--- title: [218] Vertodub, the Tree-extractor (_vertyet'_ = to twirl, _dub_ = t… — Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Musc… · tree and pragmatics description: [218] Vertodub, the Tree-extractor (_vertyet'_ = to twirl, _dub_ = tree or oak) is the German _Baumdreher_ or _Holzkrummacher_; _Vertogor_ the Mountain leveller (_gora_ = mountain) answers to the _Steinzerreiber_ or _Felsenkripperer_. Who acts: Vertodub, 218. A sentence of «Russian Fairy Tales: A Ch --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/34/203/) [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 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/34/) / 203 # Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter II. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 16, sentence 203 \[218\] Vertodub, the Tree-extractor (\_vertyet'\_ = to twirl, \_dub\_ = tree or oak) is the German \_Baumdreher\_ or \_Holzkrummacher\_; \_Vertogor\_ the Mountain leveller (\_gora\_ = mountain) answers to the \_Steinzerreiber\_ or \_Felsenkripperer\_. **Who acts:** Vertodub, 218 · **What happens:** be, answer · **To what, where:** German Baumdreher This is a sentence of «Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore», Chapter II. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 16. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Vertodub, 218), 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:pg22373:34:203 # text = [218] Vertodub, the Tree-extractor (_vertyet'_ = to twirl, _dub_ = tree or oak) is the German _Baumdreher_ or _Holzkrummacher_; _Vertogor_ the Mountain leveller (_gora_ = mountain) answers to the _Steinzerreiber_ or _Felsenkripperer_. 1 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 218 218 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 51 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 2 punct _ _ 4 Vertodub Vertodub PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 7 Tree Tree PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 8 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 extractor extractor NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 appos _ _ 10 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 _ _ PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 vertyet vertyet NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 _ _ SYM SYM _ 17 punct _ _ 15 = = SYM SYM _ 17 punct _ _ 16 to to PART TO _ 17 mark _ _ 17 twirl twirl NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 _ _ ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 dub dub NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 21 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 20 punct _ _ 22 = = SYM SYM _ 23 punct _ _ 23 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 conj _ _ 24 or or CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 oak oak NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 12 punct _ _ 27 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 cop _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 29 German German ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 30 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 Baumdreher Baumdreher PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nmod:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 32 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 31 punct _ _ 33 or or CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 34 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 Holzkrummacher Holzkrummacher PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ; ; PUNCT : _ 2 punct _ _ 38 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 Vertogor Vertogor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 51 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 39 punct _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 42 Mountain Mountain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 compound _ _ 43 leveller leveller NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 nsubj _ _ 44 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 46 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 46 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 gora gora NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 47 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 46 punct _ _ 48 = = SYM SYM _ 49 punct _ _ 49 mountain mountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 46 punct _ _ 51 answers answer VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 52 to to ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 54 _ _ PUNCT `` _ 55 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 55 Steinzerreiber Steinzerreiber PROPN NNP Number=Sing 51 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 56 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 55 punct _ _ 57 or or CCONJ CC _ 59 cc _ _ 58 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 59 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 59 Felsenkripperer Felsenkripperer PROPN NNP Number=Sing 55 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 60 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 59 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 61 . . PUNCT . _ 51 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | Vertodub | the German Baumdreher | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **answer** *speech: assert* | present | 218 or Holzkrummacher | | | | | to the Steinzerreiber or Felsenkripperer | vn subordinate-95.2.1 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to steinzerreiber=Co-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 202](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/34/202/) - next →: [sentence 204](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/34/204/) - ↑ back to [Chapter II. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/34/)