake snake NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl _ _ 53 into into ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 54 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 55 nmod:poss _ _ 55 mistress mistress NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 56 's 's PART POS _ 55 case _ _ 57 bower bower NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 58 , , PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 59 stamps stamp VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 48 conj _ _ 60 with with ADP IN _ 62 case _ _ 61 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 62 nmod:poss _ _ 62 foot foot NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 obl _ _ 63 on on ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 64 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 65 det _ _ 65 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 66 , , PUNCT , _ 68 punct _ _ 67 and and CCONJ CC _ 68 cc _ _ 68 becomes become VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 48 conj _ _ 69 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 71 det _ _ 70 youthful youthful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 71 amod _ _ 71 gallant gallant NOUN NN Number=Sing 68 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 72 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | present | we | outline | | one story | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | | 2 | **ride** | gerund | we *not said here* | | | horseback | | with hawk on wrist and hound; at heel | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **figure** | present | outline | | | another | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **is** | gerund | outline *not said here* | | | | | with a human body and a serpent's head; as a composite | tree rules | | 5 | **fly** | present | outline | | | a third | | as a fiery snake; into outline's mistress's bower | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent in third=Location | | 6 | **stamp** | present | outline *not said here* | | | the ground | | with outline's foot | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme PP.destination»: agent=Agent on ground=Destination | | 7 | **become** | present | outline *not said here* | a youthful gallant | | | | | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: 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 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/19/31/) - next →: [sentence 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/19/33/) - ↑ back to [Chapter II. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/19/)