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MYTHOLOGICAL, part 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/31/) / 43 # Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter II. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 13, sentence 43 The girl obtains from her father a rough dress of pig's skin, and two sets of gorgeous apparel; the former she herself assumes, in the latter she dresses up three \_Kuklui\_, which in this instance were probably mere blocks of wood. **Who acts:** girl, former, Kuklui · **What happens:** obtain, assume, dress up, be · **To what, where:** rough dress, three, latter, mere blocks This is a sentence of «Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore», Chapter II. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 13. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (girl, former, Kuklui), 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:pg22373:31:43 # text = The girl obtains from her father a rough dress of pig's skin, and two sets of gorgeous apparel; the former she herself assumes, in the latter she dresses up three _Kuklui_, which in this instance were probably mere blocks of wood. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 obtains obtain VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 from from ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 rough rough ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 dress dress NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 pig pig NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 12 's 's PART POS _ 11 case _ _ 13 skin skin NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 16 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 17 nummod _ _ 17 sets set NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 conj _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 gorgeous gorgeous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 apparel apparel NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ; ; PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 former former ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 nsubj _ _ 24 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 25 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 24 conj _ _ 26 assumes assume VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 28 in in ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 latter latter ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 obl _ _ 31 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 dresses dress VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 conj _ _ 33 up up ADP RP _ 32 compound:prt _ _ 34 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 32 obj _ _ 35 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 Kuklui Kuklui PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 37 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 39 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 46 nsubj _ _ 40 in in ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 42 det _ _ 42 instance instance NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nmod _ _ 43 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 cop _ _ 44 probably probably ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 45 mere mere ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 blocks block NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 conj _ _ 47 of of ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **obtain** | present | the girl | a rough dress of pig's skin | | | | from girl's father | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent dress=Theme from father=Source | | 2 | **assume** | present | the former | | | | | | vn adopt-93.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **dress up** | present | girl | three | | the latter | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent three=Patient | | 4 | **is a** | past | Kuklui and mere blocks | mere blocks | | | | of wood; probably *property* | tree rules | 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 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/31/42/) - next →: [sentence 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/31/44/) - ↑ back to [Chapter II. 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