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MYTHOLOGICAL, part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/25/) / 44 # Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter II. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 7, sentence 44 But, before setting off, Satou states that he shall take his heart and place it "in the flowers of the acacia-tree," so that, if the tree is cut down, his heart will fall to the ground and he will die. **Who acts:** Satou, place, heart · **What happens:** set off, state, take, heart, cut down, fall · **To what, where:** flowers, tree · **Speech:** someone speaks here 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 (Satou, place, heart), 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:pg22373:25:44 # text = But, before setting off, Satou states that he shall take his heart and place it "in the flowers of the acacia-tree," so that, if the tree is cut down, his heart will fall to the ground and he will die. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 before before SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 4 setting set VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 advcl _ _ 5 off off ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 Satou Satou PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 states state VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 that that SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 11 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 ccomp _ _ 13 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 conj _ _ 17 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 18 " " PUNCT '' _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 in in ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 flowers flower NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obl _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 24 acacia acacia NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 25 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 " " PUNCT '' _ 21 punct _ _ 29 so so SCONJ IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 32 if if SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 tree tree 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 cut cut VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 advcl _ _ 37 down down ADP RP _ 36 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 39 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nsubj _ _ 41 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 fall fall VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 parataxis _ _ 43 to to ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 47 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 48 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 49 die die VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **set off** | gerund | Satou *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **state** *speech: other* | present | Satou | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **take** | shall | Satou | | | the flowers of the acacia tree | | so that | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in flower=Location | | 4 | **heart** | | place | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **cut down** *a condition, not said to happen* | present · passive | | the tree | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | | 6 | **fall** | future | Satou's heart | | | | | to the ground | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to ground=Theme | | 7 | **die** | future | Satou | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | 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 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/25/43/) - next →: [sentence 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/25/45/) - ↑ back to [Chapter II. 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