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MYTHOLOGICAL, part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/25/) / 29 # Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter II. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 7, sentence 29 The hero of the story fights the dragon of the lake, and after a long struggle, being invigorated at the critical moment by a kiss which the heroine imprints on his forehead--he flings it high in the air. **Who acts:** hero, kiss, dragon · **What happens:** fight, invigorate, imprint, fling · **To what, where:** dragon, long struggle, forehead, hero 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 (hero, kiss, dragon), 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:pg22373:25:29 # text = The hero of the story fights the dragon of the lake, and after a long struggle, being invigorated at the critical moment by a kiss which the heroine imprints on his forehead--he flings it high in the air. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 hero hero NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 6 fights fight VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 dragon dragon NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 lake lake NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 14 after after ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 struggle struggle NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 20 aux:pass _ _ 20 invigorated invigorate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 17 acl _ _ 21 at at ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 critical critical ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 25 by by ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 kiss kiss NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 28 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 31 nsubj _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 heroine heroine NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 compound _ _ 31 imprints imprint NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 nmod _ _ 32 on on ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 forehead forehead NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 -- -- PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 flings fling VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 38 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ _ 39 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 xcomp _ _ 40 in in ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fight** | present | the hero of the story | the dragon of the lake | | | | | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dragon=Co-Agent | | 2 | **invigorate** | gerund · passive | a kiss | a long struggle *not said here* | | | moment | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **imprint** | | a kiss | | | story's forehead | | | tree rules | | 4 | **fling** | present | dragon | hero | | | | high *property* | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | 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 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/25/28/) - next →: [sentence 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/25/30/) - ↑ back to [Chapter II. 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