--- title: Two of them get torn to pieces; the third succeeds in saving Ivanush… — Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Musc… · tree and pragmatics description: Two of them get torn to pieces; the third succeeds in saving Ivanushka from the Baba Yaga, who is so vexed that she pinches her butter-bribed cat to death for not having awakened her when the rescue took place. Who acts: third, rescue. A sentence of «Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Musco --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/32/63/) [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 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/32/) / 63 # Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter II. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 14, sentence 63 Two of them get torn to pieces; the third succeeds in saving Ivanushka from the Baba Yaga, who is so vexed that she pinches her butter-bribed cat to death for not having awakened her when the rescue took place. **Who acts:** third, rescue · **What happens:** tear, succeed, save, vex, pinch, bribe · **To what, where:** Two, Ivanushka, Baba, bribed cat, cat, place This is a sentence of «Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore», Chapter II. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 14. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (third, rescue), 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:pg22373:32:63 # text = Two of them get torn to pieces; the third succeeds in saving Ivanushka from the Baba Yaga, who is so vexed that she pinches her butter-bribed cat to death for not having awakened her when the rescue took place. 1 Two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 nmod _ _ 4 get get AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 torn tear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 pieces piece NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ; ; PUNCT : _ 11 punct _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 third third NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 succeeds succeed VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 12 in in SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 13 saving save VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 advcl _ _ 14 Ivanushka Ivanushka PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 15 from from ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 Baba Baba PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 18 Yaga Yaga PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 20 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 23 nsubj:pass _ _ 21 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux:pass _ _ 22 so so ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 23 vexed vex VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 17 acl:relcl _ _ 24 that that SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 25 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 pinches pinch VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 advcl _ _ 27 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 28 butter butter NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 29 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 bribed bribe VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 31 amod _ _ 31 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 32 to to ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 34 for for SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 35 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 37 advmod _ _ 36 having have AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 37 aux _ _ 37 awakened awaken VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 26 advcl _ _ 38 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ _ 39 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 42 advmod _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 rescue rescue NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nsubj _ _ 42 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 advcl _ _ 43 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tear** | present · passive | | Two of maids | | | | to pieces *result* | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP PP.result»: subject=Patient to piece=Result | | 2 | **succeed** | present | the third | | | | | | vn succeed-74-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **save** | gerund | the third *not said here* | Ivanushka | | the Baba | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent ivanushka=Theme from baba=Source | | 4 | **vex** | present · passive | | the Baba | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | | 5 | **pinch** | present | third | third's bribed cat | | | | to death | vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cat=Theme | | 6 | **bribe** | participle | | | | | | | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **not** **awaken** | gerund · perfect | third *not said here* | cat | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location she=Theme | | 8 | **take** | past | the rescue | place | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent place=Theme | 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 62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/32/62/) - next →: [sentence 64](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/32/64/) - ↑ back to [Chapter II. 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