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# Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter III. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 2, sentence 171

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In one of the "chap-book" stories (a \_lubochnaya skazka\_), a poor man "obtained a crust of bread and took it home to provide his wife and boy with a meal, but just as he was beginning to cut it, suddenly out from behind the stove jumped Kruchina,\[238\] snatched the crust from his hands, and fled back again behind the stove.

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**Who acts:** poor man, man, 238 · **What happens:** obtain, take, provide, begin, cut, jump · **To what, where:** crust, wife, Kruchina, stove, hands

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This is a sentence of «Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore», Chapter III. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (poor man, man, 238), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg22373:36:171
# text = In one of the "chap-book" stories (a _lubochnaya skazka_), a poor man "obtained a crust of bread and took it home to provide his wife and boy with a meal, but just as he was beginning to cut it, suddenly out from behind the stove jumped Kruchina,[238] snatched the crust from his hands, and fled back again behind the stove.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	23	obl	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	chap	chap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	book	book	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	_
10	stories	story	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
11	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	lubochnaya	lubochnaya	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	appos	_	_
15	skazka	skazka	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	14	flat:foreign	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
19	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
20	poor	poor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
21	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	nsubj	_	_
22	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	21	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	obtained	obtain	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
24	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
25	crust	crust	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	obj	_	_
26	of	of	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
27	bread	bread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	nmod	_	_
28	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	29	cc	_	_
29	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	23	conj	_	_
30	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	29	obj	_	_
31	home	home	ADV	RB	_	29	advmod	_	_
32	to	to	PART	TO	_	33	mark	_	_
33	provide	provide	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	29	advcl	_	_
34	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	35	nmod:poss	_	_
35	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	33	obj	_	_
36	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	37	cc	_	_
37	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	conj	_	_
38	with	with	ADP	IN	_	40	case	_	_
39	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	40	det	_	_
40	meal	meal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	37	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	47	punct	_	_
42	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	47	cc	_	_
43	just	just	ADV	RB	_	47	advmod	_	_
44	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	47	mark	_	_
45	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	47	nsubj	_	_
46	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	47	aux	_	_
47	beginning	begin	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	23	advcl	_	_
48	to	to	PART	TO	_	49	mark	_	_
49	cut	cut	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	47	xcomp	_	_
50	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	49	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
51	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	53	punct	_	_
52	suddenly	suddenly	ADV	RB	_	53	advmod	_	_
53	out	out	ADV	RB	_	58	advmod	_	_
54	from	from	ADP	IN	_	57	case	_	_
55	behind	behind	ADP	IN	_	57	case	_	_
56	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	57	det	_	_
57	stove	stove	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	58	obl	_	_
58	jumped	jump	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	23	conj	_	_
59	Kruchina	Kruchina	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	58	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
60	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	64	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
61	[	[	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	62	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
62	238	238	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	64	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
63	]	]	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	62	punct	_	_
64	snatched	snatch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	58	conj	_	_
65	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	66	det	_	_
66	crust	crust	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	64	obj	_	_
67	from	from	ADP	IN	_	69	case	_	_
68	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	69	nmod:poss	_	_
69	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	64	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
70	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	72	punct	_	_
71	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	72	cc	_	_
72	fled	flee	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	23	conj	_	_
73	back	back	ADV	RB	_	72	advmod	_	_
74	again	again	ADV	RB	_	72	advmod	_	_
75	behind	behind	ADP	IN	_	77	case	_	_
76	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	77	det	_	_
77	stove	stove	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	72	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
78	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	23	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **obtain** *in a quote* | past | a poor man | a crust of bread |  |  |  | in one of the book stories | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crust=Theme |
| 2 | **take** *in a quote* | past | a poor man *not said here* | crust |  |  |  | home *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 3 | **provide** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | a poor man *not said here* | man's wife and boy with a meal |  |  |  |  | vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition wife=Theme |
| 4 | **begin** *in a quote* | past · progressive | man |  |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 5 | **cut** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | man *not said here* | crust |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product |
| 6 | **jump** *in a quote* | past | a poor man *not said here* | Kruchina |  | the stove |  | out *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent kruchina=Theme from stove=Trajectory |
| 7 | **snatch** *in a quote* | past | 238 | the crust |  | man's hands |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent crust=Theme from hand=Source |
| 8 | **flee back** *in a quote* | past | a poor man *not said here* |  |  | the stove | again |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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.

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**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.

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