--- title: The king is unable to free himself from his grasp, and is obliged to… — Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Musc… · tree and pragmatics description: The king is unable to free himself from his grasp, and is obliged to promise as his ransom "that which he knows not of at home," which turns out to be a couple of children--a boy and a girl--who have been born during his absence. Who acts: king. A sentence of «Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collectio --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/28/34/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collecti…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/) / [Chapter II. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/28/) / 34 # Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter II. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 10, sentence 34 The king is unable to free himself from his grasp, and is obliged to promise as his ransom "that which he knows not of at home," which turns out to be a couple of children--a boy and a girl--who have been born during his absence. **Who acts:** king · **What happens:** be, oblige, promise, not know, turn out, bear · **To what, where:** ransom, couple · **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 (king), 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:pg22373:28:34 # text = The king is unable to free himself from his grasp, and is obliged to promise as his ransom "that which he knows not of at home," which turns out to be a couple of children--a boy and a girl--who have been born during his absence. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 unable unable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 free free ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ _ 7 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 6 obl _ _ 8 from from ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 grasp grasp NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 13 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux:pass _ _ 14 obliged oblige VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 16 promise promise VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 xcomp _ _ 17 as as ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 ransom ransom NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 20 " " PUNCT '' _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 24 obj _ _ 22 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 24 obj _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 knows know VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 acl:relcl _ _ 25 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 24 advmod _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 at at ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 " " PUNCT `` _ 32 punct _ _ 31 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 32 nsubj _ _ 32 turns turn VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 33 out out ADP RP _ 32 compound:prt _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 35 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 37 cop _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 couple couple NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 ccomp _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 -- -- PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 conj _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 44 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 -- -- PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 50 nsubj:pass _ _ 48 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 50 aux _ _ 49 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 50 aux:pass _ _ 50 born bear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 37 conj _ _ 51 during during ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 53 nmod:poss _ _ 53 absence absence NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | the king | | | | | free, unable *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **oblige** | present · passive | the king *not said here* | | | | | | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: clause=Result | | 3 | **promise** *speech: promise* | to-infinitive | the king *not said here* | | | | | as King's ransom | vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **not** **know** *in a quote* | present | King | King's ransom | | | | of home | tree rules | | 5 | **turn out** | present | | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **is a** | to-infinitive | | a couple and a boy and a girl | | | | of children | tree rules | | 7 | **bear** | present · perfect · passive | | a couple and a boy and a girl | | | during King's absence | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 8 | **grasp** | | King | | | | | | nom grasp «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | | 9 | **ransom** | | King | | | | | | nom ransom «possession transitive»: poss=agent | | 10 | **absent** | | King | | | | | | nom absence «state 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 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/28/33/) - next →: [sentence 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/28/35/) - ↑ back to [Chapter II. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/28/)