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MYTHOLOGICAL, part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/25/) / 1 # Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter II. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 7, sentence 1 As to the king, he was delighted to see Prince Ivan again, and when he had learnt all about the treachery of his brothers, after the wedding feast had been solemnized, he banished the two elder princes, but he made Ivan heir to the throne. **Who acts:** king · **What happens:** be, see, learn, solemnize, banish, make · **To what, where:** Prince Ivan, wedding feast, two elder princes, Ivan heir This is a sentence of «Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore», Chapter II. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 7. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (king), 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:pg22373:25:1 # text = As to the king, he was delighted to see Prince Ivan again, and when he had learnt all about the treachery of his brothers, after the wedding feast had been solemnized, he banished the two elder princes, but he made Ivan heir to the throne. 1 As as ADP IN ExtPos=ADP 4 case _ _ 2 to to ADP IN _ 1 fixed _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 8 delighted delighted ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 advcl _ _ 11 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 compound _ _ 12 Ivan Ivan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 13 again again ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 16 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 19 advmod _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 18 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 learnt learn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 8 conj _ _ 20 all all ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 21 about about ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 treachery treachery NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 brothers brother NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 28 after after SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 wedding wedding NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 compound _ _ 31 feast feast NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nsubj:pass _ _ 32 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 33 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 34 aux:pass _ _ 34 solemnized solemnize VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 19 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 banished banish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 conj _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 39 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 41 nummod _ _ 40 elder elder ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 princes prince NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 43 but but CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 44 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 45 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 conj _ _ 46 Ivan Ivan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 47 compound _ _ 47 heir heir NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ _ 48 to to ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 throne throne NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | king | | | | | as the king; delighted *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **see** | to-infinitive | king *not said here* | Prince Ivan | | | again | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer ivan=Stimulus | | 3 | **learn** | past · perfect | king | | | | | about the treachery of king's brothers | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about treachery=Topic | | 4 | **solemnize** | past · perfect · passive | | the wedding feast | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **banish** | past | king | the two elder princes | | | | | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prince=Theme | | 6 | **make** | past | king | Ivan heir | | | | to the throne | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heir=Product | 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: [Chapter II. 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