--- title: The Adventures of a prince, the youngest of three brothers, who has… — Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Musc… · tree and pragmatics description: The Adventures of a prince, the youngest of three brothers, who has been lowered into the underground world or who has ascended into an enchanted upper realm, form the theme of numerous skazkas, several of which are variants of the story of Norka. Who acts: Adventures. A sentence of «Russian Fairy T --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/21/71/) [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 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/21/) / 71 # Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter II. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 3, sentence 71 The Adventures of a prince, the youngest of three brothers, who has been lowered into the underground world or who has ascended into an enchanted upper realm, form the theme of numerous skazkas, several of which are variants of the story of Norka. **Who acts:** Adventures · **What happens:** lower, ascend, enchant, form, be, adventure · **To what, where:** three brothers, underground world, enchanted upper realm, theme, prince This is a sentence of «Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore», Chapter II. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Adventures), 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:pg22373:21:71 # text = The Adventures of a prince, the youngest of three brothers, who has been lowered into the underground world or who has ascended into an enchanted upper realm, form the theme of numerous skazkas, several of which are variants of the story of Norka. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Adventures adventure NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 nsubj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 youngest young ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 2 appos _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 11 nummod _ _ 11 brothers brother NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 13 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 16 nsubj:pass _ _ 14 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 15 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 16 aux:pass _ _ 16 lowered lower VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 acl:relcl _ _ 17 into into ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 underground underground ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 21 or or CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 22 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 24 nsubj _ _ 23 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 ascended ascend VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 16 conj _ _ 25 into into ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 26 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 27 enchanted enchant VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 29 amod _ _ 28 upper upper ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 realm realm NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 31 form form VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 theme theme NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 numerous numerous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 skazkas skazka NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 38 several several ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 advcl _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 40 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 42 nsubj _ _ 41 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 cop _ _ 42 variants variant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 obl _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nmod _ _ 46 of of ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 Norka Norka PROPN NNP Number=Sing 45 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 31 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lower** | present · perfect · passive | | three brothers | | the underground world | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme into world=Destination | | 2 | **ascend** | present · perfect | | | | a enchanted upper realm | | | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into realm=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **enchant** | participle | | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **form** | infinitive | the Adventures of a prince | the theme of numerous skazkas | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location theme=Theme | | 5 | **is** | present | | | | | | of variants; of the story of Norka | tree rules | | 6 | **adventure** | | | a prince | | | | | nom adventure «act transitive»: of=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 70](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/21/70/) - next →: [sentence 72](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/21/72/) - ↑ back to [Chapter II. 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