--- title: From the forty-one eggs thus obtained and treated are born as many b… — Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Musc… · tree and pragmatics description: From the forty-one eggs thus obtained and treated are born as many boys, all but one of whom develop into strong men, but the forty-first long remains a poor weak creature, a kind of "Hop-o'-my-thumb." A sentence of «Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore», Chapter II. MYTHO --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/29/95/) [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/) / 95 # Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter II. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 11, sentence 95 From the forty-one eggs thus obtained and treated are born as many boys, all but one of whom develop into strong men, but the forty-first long remains a poor weak creature, a kind of "Hop-o'-my-thumb." **What happens:** obtain, treat, bear, develop · **To what, where:** one eggs 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: 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:pg22373:29:95 # text = From the forty-one eggs thus obtained and treated are born as many boys, all but one of whom develop into strong men, but the forty-first long remains a poor weak creature, a kind of "Hop-o'-my-thumb." 1 From from ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 3 forty forty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 4 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 6 nummod _ _ 6 eggs egg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 nsubj:pass _ _ 7 thus thus ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 obtained obtain VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 acl _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 treated treat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 conj _ _ 11 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux:pass _ _ 12 born bear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 13 as as ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 boys boy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 19 nsubj _ _ 18 but but CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 15 appos _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 19 nmod _ _ 22 develop develop VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 acl:relcl _ _ 23 into into ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 27 but but CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 29 forty forty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 33 nummod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 32 advmod _ _ 32 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 remains remains NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 12 obl _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 35 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 36 weak weak ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 creature creature NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 kind kind NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 appos _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 42 " " PUNCT `` _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 Hop hop NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 44 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 o o NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 50 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 50 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 49 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 50 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 thumb thumb NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 50 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 " " PUNCT '' _ 50 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **obtain** | participle | | the one eggs *not said here* | | | | thus *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | | 2 | **treat** | participle | | | | | | | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **bear** | present · passive | | the one eggs | | | | as many boys; the forty long remains a poor weak creature *obl* | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 4 | **develop** | present | | | | | | into strong men | vn grow-26.2.1 «NP.patient V PP.product»: agent=Patient into man=Product | 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 94](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/29/94/) - next →: [sentence 96](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/29/96/) - ↑ back to [Chapter II. 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