--- title: Well, this is what they resolved: to set out wandering about the wid… — Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Musc… · tree and pragmatics description: Well, this is what they resolved: to set out wandering about the wide world in search of good luck and a kindly welcome, and to look for and find out the best places in which they could turn into great rivers--for that was a possible thing then. Who acts: this, life, that. A sentence of «Russian Fai --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/38/131/) [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 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/38/) / 131 # Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter III. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 4, sentence 131 Well, this is what they resolved: to set out wandering about the wide world in search of good luck and a kindly welcome, and to look for and find out the best places in which they could turn into great rivers--for that was a possible thing then. **Who acts:** this, life, that · **What happens:** be, resolve, set out, wonder, look, find out · **To what, where:** search, best places, good luck This is a sentence of «Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore», Chapter III. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 4. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (this, life, that), 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:pg22373:38:131 # text = Well, this is what they resolved: to set out wandering about the wide world in search of good luck and a kindly welcome, and to look for and find out the best places in which they could turn into great rivers--for that was a possible thing then. 1 Well well INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 5 nsubj _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 7 obj _ _ 6 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 resolved resolve VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 8 : : PUNCT : _ 10 punct _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 set set VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 ccomp _ _ 11 out out ADP RP _ 10 compound:prt _ _ 12 wandering wonder VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 advcl _ _ 13 about about ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 wide wide ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 17 in in ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 search search NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 luck luck NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 kindly kindly ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 25 welcome welcome NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 conj _ _ 30 for for ADP IN _ 29 obl _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 conj _ _ 33 out out ADP RP _ 32 compound:prt _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 36 amod _ _ 36 places place NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obj _ _ 37 in in ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 41 obl _ _ 39 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 40 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 turn turn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 acl:relcl _ _ 42 into into ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 rivers river NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 -- -- PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 for for ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 47 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 51 nsubj _ _ 48 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 51 cop _ _ 49 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 50 possible possible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 51 amod _ _ 51 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 parataxis _ _ 52 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 41 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | this | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **resolve** | past | life | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **set out** | to-infinitive | life *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **wonder** *speech: ask* | gerund | life *not said here* | | | search of good luck and a welcome | | about the wide world | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus what S»: agent=Experiencer about world=Stimulus | | 5 | **look** | to-infinitive | life *not said here* | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 6 | **find out** | infinitive | life *not said here* | the best places | | | | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent place=Topic | | 7 | **turn** | could | life | | | the best places | then | into great rivers | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V PP.source PP.trajectory PP.destination»: agent=Theme in which=Source into river=Trajectory | | 8 | **is** | past | that | | | | | for a possible thing | tree rules | | 9 | **search** | | | good luck and a welcome | | | | | nom search «act 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 130](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/38/130/) - next →: [sentence 132](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/38/132/) - ↑ back to [Chapter III. 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