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MYTHOLOGICAL, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/20/) / 32 # Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter II. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 2, sentence 32 The youngest brother descends or ascends as the case may be, and after a series of adventures which generally lead him through the kingdoms of copper, of silver, and of gold, returns in triumph to where his brothers are awaiting him. **Who acts:** youngest brother, adventures, brothers · **What happens:** descend, ascend, lead, return, await · **To what, where:** case, kingdoms, triumph 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 (youngest brother, adventures, brothers), 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:pg22373:20:32 # text = The youngest brother descends or ascends as the case may be, and after a series of adventures which generally lead him through the kingdoms of copper, of silver, and of gold, returns in triumph to where his brothers are awaiting him. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 youngest young ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 3 amod _ _ 3 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 descends descend VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 or or CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 ascends ascend VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 7 as as SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 case case NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 10 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 6 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 14 after after ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 series series NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 adventures adventure NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 nmod _ _ 19 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 21 nsubj _ _ 20 generally generally ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 21 lead lead VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 acl:relcl _ _ 22 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ _ 23 through through ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 kingdoms kingdom NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obl _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 copper copper NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 silver silver NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 36 returns return VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 37 in in ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 triumph triumph NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 39 to to SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 40 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 44 advmod _ _ 41 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 brothers brother NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 nsubj _ _ 43 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 44 awaiting await VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 36 advcl _ _ 45 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **descend** | present | the youngest brother | | | | after a series of adventures | | vn meander-47.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **ascend** | present | the youngest brother *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **lead** | present | adventures | case | | the kingdoms of copper | | generally *property* | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme through kingdom=Destination | | 4 | **return** | present | | | | triumph | | of gold | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme of gold=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **await** | present · progressive | case's brothers | case | | | | | tree rules | 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/pg22373/20/31/) - next →: [sentence 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/20/33/) - ↑ back to [Chapter II. 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