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MYTHOLOGICAL, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/37/) / 58 # Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter III. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 3, sentence 58 He bestowed on him the name of Luckless,\[248\] and gave orders that a stamp should be set on his forehead, that no tolls or taxes should be demanded from him, and that wherever he appeared he should be given free board and lodging, but that he should never be allowed to stop more than twenty-four hours in any one place." **Who acts:** king · **What happens:** bestow, give, set, demand, appear, not allow · **To what, where:** name, orders, stamp, forehead, tolls, king 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 (king), 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:pg22373:37:58 # text = He bestowed on him the name of Luckless,[248] and gave orders that a stamp should be set on his forehead, that no tolls or taxes should be demanded from him, and that wherever he appeared he should be given free board and lodging, but that he should never be allowed to stop more than twenty-four hours in any one place." 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 bestowed bestow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 on on ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obl _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 Luckless Luckless PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 248 248 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 11 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 15 orders order NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obj _ _ 16 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 21 obj _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 stamp stamp NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj:pass _ _ 19 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 20 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 21 aux:pass _ _ 21 set set VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 acl:relcl _ _ 22 on on ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 forehead forehead NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 26 that that SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 27 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 28 det _ _ 28 tolls toll NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 nsubj:pass _ _ 29 or or CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 taxes tax NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 conj _ _ 31 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 32 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 33 aux:pass _ _ 33 demanded demand VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 conj _ _ 34 from from ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 38 that that SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 39 wherever wherever ADV WRB PronType=Int 41 advmod _ _ 40 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 41 appeared appear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 42 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj:pass _ _ 43 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 44 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 45 aux:pass _ _ 45 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 41 advcl _ _ 46 free free ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 board board NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 49 lodging lodging NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 51 but but CCONJ CC _ 57 cc _ _ 52 that that SCONJ IN _ 57 mark _ _ 53 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 57 nsubj:pass _ _ 54 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 57 aux _ _ 55 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 57 advmod _ _ 56 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 57 aux:pass _ _ 57 allowed allow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 41 conj _ _ 58 to to PART TO _ 59 mark _ _ 59 stop stop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 57 xcomp _ _ 60 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp|ExtPos=ADV 64 advmod _ _ 61 than than ADP IN _ 60 fixed _ _ 62 twenty twenty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 64 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 63 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 62 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 64 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 65 nummod _ _ 65 hours hour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 59 obl:unmarked _ _ 66 in in ADP IN _ 69 case _ _ 67 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 69 det _ _ 68 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 69 compound _ _ 69 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 70 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 71 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bestow** | past | king | the name of Luckless | | | | on man; 248 *obl* | tree rules | | 2 | **give** | past | king *not said here* | orders | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent order=Theme | | 3 | **set** | should · passive | | a stamp | | king's forehead | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme that=Destination | | 4 | **demand** *speech: request* | should · passive | | no tolls or taxes | | | | from king | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: subject=Precondition from he=Source | | 5 | **appear** | past | king | | | | | wherever *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **give** | should · passive | | king | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient board=Theme | | 7 | **not** **allow** | should · passive | | king | | | | | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality | | 8 | **stop** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | king *not said here* | | | any one place | hour | | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in place=Location | | 9 | **name** | | | Luckless | | | | | nom name «communication transitive»: of=patient | 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 57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/37/57/) - next →: [sentence 59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/37/59/) - ↑ back to [Chapter III. 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