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MYTHOLOGICAL, part 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/28/) / 22 # Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter II. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 10, sentence 22 When her father arrives and repeats his question, she says she has seen no one: she is going with a letter to his brother from Agnisikha, who has just been mortally wounded. **Who acts:** father, daughter, Agnisikha · **What happens:** arrive, repeat, say, see, go, be · **To what, where:** question, one, Agnisikha · **Speech:** someone speaks here 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 (father, daughter, Agnisikha), 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:pg22373:28:22 # text = When her father arrives and repeats his question, she says she has seen no one: she is going with a letter to his brother from Agnisikha, who has just been mortally wounded. 1 When when SCONJ WRB _ 4 mark _ _ 2 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 arrives arrive VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 advcl _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 repeats repeat VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 question question NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 10 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 13 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 11 ccomp _ _ 15 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 16 det _ _ 16 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 : : PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 18 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 19 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 ccomp _ _ 21 with with ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 letter letter NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 24 to to ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 27 from from ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 Agnisikha Agnisikha PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 30 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 35 nsubj _ _ 31 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 32 just just ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 33 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 35 cop _ _ 34 mortally mortally ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 35 wounded wounded ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **arrive** | present | daughter's father | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **repeat** | present | daughter's father *not said here* | father's question | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent question=Eventuality | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | daughter | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **see** | present · perfect | daughter | no one | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer one=Stimulus | | 5 | **go** | present · progressive | daughter | | | Agnisikha | | with a letter; to father's brother | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme to brother=Initial\_Location from agnisikha=Destination | | 6 | **is** | present · perfect | Agnisikha | | | | | mortally, wounded *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **question** | | father | | | | | | nom question «communication transitive»: poss=agent | 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 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/28/21/) - next →: [sentence 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/28/23/) - ↑ back to [Chapter II. 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