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MYTHOLOGICAL, part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/25/) / 26 # Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter II. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 7, sentence 26 In the Gaelic story of "The Sea-Maiden,"\[130\] the "great beast with three heads" which haunts the loch cannot be killed until an egg is broken, which is in the mouth of a trout, which springs out of a crow, which flies out of a hind, which lives on an island in the middle of the loch. **Who acts:** great beast, trout, crow, hind · **What happens:** haunt, not kill, break, be, spring out, fly out · **To what, where:** loch, egg, mouth, crow, hind, island 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 (great beast, trout, crow, hind), 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:pg22373:25:26 # text = In the Gaelic story of "The Sea-Maiden,"[130] the "great beast with three heads" which haunts the loch cannot be killed until an egg is broken, which is in the mouth of a trout, which springs out of a crow, which flies out of a hind, which lives on an island in the middle of the loch. 1 In in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 Gaelic gaelic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 6 " " PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 8 Sea Sea PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 9 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 Maiden Maiden PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 " " PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 130 130 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 4 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 14 punct _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 17 " " PUNCT `` _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 beast beast NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 parataxis _ _ 20 with with ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 22 nummod _ _ 22 heads head NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 " " PUNCT '' _ 22 punct _ _ 24 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 25 nsubj _ _ 25 haunts haunt VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 parataxis _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 loch loch NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nsubj:pass _ _ 28 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 29 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 31 advmod _ _ 30 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 31 aux:pass _ _ 31 killed kill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 25 ccomp _ _ 32 until until SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 33 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 egg egg NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nsubj:pass _ _ 35 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux:pass _ _ 36 broken break VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 31 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 38 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 42 nsubj _ _ 39 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 cop _ _ 40 in in ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 mouth mouth NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 trout trout NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 47 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 48 nsubj _ _ 48 springs spring VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 45 acl:relcl _ _ 49 out out ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 50 of of ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 crow crow NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 54 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 55 nsubj _ _ 55 flies fly VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 52 acl:relcl _ _ 56 out out ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 57 of of ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 58 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 59 det _ _ 59 hind hind NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 60 , , PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 61 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 62 nsubj _ _ 62 lives live VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 59 acl:relcl _ _ 63 on on ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 64 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 65 det _ _ 65 island island NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 obl _ _ 66 in in ADP IN _ 68 case _ _ 67 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 68 det _ _ 68 middle middle NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 nmod _ _ 69 of of ADP IN _ 71 case _ _ 70 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 71 det _ _ 71 loch loch NOUN NN Number=Sing 68 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 72 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **haunt** | present | the great beast with three heads | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **kill** | can · passive | | the loch | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 3 | **break** | present · passive | | a egg | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 4 | **is** | present | | | | the mouth | | of a trout | tree rules | | 5 | **spring out** | present | a trout | a crow | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location crow=Theme | | 6 | **fly out** | present | a crow | a hind | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location hind=Theme | | 7 | **live** | present | a hind | | | a island in the middle of the loch | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on island=Location | 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 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/25/25/) - next →: [sentence 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/25/27/) - ↑ back to [Chapter II. 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