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MYTHOLOGICAL, part 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/31/) / 48 # Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter II. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 13, sentence 48 Thus in the story of \_Kniaz Danila Govorila\_,\[196\] Prince Daniel the Talker is bent upon marrying his sister, pleading the excuse so often given in stories on this theme, namely, that she is the only maiden whose finger will fit the magic ring which is to indicate to him his destined wife. **Who acts:** 196, heroine, magic ring · **What happens:** be, marry, plead, give, destine · **To what, where:** sister, excuse, stories, Daniel 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 (196, heroine, magic ring), 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:pg22373:31:48 # text = Thus in the story of _Kniaz Danila Govorila_,[196] Prince Daniel the Talker is bent upon marrying his sister, pleading the excuse so often given in stories on this theme, namely, that she is the only maiden whose finger will fit the magic ring which is to indicate to him his destined wife. 1 Thus thus ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 2 in in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 Kniaz Kniaz PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 Danila Danila PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 9 Govorila Govorila PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 10 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 196 196 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 20 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 13 punct _ _ 15 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 compound _ _ 16 Daniel Daniel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nmod:unmarked _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 Talker Talker PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 19 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 cop _ _ 20 bent bent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 21 upon upon SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 22 marrying marry VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 20 advcl _ _ 23 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 26 pleading plead VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 22 conj _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 excuse excuse NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 29 so so ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 30 often often ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 31 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 26 advcl _ _ 32 in in ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 stories story NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obl _ _ 34 on on ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 36 det _ _ 36 theme theme NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 38 namely namely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 40 that that SCONJ IN _ 49 mark _ _ 41 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 42 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 49 cop _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 44 only only ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 45 maiden maiden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 46 whose whose PRON WP$ Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel 47 nmod:poss _ _ 47 finger finger NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 nsubj _ _ 48 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 49 fit fit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 advcl _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 51 magic magic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 amod _ _ 52 ring ring NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obj _ _ 53 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 56 nsubj _ _ 54 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 56 cop _ _ 55 to to PART TO _ 56 mark _ _ 56 indicate indicate VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 52 acl:relcl _ _ 57 to to ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 58 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 56 obl _ _ 59 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 61 nmod:poss _ _ 60 destined destine VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 61 amod _ _ 61 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 62 . . PUNCT . _ 20 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | 196 Prince Daniel | | | | | bent, thus *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **marry** | gerund | 196 Prince Daniel *not said here* | Daniel's sister | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sister=Patient | | 3 | **plead** *speech: request* | gerund | 196 Prince Daniel *not said here* | the excuse | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **give** | participle | 196 Prince Daniel *not said here* | | | stories | | on this theme; often *property* | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 5 | **is** | present | heroine | | | | | fit *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **is** | present | the magic ring | | Daniel | | | Daniel's destined wife *obl*; indicate *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **destine** | participle | | | | | | | 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 47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/31/47/) - next →: [sentence 49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/31/49/) - ↑ back to [Chapter II. 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