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MYTHOLOGICAL, part 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/28/) / 78 # Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter II. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 10, sentence 78 Sometimes she is seen lying stretched out from one corner to the other of a miserable hut, through the ceiling of which passes her long iron nose; the hut is supported "by fowl's legs," and stands at the edge of a forest towards which its entrance looks. **Who acts:** ceiling, entrance · **What happens:** see, stretch out, pass, support, stand, look · **To what, where:** name, one corner, long iron nose, hut, edge 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 (ceiling, entrance), 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:pg22373:28:78 # text = Sometimes she is seen lying stretched out from one corner to the other of a miserable hut, through the ceiling of which passes her long iron nose; the hut is supported "by fowl's legs," and stands at the edge of a forest towards which its entrance looks. 1 Sometimes sometimes ADV RB PronType=Ind 4 advmod _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 advcl _ _ 5 lying lie VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 6 aux:pass _ _ 6 stretched stretch VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 7 out out ADP RP _ 6 compound:prt _ _ 8 from from ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 10 nummod _ _ 10 corner corner NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 11 to to ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 nmod _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 miserable miserable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 hut hut NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 through through ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 ceiling ceiling NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 24 nsubj _ _ 24 passes pass VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 acl:relcl _ _ 25 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 26 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 27 iron iron NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 compound _ _ 28 nose nose NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ; ; PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 hut hut NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nsubj:pass _ _ 32 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux:pass _ _ 33 supported support VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 conj _ _ 34 " " PUNCT `` _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 by by ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 36 fowl fowl NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 37 's 's PART POS _ 36 case _ _ 38 legs leg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 " " PUNCT '' _ 38 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 stands stand VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 conj _ _ 43 at at ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 edge edge NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ _ 46 of of ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nmod _ _ 49 towards towards ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 53 obl _ _ 51 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 52 nmod:poss _ _ 52 entrance entrance NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 nsubj _ _ 53 looks look VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 48 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | present · passive | | name | | | | sometimes *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus | | 2 | **stretch out** | gerund · passive | | | | one corner to the other | | | vn meander-47.7 «NP V PP.location»: from corner=Location | | 3 | **pass** | present | the ceiling | name's long iron nose | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme nose=Trajectory | | 4 | **support** | present · passive | | the hut | | | | | vn help-72.1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Theme | | 5 | **stand** | present | | | | the edge of a forest | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at edge=Location | | 6 | **look** | present | hut's entrance | | | | | towards a forest | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent towards which=Theme | 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 77](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/28/77/) - next →: [sentence 79](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/28/79/) - ↑ back to [Chapter II. 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