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# Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter III. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 3, sentence 28

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She explains to her visitor that her condition at any given hour affects the whole lives of all children born at that time, and that he had come into the world at a most unpropitious moment; and she advises him to take his niece Militsa (who had been born at a lucky time) to live in his house, and to call all he might acquire her property.

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**Who acts:** Fate, condition, man · **What happens:** explain, give, affect, bear, come, advise · **To what, where:** visitor, whole lives, children, world, condition, niece · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore», Chapter III. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Fate, condition, man), 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:pg22373:37:28
# text = She explains to her visitor that her condition at any given hour affects the whole lives of all children born at that time, and that he had come into the world at a most unpropitious moment; and she advises him to take his niece Militsa (who had been born at a lucky time) to live in his house, and to call all he might acquire her property.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	explains	explain	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	visitor	visitor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
7	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	condition	condition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	12	det	_	_
11	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	amod	_	_
12	hour	hour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
13	affects	affect	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	lives	life	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obj	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	19	det	_	_
19	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	nmod	_	_
20	born	bear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	19	acl	_	_
21	at	at	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
22	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	23	det	_	_
23	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	29	punct	_	_
25	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	29	cc	_	_
26	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	29	mark	_	_
27	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	29	nsubj	_	_
28	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	29	aux	_	_
29	come	come	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	13	parataxis	_	_
30	into	into	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
31	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	32	det	_	_
32	world	world	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	obl	_	_
33	at	at	ADP	IN	_	37	case	_	_
34	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	37	det	_	_
35	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	36	advmod	_	_
36	unpropitious	unpropitious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	37	amod	_	_
37	moment	moment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	41	punct	_	_
39	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	41	cc	_	_
40	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	41	nsubj	_	_
41	advises	advise	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
42	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	41	obj	_	_
43	to	to	PART	TO	_	44	mark	_	_
44	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	41	xcomp	_	_
45	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	46	nmod:poss	_	_
46	niece	niece	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	44	obj	_	_
47	Militsa	Militsa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	44	obj	_	_
48	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	52	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
49	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	52	nsubj:pass	_	_
50	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	52	aux	_	_
51	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	52	aux:pass	_	_
52	born	bear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	47	acl:relcl	_	_
53	at	at	ADP	IN	_	56	case	_	_
54	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	56	det	_	_
55	lucky	lucky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	56	amod	_	_
56	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	52	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
57	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	52	punct	_	_
58	to	to	PART	TO	_	59	mark	_	_
59	live	live	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	52	advcl	_	_
60	in	in	ADP	IN	_	62	case	_	_
61	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	62	nmod:poss	_	_
62	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	59	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
63	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	66	punct	_	_
64	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	66	cc	_	_
65	to	to	PART	TO	_	66	mark	_	_
66	call	call	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	41	conj	_	_
67	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	66	obj	_	_
68	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	70	nsubj	_	_
69	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	70	aux	_	_
70	acquire	acquire	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	67	acl:relcl	_	_
71	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	72	nmod:poss	_	_
72	property	property	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	70	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
73	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **explain** *speech: assert* | present | Fate |  | Fate's visitor |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V PP.recipient how S»: agent=Agent to visitor=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **give** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **affect** | present | Fate's condition at any given hour | the whole lives of all children |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus life=Experiencer |
| 4 | **bear** | participle |  | all children *not said here* |  |  | time |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer |
| 5 | **come** | past · perfect | condition |  |  | the world | moment |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into world=Initial\_Location |
| 6 | **advise** *speech: other* | present | Fate | condition |  |  |  |  | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP how S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 7 | **take** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | condition *not said here* | man's niece |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument niece=Theme militsa=Destination |
| 8 | **bear** | past · perfect · passive |  | Militsa |  |  | time |  | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 9 | **live** | to-infinitive |  |  |  | man's house |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in house=Location |
| 10 | **call** | to-infinitive | Fate *not said here* | all |  |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent all=Recipient |
| 11 | **acquire** | might | man | Fate's property |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent property=Theme |
| 12 | **condition** |  | Fate |  |  |  | at any given hour |  | nom condition «state transitive»: poss=agent at=obl |

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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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