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MYTHOLOGICAL, part 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/34/) / 24 # Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter II. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 16, sentence 24 See also the \_Zagovor\_, or spell, "to give a good youth a longing for a fair maiden," ("Songs of the Russian People," p. 369,) in which "the Longing" is described as lying under a plank in a hut, weeping and sobbing, and "waiting to get at the white light," and is desired to gnaw its way into the youth's heart. **Who acts:** you, Russian People · **What happens:** see, give, describe, lie, weep, sob · **To what, where:** Zagovor, good youth, Longing, Songs, plank, white light · **Speech:** someone speaks here 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 (you, Russian People), 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:pg22373:34:24 # text = See also the _Zagovor_, or spell, "to give a good youth a longing for a fair maiden," ("Songs of the Russian People," p. 369,) in which "the Longing" is described as lying under a plank in a hut, weeping and sobbing, and "waiting to get at the white light," and is desired to gnaw its way into the youth's heart. 1 See see VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 also also ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 _ _ PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 Zagovor Zagovor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 or or CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 spell spell NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 " " PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 give give VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 youth youth NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 longing longing NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 19 for for ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 fair fair ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 maiden maiden NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 " " PUNCT '' _ 22 punct _ _ 25 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 " " PUNCT `` _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 Songs song NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 conj _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 Russian Russian ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 People People PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 27 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 " " PUNCT '' _ 31 punct _ _ 34 p. P. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 nmod _ _ 35 369 369 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 34 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 31 punct _ _ 38 in in ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 45 obl _ _ 40 " " PUNCT `` _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 Longing longing NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 43 " " PUNCT '' _ 42 punct _ _ 44 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 45 aux:pass _ _ 45 described describe VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 27 parataxis _ _ 46 as as SCONJ IN _ 47 mark _ _ 47 lying lie VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 45 advcl _ _ 48 under under ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 plank plank NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ _ 51 in in ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 hut hut NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 55 weeping weep VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 47 conj _ _ 56 and and CCONJ CC _ 57 cc _ _ 57 sobbing sob VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 55 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 58 , , PUNCT , _ 61 punct _ _ 59 and and CCONJ CC _ 61 cc _ _ 60 " " PUNCT `` _ 61 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 61 waiting wait VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 47 conj _ _ 62 to to PART TO _ 63 mark _ _ 63 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 61 xcomp _ _ 64 at at ADP IN _ 67 case _ _ 65 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 67 det _ _ 66 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 67 amod _ _ 67 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 68 , , PUNCT , _ 61 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 69 " " PUNCT '' _ 61 punct _ _ 70 and and CCONJ CC _ 72 cc _ _ 71 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 72 aux:pass _ _ 72 desired desire VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 45 conj _ _ 73 to to PART TO _ 74 mark _ _ 74 gnaw gnaw VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 72 xcomp _ _ 75 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 76 nmod:poss _ _ 76 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 74 obj _ _ 77 into into ADP IN _ 81 case _ _ 78 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 79 det _ _ 79 youth youth NOUN NN Number=Sing 81 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 80 's 's PART POS _ 79 case _ _ 81 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 74 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 82 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | imperative | you *not said here* | the Zagovor | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer zagovor=Stimulus | | 2 | **give** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | a good youth | | | | for a fair maiden and Songs of the Russian People p. | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent youth=Recipient longing=Theme for maiden=Asset | | 3 | **describe** | present · passive | | the Longing | | Songs of the Russian People p. | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Theme | | 4 | **lie** | gerund | | | | a plank | | in a hut | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent under plank=Location | | 5 | **weep** | gerund | | | | | | | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **sob** | gerund | | | | | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **wait** *in a quote* | gerund | | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **get** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | | | the white light | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 9 | **desire** | present · passive | | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: clause=Theme | | 10 | **gnaw** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | longing's way | | the youth's heart | | | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Patient | | 11 | **sing** *in a quote* | | the Russian People p. | | | | | | nom song «communication intransitive»: of=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 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/34/23/) - next →: [sentence 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/34/25/) - ↑ back to [Chapter II. 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