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MYTHOLOGICAL, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/20/) / 108 # Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter II. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 2, sentence 108 After killing the Beast, the Prince went back again, picking up all the three sisters by the way, with the intention of taking them out into the upper world: for they all loved him and would not be separated from him. **Who acts:** Prince, intention, heads · **What happens:** kill, go back, pick up, take out, love, not separate · **To what, where:** Beast, three sisters, heads, upper world, Prince This is a sentence of «Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore», Chapter II. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Prince, intention, heads), 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:pg22373:20:108 # text = After killing the Beast, the Prince went back again, picking up all the three sisters by the way, with the intention of taking them out into the upper world: for they all loved him and would not be separated from him. 1 After after SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 killing kill VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 advcl _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 Beast Beast PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 back back ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 10 again again ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 picking pick VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 advcl _ _ 13 up up ADP RP _ 12 compound:prt _ _ 14 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 17 det:predet _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 17 nummod _ _ 17 sisters sister NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obj _ _ 18 by by ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 with with ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 intention intention NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 25 of of SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 26 taking take VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 24 acl _ _ 27 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ _ 28 out out ADP RP _ 26 compound:prt _ _ 29 into into ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 31 upper upper ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 : : PUNCT : _ 37 punct _ _ 34 for for SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 35 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 36 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 37 advmod _ _ 37 loved love VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 38 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 40 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 41 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 43 advmod _ _ 42 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 43 aux:pass _ _ 43 separated separate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 37 conj _ _ 44 from from ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **kill** | gerund | the Prince *not said here* | the Beast | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent beast=Theme | | 2 | **go back** | past | the Prince | | | | again | | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **pick up** | gerund | the Prince *not said here* | all three sisters | | | | by the way; with the intention | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sister=Topic | | 4 | **take out** | gerund | the intention *not said here* | heads *= head* | | the upper world | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 5 | **love** | past | heads *= head* | Prince | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | | 6 | **not** **separate** | would · passive | heads *= head* *not said here* | | | | | from Prince | vn separate-23.1-1-1 «NP V ADVP-Middle PP»: from he=Co-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 107](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/20/107/) - next →: [sentence 109](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/20/109/) - ↑ back to [Chapter II. 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