--- title: One of the Skazkas[179] relates how a certain old couple, who had no… — Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Musc… · tree and pragmatics description: One of the Skazkas[179] relates how a certain old couple, who had no children, were advised to get a number of eggs from the village--one from each house--and to place them under a sitting hen. Who acts: One, certain old couple. A sentence of «Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Fo --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/29/94/) [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 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/29/) / 94 # Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter II. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 11, sentence 94 One of the Skazkas\[179\] relates how a certain old couple, who had no children, were advised to get a number of eggs from the village--one from each house--and to place them under a sitting hen. **Who acts:** One, certain old couple · **What happens:** relate, have, advise, get, sit · **To what, where:** children, number, village 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 (One, certain old couple), 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:pg22373:29:94 # text = One of the Skazkas[179] relates how a certain old couple, who had no children, were advised to get a number of eggs from the village--one from each house--and to place them under a sitting hen. 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 8 nsubj _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 Skazkas Skazkas PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 179 179 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 4 list _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 6 punct _ _ 8 relates relate VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 8 advmod _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 11 certain certain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 12 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 couple couple NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 16 nsubj _ _ 16 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 acl:relcl _ _ 17 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 18 det _ _ 18 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux:pass _ _ 21 advised advise VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 conj _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 23 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 xcomp _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 number number NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 eggs egg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 nmod _ _ 28 from from ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 village village NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 -- -- PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 30 appos _ _ 33 from from ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 35 det _ _ 35 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 -- -- PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 39 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 parataxis _ _ 40 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nmod _ _ 41 under under ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 42 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 43 sitting sit VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 44 amod _ _ 44 hen hen NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **relate** | present | One | | | | | | vn relate-86.2-2 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **have** | past | a certain old couple | no children | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Patient | | 3 | **advise** *speech: other* | past · passive | a certain old couple *not said here* | | | | | | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: clause=Topic | | 4 | **get** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | a certain old couple *not said here* | a number of eggs | | the village | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent number=Theme from village=Source | | 5 | **sit** | gerund | | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=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 93](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/29/93/) - next →: [sentence 95](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/29/95/) - ↑ back to [Chapter II. 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