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MYTHOLOGICAL, part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/29/) / 97 # Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter II. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 11, sentence 97 On the wedding night she intends to kill her sons-in-law; but they, acting on the advice of him who had been the weakling of their party, but who has become a mighty hero, exchange clothes with their brides before "lying down to sleep." **Who acts:** couple, eggs, advice · **What happens:** intend, kill, act, be, become, exchange · **To what, where:** sons, advice, weakling, mighty hero, clothes 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 (couple, eggs, advice), 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:pg22373:29:97 # text = On the wedding night she intends to kill her sons-in-law; but they, acting on the advice of him who had been the weakling of their party, but who has become a mighty hero, exchange clothes with their brides before "lying down to sleep." 1 On on ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 wedding wedding NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 5 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 intends intend VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 kill kill VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 xcomp _ _ 9 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ SpaceAfter=No 13 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 law law NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ; ; PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 16 but but CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 17 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 19 acting act VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 advcl _ _ 20 on on ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 advice advice NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nmod _ _ 25 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 29 nsubj _ _ 26 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 27 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 29 cop _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 weakling weakling NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 parataxis _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 party party NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 34 but but CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 35 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 37 nsubj _ _ 36 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 become become VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 6 parataxis _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 mighty mighty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 hero hero NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 42 exchange exchange VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 conj _ _ 43 clothes clothes NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 42 obj _ _ 44 with with ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 46 brides bride NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 obl _ _ 47 before before SCONJ IN _ 49 mark _ _ 48 " " PUNCT `` _ 49 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 lying lie VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 42 advcl _ _ 50 down down ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ _ 51 to to PART TO _ 52 mark _ _ 52 sleep sleep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 49 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 54 " " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **intend** | present | couple | | | | night | | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **kill** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | couple *not said here* | couple's sons and law | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent son=Theme | | 3 | **act** | gerund | eggs *= egg* | | | the advice of man | | | vn act-114-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent on advice=Eventuality | | 4 | **is a** | past · perfect | the advice of man | the weakling | | | | of eggs's party | tree rules | | 5 | **become** | present · perfect | | a mighty hero | | | | | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 6 | **exchange** | infinitive | | clothes | | | | with eggs's brides | vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent clothes=Theme with bride=Co-Agent | | 7 | **lie down** *in a quote* | gerund | | | | | | down *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **sleep** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn snooze-40.4-1 «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 96](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/29/96/) - next →: [sentence 98](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/29/98/) - ↑ back to [Chapter II. 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