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MYTHOLOGICAL, part 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/33/) / 22 # Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter II. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 15, sentence 22 It is defined by Dahl, in its antique sense, as "a raised, lofty habitation, or part of one--a Boyar's castle--a Seigneur's house--the dwelling-place of a ruler within a fortress," &c. The "terem of the women," sometimes styled "of the girls," used to comprise the part of a Seigneur's house, on the upper floor, set aside for the female members of his family. **Who acts:** Dahl, word · **What happens:** define, raise, c., style, use, comprise · **To what, where:** word, terem, girls, part, upper floor This is a sentence of «Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore», Chapter II. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 15. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Dahl, word), 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:pg22373:33:22 # text = It is defined by Dahl, in its antique sense, as "a raised, lofty habitation, or part of one--a Boyar's castle--a Seigneur's house--the dwelling-place of a ruler within a fortress," &c. The "terem of the women," sometimes styled "of the girls," used to comprise the part of a Seigneur's house, on the upper floor, set aside for the female members of his family. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 defined define VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 by by ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 Dahl Dahl PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 9 antique antique ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 sense sense NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 12 as as SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 13 " " PUNCT `` _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 15 raised raise VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 17 lofty lofty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 habitation habitation NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 or or CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 conj _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 21 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 -- -- PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 Boyar Boyar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 27 's 's PART POS _ 26 case _ _ 28 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 -- -- PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 Seigneur Seigneur PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 32 's 's PART POS _ 31 case _ _ 33 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 -- -- PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 36 dwelling dwelling NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 37 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 conj _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 ruler ruler NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nmod _ _ 42 within within ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 fortress fortress NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 " " PUNCT `` _ 48 punct _ _ 47 & & CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 48 c. c. VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 49 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 50 " " PUNCT `` _ 51 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 terem terem NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obj _ _ 52 of of ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 women woman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 51 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 56 " " PUNCT `` _ 58 punct _ _ 57 sometimes sometimes ADV RB PronType=Ind 58 advmod _ _ 58 styled style VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 48 conj _ _ 59 " " PUNCT '' _ 58 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 60 of of ADP IN _ 62 case _ _ 61 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 62 det _ _ 62 girls girl NOUN NNS Number=Plur 58 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 63 , , PUNCT , _ 65 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 64 " " PUNCT `` _ 65 punct _ _ 65 used use VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 62 acl:relcl _ _ 66 to to PART TO _ 67 mark _ _ 67 comprise comprise VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 65 xcomp _ _ 68 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 69 det _ _ 69 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 67 obj _ _ 70 of of ADP IN _ 74 case _ _ 71 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 72 det _ _ 72 Seigneur Seigneur PROPN NNP Number=Sing 74 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 73 's 's PART POS _ 72 case _ _ 74 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 69 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 75 , , PUNCT , _ 79 punct _ _ 76 on on ADP IN _ 79 case _ _ 77 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 79 det _ _ 78 upper upper ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 79 amod _ _ 79 floor floor NOUN NN Number=Sing 67 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 80 , , PUNCT , _ 81 punct _ _ 81 set set VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 79 acl _ _ 82 aside aside ADV RB _ 81 advmod _ _ 83 for for ADP IN _ 86 case _ _ 84 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 86 det _ _ 85 female female ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 86 amod _ _ 86 members member NOUN NNS Number=Plur 81 obl _ _ 87 of of ADP IN _ 89 case _ _ 88 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 89 nmod:poss _ _ 89 family family NOUN NN Number=Sing 86 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 90 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **define** | present · passive | Dahl | word | | | | within a fortress | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme | | 2 | **raise** *in a quote* | participle | | | | | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **c.** | infinitive | | the terem of the women | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **style** | participle | | | | | | of the girls; sometimes *property* | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **use** | participle | | the girls *not said here* | | | | | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 6 | **comprise** | to-infinitive | | the part of a Seigneur's house | | the upper floor | | | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme part=Pivot | | 7 | **set** | participle | | the upper floor *not said here* | | | | for the female members of Dahl's family; aside *property* | vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for member=Beneficiary | | 8 | **sense** | | word | | | | | | nom sense «cognition 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 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/33/21/) - next →: [sentence 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/33/23/) - ↑ back to [Chapter II. 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