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MYTHOLOGICAL, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/23/) / 103 # Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter II. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 5, sentence 103 Less familiar than these is, probably, the story of "Die eisernen Stiefel" (Wolf's "Deutsche Hausmaerchen," 1851, No. 19), in which the hero opens a forbidden door--that of a summer-house--and sees "deep down below him the earth, and on the earth his father's palace," and is seized by a sudden longing after his former home. **Who acts:** story, hero, sudden longing · **What happens:** be, die, open, see, seize · **To what, where:** Stiefel, forbidden door · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore», Chapter II. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 5. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (story, hero, sudden longing), 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:pg22373:23:103 # text = Less familiar than these is, probably, the story of "Die eisernen Stiefel" (Wolf's "Deutsche Hausmaerchen," 1851, No. 19), in which the hero opens a forbidden door--that of a summer-house--and sees "deep down below him the earth, and on the earth his father's palace," and is seized by a sudden longing after his former home. 1 Less less ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 2 advmod _ _ 2 familiar familiar ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 3 than than ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 these this PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 2 nmod _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 7 probably probably ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 11 of of SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 12 " " PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 Die die VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 parataxis _ _ 14 eisernen eisernen NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod:desc _ _ 15 Stiefel Stiefel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 " " PUNCT '' _ 15 punct _ _ 17 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 Wolf Wolf PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 19 's 's PART POS _ 18 case _ _ 20 " " PUNCT `` _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 Deutsche Deutsche PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 compound _ _ 22 Hausmaerchen Hausmaerchen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 " " PUNCT `` _ 25 punct _ _ 25 1851 1851 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 22 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 27 No. no. NOUN NN Abbr=Yes|Number=Sing 22 appos _ _ 28 19 19 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 27 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 31 in in ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 35 obl _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 hero hero NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ _ 35 opens open VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 parataxis _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 37 forbidden forbidden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 -- -- PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 35 obl _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 42 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 43 summer summer NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 44 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 -- -- PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 48 sees see VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 conj _ _ 49 " " PUNCT `` _ 51 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 deep deep ADV RB _ 51 advmod _ _ 51 down down ADV RB _ 55 case _ _ 52 below below ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 53 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 obl _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 56 , , PUNCT , _ 64 punct _ _ 57 and and CCONJ CC _ 64 cc _ _ 58 on on ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 59 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 60 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 64 nmod _ _ 61 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 62 nmod:poss _ _ 62 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 64 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 63 's 's PART POS _ 62 case _ _ 64 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 65 , , PUNCT , _ 64 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 66 " " PUNCT '' _ 64 punct _ _ 67 and and CCONJ CC _ 69 cc _ _ 68 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 69 aux:pass _ _ 69 seized seize VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 35 conj _ _ 70 by by ADP IN _ 73 case _ _ 71 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 73 det _ _ 72 sudden sudden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 73 amod _ _ 73 longing longing NOUN NN Number=Sing 69 obl _ _ 74 after after ADP IN _ 77 case _ _ 75 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 77 nmod:poss _ _ 76 former former ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 77 amod _ _ 77 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 73 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 78 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | than these; familiar, less *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **die** *in a quote* | infinitive | the story | Stiefel eisernen | | | | probably *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **open** | present | the hero | a forbidden door | | | | that *obl* | tree rules | | 4 | **see** | present | the hero *not said here* | | | | | down the earth | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **seize** | present · passive | a sudden longing after hero's former home | | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | 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 102](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/23/102/) - next →: [sentence 104](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/23/104/) - ↑ back to [Chapter II. 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