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MYTHOLOGICAL, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/23/) / 86 # Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter II. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 5, sentence 86 In one of them,\[108\] in which Koshchei's part is played by a Snake, the hero's sisters are carried off by their feathered admirers without his leave being asked--an omission for which a full apology is afterwards made; in another, the history of "Fedor Tugarin and Anastasia the Fair,"\[109\] the hero's three sisters are wooed and won, not by the Falcon, the Eagle, and the Raven, but by the Wind, the Hail, and the Thunder. **Who acts:** Snake, feathered admirers · **What happens:** play, carry off, ask, make, woo, win · **To what, where:** part, one, omission, full apology, 109 three sisters, another 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 (Snake, feathered admirers), 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:pg22373:23:86 # text = In one of them,[108] in which Koshchei's part is played by a Snake, the hero's sisters are carried off by their feathered admirers without his leave being asked--an omission for which a full apology is afterwards made; in another, the history of "Fedor Tugarin and Anastasia the Fair,"[109] the hero's three sisters are wooed and won, not by the Falcon, the Eagle, and the Raven, but by the Wind, the Hail, and the Thunder. 1 In in ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 25 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 108 108 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 7 punct _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 15 obl _ _ 11 Koshchei Koshchei PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 12 's 's PART POS _ 11 case _ _ 13 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj:pass _ _ 14 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux:pass _ _ 15 played play VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 parataxis _ _ 16 by by ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 Snake snake NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 hero hero NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 22 's 's PART POS _ 21 case _ _ 23 sisters sister NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 nsubj:pass _ _ 24 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux:pass _ _ 25 carried carry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 26 off off ADP RP _ 25 compound:prt _ _ 27 by by ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 28 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 29 feathered feathered ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 admirers admirer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obl _ _ 31 without without ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 leave leave NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 34 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 35 aux:pass _ _ 35 asked ask VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 25 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 -- -- PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 omission omission NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 39 for for ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 46 obl _ _ 41 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 42 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 apology apology NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nsubj:pass _ _ 44 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 46 aux:pass _ _ 45 afterwards afterwards ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 46 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 38 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 ; ; PUNCT : _ 72 punct _ _ 48 in in ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 72 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 history history NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 appos _ _ 53 of of ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 " " PUNCT `` _ 55 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 55 Fedor Fedor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 52 nmod _ _ 56 Tugarin Tugarin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 55 flat _ _ 57 and and CCONJ CC _ 58 cc _ _ 58 Anastasia Anastasia PROPN NNP Number=Sing 55 conj _ _ 59 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 60 Fair Fair PROPN NNP Number=Sing 58 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 61 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 62 " " PUNCT `` _ 72 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 63 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 64 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 64 109 109 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 70 nummod _ SpaceAfter=No 65 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 64 punct _ _ 66 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 67 det _ _ 67 hero hero NOUN NN Number=Sing 70 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 68 's 's PART POS _ 67 case _ _ 69 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 70 nummod _ _ 70 sisters sister NOUN NNS Number=Plur 72 nsubj:pass _ _ 71 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 72 aux:pass _ _ 72 wooed woo VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 25 conj _ _ 73 and and CCONJ CC _ 74 cc _ _ 74 won win VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 72 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 75 , , PUNCT , _ 79 punct _ _ 76 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 79 advmod _ _ 77 by by ADP IN _ 79 case _ _ 78 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 79 det _ _ 79 Falcon Falcon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 74 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 80 , , PUNCT , _ 82 punct _ _ 81 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 82 det _ _ 82 Eagle Eagle PROPN NNP Number=Sing 79 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 83 , , PUNCT , _ 86 punct _ _ 84 and and CCONJ CC _ 86 cc _ _ 85 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 86 det _ _ 86 Raven Raven PROPN NNP Number=Sing 72 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 87 , , PUNCT , _ 91 punct _ _ 88 but but CCONJ CC _ 91 cc _ _ 89 by by ADP IN _ 91 case _ _ 90 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 91 det _ _ 91 Wind Wind PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 92 , , PUNCT , _ 94 punct _ _ 93 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 94 det _ _ 94 Hail hail NOUN NN Number=Sing 91 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 95 , , PUNCT , _ 98 punct _ _ 96 and and CCONJ CC _ 98 cc _ _ 97 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 98 det _ _ 98 Thunder Thunder PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 99 . . PUNCT . _ 25 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **play** | present · passive | a Snake | Koshchei's part | | | | | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme | | 2 | **carry off** | present · passive | stories's feathered admirers | one of stories | | | | by the Wind; the Thunder *obl* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme | | 3 | **ask** *speech: ask* | gerund · passive | stories's feathered admirers *not said here* | a omission | | | | without Snake's leave | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V» | | 4 | **make** | present · passive | | a full apology | | | | for a omission; afterwards *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: subject=Product for which=Asset | | 5 | **woo** | present · passive | | the hero's 109 three sisters | | another | | the Raven *obl* | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 6 | **win** | past | | the Falcon and the Eagle | | | | | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent falcon=Eventuality | 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 85](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/23/85/) - next →: [sentence 87](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/23/87/) - ↑ back to [Chapter II. 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