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# Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter II. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 10, sentence 123

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The dogs would have rent her, but she threw them the rolls, and they let her go by; the doors would have begun to bang, but she poured oil on their hinges, and they let her pass through; the birch-tree would have poked her eyes out, but she tied the ribbon around it, and it let her pass on.

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**Who acts:** girl, rolls, dog · **What happens:** rend, throw, let, go by, begin, bang · **To what, where:** dogs, eyes, girl, doors, oil, hinges

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This is a sentence of «Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore», Chapter II. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 10. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (girl, rolls, dog), 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:pg22373:28:123
# text = The dogs would have rent her, but she threw them the rolls, and they let her go by; the doors would have begun to bang, but she poured oil on their hinges, and they let her pass through; the birch-tree would have poked her eyes out, but she tied the ribbon around it, and it let her pass on.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	dogs	dog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux	_	_
5	rent	rend	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	threw	throw	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	_
11	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	rolls	roll	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
16	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
17	let	let	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	conj	_	_
18	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	obj	_	_
19	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	17	xcomp	_	_
20	by	by	ADP	IN	_	19	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	26	punct	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	doors	door	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	26	nsubj:pass	_	_
24	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	26	aux	_	_
25	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	26	aux	_	_
26	begun	begin	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	conj	_	_
27	to	to	PART	TO	_	28	mark	_	_
28	bang	bang	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	26	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	32	punct	_	_
30	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	32	cc	_	_
31	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	32	nsubj	_	_
32	poured	pour	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	_
33	oil	oil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	obj	_	_
34	on	on	ADP	IN	_	36	case	_	_
35	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	36	nmod:poss	_	_
36	hinges	hinge	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	32	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	40	punct	_	_
38	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	40	cc	_	_
39	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	40	nsubj	_	_
40	let	let	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	32	conj	_	_
41	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	40	obj	_	_
42	pass	pass	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	40	xcomp	_	_
43	through	through	ADV	RB	_	42	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
44	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	51	punct	_	_
45	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	48	det	_	_
46	birch	birch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	48	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
47	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	46	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
48	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	51	nsubj:pass	_	_
49	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	51	aux	_	_
50	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	51	aux	_	_
51	poked	poke	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	conj	_	_
52	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	53	nmod:poss	_	_
53	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	51	obj	_	_
54	out	out	ADV	RB	_	51	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
55	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	58	punct	_	_
56	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	58	cc	_	_
57	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	58	nsubj	_	_
58	tied	tie	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	51	conj	_	_
59	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	60	det	_	_
60	ribbon	ribbon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	58	obj	_	_
61	around	around	ADP	IN	_	62	case	_	_
62	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	58	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
63	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	66	punct	_	_
64	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	66	cc	_	_
65	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	66	nsubj	_	_
66	let	let	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
67	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	66	obj	_	_
68	pass	pass	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	66	xcomp	_	_
69	on	on	ADP	RP	_	68	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
70	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rend** | would · perfect · passive |  | the dogs |  |  |  |  | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Patient she=Result |
| 2 | **throw** | past | girl | eyes *= eye* |  |  |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Destination roll=Theme |
| 3 | **let** | past | rolls *= roll* | girl |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **go by** | infinitive | girl *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 5 | **begin** | would · perfect · passive |  | the doors |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 6 | **bang** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 7 | **pour** | past | girl | oil |  | doors's hinges |  |  | vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent oil=Patient |
| 8 | **let** | past | rolls *= roll* | girl |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 9 | **pass through** | infinitive | girl *not said here* |  |  |  |  | through *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 10 | **poke out** | would · perfect · passive |  | the birch tree |  |  |  | out *property* | tree rules |
| 11 | **tie** | past | girl | the ribbon |  | tree |  |  | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ribbon=Patient |
| 12 | **let** | past | dog | girl |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 13 | **pass on** | infinitive | girl *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=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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