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# Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter II. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 7, sentence 20

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With this may be compared another Norse tale,\[127\] in which a \_Haugebasse\_, or Troll, who has carried off a princess, informs her that he and all his companions will burst asunder when above them passes "the grain of sand that lies under the ninth tongue in the ninth head" of a certain dead dragon.

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**Who acts:** Haugebasse, heart, grain · **What happens:** compare, carry off, inform, burst, pass, lie · **To what, where:** this, Haugebasse, princess, Norse tale, asunder, grain · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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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 (Haugebasse, heart, grain), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg22373:25:20
# text = With this may be compared another Norse tale,[127] in which a _Haugebasse_, or Troll, who has carried off a princess, informs her that he and all his companions will burst asunder when above them passes "the grain of sand that lies under the ninth tongue in the ninth head" of a certain dead dragon.
1	With	with	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
2	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	compared	compare	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	8	det	_	_
7	Norse	norse	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	tale	tale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	[	[	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	127	127	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	8	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	]	]	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	11	punct	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	30	obl	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	_	_	PUNCT	``	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	Haugebasse	Haugebasse	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	30	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
20	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
21	Troll	Troll	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
23	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	25	nsubj:pass	_	_
24	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	25	aux	_	_
25	carried	carry	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	17	parataxis	_	_
26	off	off	ADP	RP	_	25	compound:prt	_	_
27	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	28	det	_	_
28	princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
30	informs	inform	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	parataxis	_	_
31	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	30	obj	_	_
32	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	39	mark	_	_
33	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	39	nsubj	_	_
34	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	37	cc	_	_
35	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	37	det:predet	_	_
36	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	37	nmod:poss	_	_
37	companions	companion	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	33	conj	_	_
38	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	39	aux	_	_
39	burst	burst	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	30	advcl	_	_
40	asunder	asunder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	obj	_	_
41	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	44	mark	_	_
42	above	above	ADP	IN	_	43	case	_	_
43	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	44	obl	_	_
44	passes	pass	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	39	advcl	_	_
45	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	47	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
46	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	47	det	_	_
47	grain	grain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	44	obl	_	_
48	of	of	ADP	IN	_	49	case	_	_
49	sand	sand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	47	nmod	_	_
50	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	51	nsubj	_	_
51	lies	lie	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	47	acl:relcl	_	_
52	under	under	ADP	IN	_	55	case	_	_
53	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	55	det	_	_
54	ninth	ninth	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	55	amod	_	_
55	tongue	tongue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	51	obl	_	_
56	in	in	ADP	IN	_	59	case	_	_
57	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	59	det	_	_
58	ninth	ninth	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	59	amod	_	_
59	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	55	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
60	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	59	punct	_	_
61	of	of	ADP	IN	_	65	case	_	_
62	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	65	det	_	_
63	certain	certain	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	65	amod	_	_
64	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	65	amod	_	_
65	dragon	dragon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	59	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
66	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **compare** | may · passive |  | this |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **carry off** | present · perfect · passive |  | a Haugebasse or Troll |  |  |  |  | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Beneficiary princess=Value |
| 3 | **inform** *speech: other* | present | a Haugebasse or Troll |  | princess | another Norse tale |  |  | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient |
| 4 | **burst** | future | heart | asunder |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location asunder=Theme |
| 5 | **pass** | present | heart *not said here* | the grain of sand |  |  |  | above Haugebasse | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme above they=Location |
| 6 | **lie** *in a quote* | present | the grain of sand |  |  | the ninth tongue in the ninth head of a certain dead dragon |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent under tongue=Location |

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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.

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**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.

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