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MYTHOLOGICAL, part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/29/) / 102 # Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter II. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 11, sentence 102 In one story\[180\] the heroine is ordered to swing the cradle in which reposes a Baba Yaga's infant son, whom she is ordered to address in terms of respect when she sings him lullabies; in others she is told to wash a Baba Yaga's many children, whose appearance is usually unprepossessing. **Who acts:** heroine, cradle, appearance · **What happens:** order, swing, repose, address, sing, tell · **To what, where:** heroine, one story, cradle, infant son, terms, lullabies · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore», Chapter II. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 11. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (heroine, cradle, appearance), 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:pg22373:29:102 # text = In one story[180] the heroine is ordered to swing the cradle in which reposes a Baba Yaga's infant son, whom she is ordered to address in terms of respect when she sings him lullabies; in others she is told to wash a Baba Yaga's many children, whose appearance is usually unprepossessing. 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 4 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 180 180 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 3 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 5 punct _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 heroine heroine NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj:pass _ _ 9 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux:pass _ _ 10 ordered order VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 swing swing VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 xcomp _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 cradle cradle NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 15 in in ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 17 nsubj _ _ 17 reposes repose VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 acl:relcl _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 Baba Baba PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 compound _ _ 20 Yaga Yaga PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 21 's 's PART POS _ 20 case _ _ 22 infant infant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 25 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 28 obj _ _ 26 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 27 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux:pass _ _ 28 ordered order VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 23 acl:relcl _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 address address VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 xcomp _ _ 31 in in ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 terms term NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obl _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 respect respect NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nmod _ _ 35 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 37 advmod _ _ 36 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 sings sing VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 acl:relcl _ _ 38 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ _ 39 lullabies lullaby NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ; ; PUNCT : _ 45 punct _ _ 41 in in ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 others other NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 obl _ _ 43 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 44 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 45 aux:pass _ _ 45 told tell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 conj _ _ 46 to to PART TO _ 47 mark _ _ 47 wash wash VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 45 xcomp _ _ 48 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 49 Baba Baba PROPN NNP Number=Sing 50 compound _ _ 50 Yaga Yaga PROPN NNP Number=Sing 53 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 51 's 's PART POS _ 50 case _ _ 52 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 53 amod _ _ 53 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 47 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 54 , , PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 55 whose whose PRON WP$ Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel 56 nmod:poss _ _ 56 appearance appearance NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 nsubj _ _ 57 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 59 aux _ _ 58 usually usually ADV RB _ 59 advmod _ _ 59 unprepossessing unprepossess VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 47 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 60 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **order** | present · passive | | the heroine | | one story | | | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **swing** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the heroine *not said here* | the cradle | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent cradle=Theme | | 3 | **repose** | present | the cradle | a Baba Yaga's infant son | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location son=Theme | | 4 | **order** | present · passive | | heroine | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **address** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | heroine *not said here* | | | terms of respect | | | vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **sing** *speech: express* | present | heroine | lullabies | magic | | | | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary lullaby=Theme | | 7 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present · passive | | heroine | | others | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic | | 8 | **wash** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | heroine *not said here* | a Baba Yaga's many children | | | | | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Patient | | 9 | **unprepossess** | present · progressive | appearance | | | | | usually *property* | tree rules | | 10 | **term** | | | respect | | | | | nom term «communication transitive»: of=patient | 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 101](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/29/101/) - next →: [sentence 103](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/29/103/) - ↑ back to [Chapter II. 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