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# Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter II. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 7, sentence 71

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He returns to her house, finds her at the point of death, and throws the rose-bush into the cellar where his love is crying, "Behold her death!" and immediately the whole building shakes to its foundations--"and becomes an island, on which are people who had been sitting in Hell, and who offer up thanks to Prince Ivan."

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**Who acts:** man, love, whole building, people, straightway · **What happens:** return, find, throw, cry, shake, become · **To what, where:** straightway, point, rose bush, cellar, island, people · **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 (man, love, whole building, people), 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:pg22373:25:71
# text = He returns to her house, finds her at the point of death, and throws the rose-bush into the cellar where his love is crying, "Behold her death!" and immediately the whole building shakes to its foundations--"and becomes an island, on which are people who had been sitting in Hell, and who offer up thanks to Prince Ivan."
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	returns	return	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	finds	find	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
8	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	point	point	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	throws	throw	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
18	rose	rose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	18	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	bush	bush	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	_
21	into	into	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	cellar	cellar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	_
24	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	28	advmod	_	_
25	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	26	nmod:poss	_	_
26	love	love	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	nsubj	_	_
27	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	28	aux	_	_
28	crying	cry	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	23	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	33	punct	_	_
30	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	33	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	Behold	behold	INTJ	UH	_	33	discourse	_	_
32	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	33	nmod:poss	_	_
33	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	33	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	33	punct	_	_
36	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	41	cc	_	_
37	immediately	immediately	ADV	RB	_	41	advmod	_	_
38	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	40	det	_	_
39	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	40	amod	_	_
40	building	building	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	41	nsubj	_	_
41	shakes	shake	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
42	to	to	ADP	IN	_	44	case	_	_
43	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	44	nmod:poss	_	_
44	foundations	foundation	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	41	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	41	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
46	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	41	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
47	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	48	cc	_	_
48	becomes	become	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
49	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	50	det	_	_
50	island	island	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	48	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
51	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	55	punct	_	_
52	on	on	ADP	IN	_	53	case	_	_
53	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	55	det	_	_
54	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	55	cop	_	_
55	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	50	nmod	_	_
56	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	59	nsubj	_	_
57	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	59	aux	_	_
58	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	59	aux	_	_
59	sitting	sit	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	55	acl:relcl	_	_
60	in	in	ADP	IN	_	61	case	_	_
61	Hell	Hell	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	59	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
62	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	65	punct	_	_
63	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	65	cc	_	_
64	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	65	nsubj	_	_
65	offer	offer	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
66	up	up	ADP	RP	_	65	compound:prt	_	_
67	thanks	thanks	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	65	obl	_	_
68	to	to	ADP	IN	_	70	case	_	_
69	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	70	compound	_	_
70	Ivan	Ivan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	67	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
71	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
72	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **return** | present | man |  |  |  |  | to straightway's house | tree rules |
| 2 | **find** | present | man *not said here* | straightway |  | the point of death |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent she=Theme at point=Asset |
| 3 | **throw** | present | man *not said here* | the rose bush |  |  |  | into the cellar *result*; straightway's death *obl* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Causer bush=Theme into cellar=Result |
| 4 | **cry** *speech: express* | present · progressive | man's love |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **shake** | present | the whole building |  |  |  |  | to building's foundations; immediately *property* | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme |
| 6 | **become** *in a quote* | present | man *not said here* | a island |  |  |  |  | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |
| 7 | **is a** *in a quote* | present |  | which people |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 8 | **sit** *in a quote* | past · perfect · progressive | which people |  |  | Hell |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in hell=Location |
| 9 | **offer up** *in a quote* | present |  | thanks to Prince Ivan |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |
| 10 | **point** |  |  | death |  |  |  |  | nom point «cognition transitive»: of=patient |
| 11 | **love** |  | man |  |  |  |  |  | nom love «feeling transitive»: poss=agent |
| 12 | **die** *in a quote* |  | straightway |  |  |  |  |  | nom death «event intransitive»: poss=agent |

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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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