--- title: And he is almost invariably deserted by them, as soon as they have s… — Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Musc… · tree and pragmatics description: And he is almost invariably deserted by them, as soon as they have secured the beautiful princesses who accompany him--as may be read in the following (South-Russian) history of-- Who acts: brothers, beautiful princesses. A sentence of «Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/20/33/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collecti…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/) / [Chapter II. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/20/) / 33 # Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter II. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 2, sentence 33 And he is almost invariably deserted by them, as soon as they have secured the beautiful princesses who accompany him--as may be read in the following (South-Russian) history of-- **Who acts:** brothers, beautiful princesses · **What happens:** desert, secure, accompany, read, follow · **To what, where:** case, beautiful princesses, history, South 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 (brothers, beautiful princesses), 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:pg22373:20:33 # text = And he is almost invariably deserted by them, as soon as they have secured the beautiful princesses who accompany him--as may be read in the following (South-Russian) history of-- 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux:pass _ _ 4 almost almost ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 invariably invariably ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 deserted desert VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 7 by by ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 10 as as ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 15 advmod _ _ 12 as as SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 13 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 14 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 secured secure VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 6 conj _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 princesses princess NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obj _ _ 19 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 20 nsubj _ _ 20 accompany accompany VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 acl:relcl _ _ 21 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 -- -- PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 as as SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 24 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 25 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 26 aux:pass _ _ 26 read read VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 advcl _ _ 27 in in ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 29 following follow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 35 csubj _ _ 30 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 South South PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 Russian Russian PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 31 punct _ _ 35 history history NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ SpaceAfter=No 37 -- -- PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **desert** | present · passive | brothers *= brother* | case | | | | invariably *property* | vn leave-51.2-1 «NP V NP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme subject=Source | | 2 | **secure** | present · perfect | brothers *= brother* | the beautiful princesses | | | | soon *property* | vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition princess=Theme | | 3 | **accompany** | present | the beautiful princesses | case | | | | | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 4 | **read** | may · passive | brothers *= brother* *not said here* | | | the history | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V» | | 5 | **follow** | gerund | | South and Russian | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent south=Theme | 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 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/20/32/) - next →: [sentence 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/20/34/) - ↑ back to [Chapter II. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/20/)