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MYTHOLOGICAL, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/20/) / 65 # Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter II. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 2, sentence 65 But all of a sudden, just as the Prince began chasing it for the fourth time, the Beast fled to a great white stone, tilted it up, and escaped into the other world,\[86\] crying out to the Prince: "Then only will you overcome me, when you enter here." **Who acts:** Prince, Beast · **What happens:** begin, chase, flee, tilt up, escape, cry out · **To what, where:** beast, great white stone, 86, other world, Prince · **Speech:** someone speaks here 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, Beast), 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:pg22373:20:65 # text = But all of a sudden, just as the Prince began chasing it for the fourth time, the Beast fled to a great white stone, tilted it up, and escaped into the other world,[86] crying out to the Prince: "Then only will you overcome me, when you enter here." 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 5 nsubj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 nmod _ _ 5 sudden sudden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 7 just just ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 8 as as SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 12 chasing chase VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 11 xcomp _ _ 13 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ _ 14 for for ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 fourth fourth ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 17 amod _ _ 17 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 Beast Beast PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 21 fled flee VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 parataxis _ _ 22 to to ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 24 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 25 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 stone stone NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 28 tilted tilt VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ _ 29 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obj _ _ 30 up up ADP RP _ 28 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 escaped escape VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ _ 34 into into ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 86 86 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 40 punct _ _ 42 crying cry VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 33 advcl _ _ 43 out out ADP RP _ 42 compound:prt _ _ 44 to to ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 : : PUNCT : _ 53 punct _ _ 48 " " PUNCT `` _ 53 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 53 advmod _ _ 50 only only ADV RB _ 53 advmod _ _ 51 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 53 aux _ _ 52 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj _ _ 53 overcome overcome VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 conj _ _ 54 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 53 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 56 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 58 advmod _ _ 57 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 58 nsubj _ _ 58 enter enter VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 53 conj _ _ 59 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 58 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 60 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 61 " " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **begin** | past | the Prince | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **chase** | gerund | the Prince *not said here* | beast | | | time | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 3 | **flee** | past | the Beast | | | a great white stone | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to stone=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **tilt up** | past | the Beast *not said here* | beast | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme | | 5 | **escape** | past | the Beast *not said here* | 86 | | the other world | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into world=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **cry out** *speech: express* | gerund | the Beast *not said here* | | the Prince | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to prince=Recipient | | 7 | **overcome** *in a quote* | future | the Prince *= prince* | the Beast *= beast* | | | then | | vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot i=Theme | | 8 | **enter** *in a quote* | present | the Prince *= prince* | | | here | | | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V»: agent=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 64](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/20/64/) - next →: [sentence 66](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/20/66/) - ↑ back to [Chapter II. 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