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MYTHOLOGICAL, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/37/) / 59 # Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter III. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 3, sentence 59 These orders are obeyed, and wherever Luckless goes, "nobody ever asks him for his billet or his passport, but they give him food to eat, and liquor to drink, and a place to spend the night in; and next morning they take him by the scruff of the neck and turn him out of doors." **Who acts:** Luckless, nobody, orders · **What happens:** obey, go, ask, give, eat, liquor · **To what, where:** orders, Luckless, food, doors · **Speech:** someone speaks here 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 (Luckless, nobody, orders), 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:pg22373:37:59 # text = These orders are obeyed, and wherever Luckless goes, "nobody ever asks him for his billet or his passport, but they give him food to eat, and liquor to drink, and a place to spend the night in; and next morning they take him by the scruff of the neck and turn him out of doors." 1 These this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 2 det _ _ 2 orders order NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 obeyed obey VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 7 wherever wherever ADV WRB PronType=Int 9 advmod _ _ 8 Luckless Luckless PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 goes go VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 " " PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 nobody nobody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 14 nsubj _ _ 13 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 14 advmod _ _ 14 asks ask VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 15 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obj _ _ 16 for for ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 billet billet NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 19 or or CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 20 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 passport passport NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 but but CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 24 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 give give VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 26 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 iobj _ _ 27 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 liquor liquor VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 conj _ _ 33 to to PART TO _ 34 mark _ _ 34 drink drink VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 parataxis _ _ 39 to to PART TO _ 40 mark _ _ 40 spend spend VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 acl _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ _ 43 in in ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ; ; PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 46 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obl:unmarked _ _ 48 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 49 take take VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 50 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 obj _ _ 51 by by ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 scruff scruff NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obl _ _ 54 of of ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 55 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 neck neck NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 nmod _ _ 57 and and CCONJ CC _ 58 cc _ _ 58 turn turn VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 49 conj _ _ 59 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 58 obj _ _ 60 out out ADP IN _ 62 case _ _ 61 of of ADP IN _ 62 case _ _ 62 doors door NOUN NNS Number=Plur 58 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 63 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 64 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **obey** | present · passive | | this orders | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **go** | present | Luckless | | | | | wherever *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **ask** *speech: ask* *in a quote* | present | nobody | | Luckless | | ever | for Luckless's billet or Luckless's passport | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | | 4 | **give** *in a quote* | present | orders *= order* | food | Luckless | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient food=Theme | | 5 | **eat** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | orders *= order* *not said here* | food *not said here* | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **liquor** *in a quote* | infinitive | orders *= order* *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **drink** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | orders *= order* *not said here* | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **spend** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | | | | night | | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **take** *in a quote* | present | orders *= order* | | Luckless | | morning | by the scruff of the neck | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument he=Destination | | 10 | **turn** *in a quote* | infinitive | orders *= order* *not said here* | Luckless | | doors | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent he=Theme out door=Trajectory | 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 58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/37/58/) - next →: [sentence 60](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/37/60/) - ↑ back to [Chapter III. 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