--- title: May the Zluidni strike him!" is a Little-Russian curse, and "The Zlu… — Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Musc… · tree and pragmatics description: May the Zluidni strike him!" is a Little-Russian curse, and "The Zluidni have got leave for three days; not in three years will you get rid of them!" is a White-Russian proverb. Who acts: Zluidni, you, Russian curse. A sentence of «Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore», Ch --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/36/176/) [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 III. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/36/) / 176 # Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter III. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 2, sentence 176 May the Zluidni strike him!" is a Little-Russian curse, and "The Zluidni have got leave for three days; not in three years will you get rid of them!" is a White-Russian proverb. **Who acts:** Zluidni, you, Russian curse · **What happens:** strike, be, get, leave · **To what, where:** form, Russian curse, Russian proverb · **Speech:** someone speaks here 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 (Zluidni, you, Russian curse), 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:pg22373:36:176 # text = May the Zluidni strike him!" is a Little-Russian curse, and "The Zluidni have got leave for three days; not in three years will you get rid of them!" is a White-Russian proverb. 1 May may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Zluidni Zluidni PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 strike strike VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 advcl _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ! ! PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 8 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 10 Little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 Russian Russian ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 curse curse NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 16 " " PUNCT `` _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 Zluidni Zluidni PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 19 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 got get VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 13 parataxis _ _ 21 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 xcomp _ _ 22 for for ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 24 nummod _ _ 24 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ; ; PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 26 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 29 advmod _ _ 27 in in ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 29 nummod _ _ 29 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obl _ _ 30 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 31 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 parataxis _ _ 33 rid rid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 xcomp _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ! ! PUNCT . _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 " " PUNCT '' _ 20 punct _ _ 38 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 43 cop _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 40 White white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 Russian Russian ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 proverb proverb NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 43 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **strike** | may | the Zluidni | form | | | | | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent he=Instrument | | 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | | a Russian curse | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **get** | present · perfect | the Zluidni | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 4 | **leave** | infinitive | the Zluidni *not said here* | | | | day | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **get** | future | you | | | | year | rid *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | a Russian curse | a Russian proverb | | | | | tree rules | 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 175](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/36/175/) - next →: [sentence 177](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/36/177/) - ↑ back to [Chapter III. 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