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MYTHOLOGICAL, part 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/30/) / 47 # Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter II. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 12, sentence 47 Presently the candle wanted snuffing; one of the stepdaughters took the snuffers, as if she were going to clear the wick, but instead of doing so, in obedience to her mother's orders, she snuffed the candle out, pretending to do so by accident. **Who acts:** candle, one, mother · **What happens:** want, snuff, take, go, clear, do · **To what, where:** snuffers, wick, obedience, candle This is a sentence of «Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore», Chapter II. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 12. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (candle, one, mother), 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:pg22373:30:47 # text = Presently the candle wanted snuffing; one of the stepdaughters took the snuffers, as if she were going to clear the wick, but instead of doing so, in obedience to her mother's orders, she snuffed the candle out, pretending to do so by accident. 1 Presently presently ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 candle candle NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 snuffing snuff VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ; ; PUNCT : _ 11 punct _ _ 7 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 11 nsubj _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 stepdaughters stepdaughter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nmod _ _ 11 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 snuffers snuffer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 15 as as SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 16 if if SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 17 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 18 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 conj _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 clear clear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 xcomp _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 wick wick NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 25 but but CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 26 instead instead ADV RB ExtPos=SCONJ 28 mark _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 26 fixed _ _ 28 doing do VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 advcl _ _ 29 so so ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 in in ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 obedience obedience NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 33 to to ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 34 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 36 's 's PART POS _ 35 case _ _ 37 orders order NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 snuffed snuff VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 candle candle NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ _ 43 out out ADP RP _ 40 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 45 pretending pretend VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 40 advcl _ _ 46 to to PART TO _ 47 mark _ _ 47 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 45 xcomp _ _ 48 so so ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ _ 49 by by ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 accident accident NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | past | the candle | | | | | presently *property* | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **snuff** *not said to happen* | gerund | the candle *not said here* | | | | | | vn hiccup-40.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **take** | past | one of the stepdaughters | the snuffers | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent snuffer=Theme | | 4 | **go** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · progressive | candle | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **clear** | to-infinitive | candle *not said here* | the wick | | | | | vn clear-10.3-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent wick=Source | | 6 | **do** | gerund | one of the stepdaughters *not said here* | | | obedience to candle's mother's orders | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **snuff out** | past | candle | the candle | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **pretend** | gerund | candle *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **do** | to-infinitive | candle *not said here* | | | | | by accident | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **order** | | candle's mother | | | | | | nom order «communication transitive»: poss=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 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/30/46/) - next →: [sentence 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/30/48/) - ↑ back to [Chapter II. 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