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MYTHOLOGICAL, part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/24/) / 28 # Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter II. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 6, sentence 28 The two elder brothers were unable to lift the rock, but Prince Ivan at the first try flung it against the mountain--and immediately there appeared a ladder leading up the mountain side. **Who acts:** two elder brothers, Prince Ivan · **What happens:** be, lift, fling, appear, lead up · **To what, where:** rock, mountain, ladder, mountain side This is a sentence of «Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore», Chapter II. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 6. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (two elder brothers, Prince Ivan), 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:pg22373:24:28 # text = The two elder brothers were unable to lift the rock, but Prince Ivan at the first try flung it against the mountain--and immediately there appeared a ladder leading up the mountain side. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ _ 3 elder elder ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 brothers brother NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 5 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 unable unable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 lift lift VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 xcomp _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 rock rock NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 12 but but CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 13 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 compound _ _ 14 Ivan Ivan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 15 at at ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 18 amod _ _ 18 try try NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ _ 19 flung fling VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 20 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ _ 21 against against ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 mountain mountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 -- -- PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 26 immediately immediately ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 27 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 28 advmod _ _ 28 appeared appear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 ladder ladder NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 31 leading lead VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 28 advcl _ _ 32 up up ADP RP _ 31 compound:prt _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 34 mountain mountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 compound _ _ 35 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 36 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the two elder brothers | | | | | unable *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **lift** | to-infinitive | the two elder brothers *not said here* | the rock | | | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rock=Theme | | 3 | **fling** | past | Prince Ivan at the first try | rock | | the mountain | | | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent it=Theme against mountain=Destination | | 4 | **appear** | past | | a ladder | | there | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location ladder=Theme | | 5 | **lead up** | gerund | | the mountain side | | | | | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition | 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 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/24/27/) - next →: [sentence 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/24/29/) - ↑ back to [Chapter II. 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