--- title: Now this damsel had been carried off by the Leshy, and had lived in… — Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Musc… · tree and pragmatics description: Now this damsel had been carried off by the Leshy, and had lived in his hut for three years--her clothes were all worn out, or had got torn off her back, so that she was stark naked but she wasn't a bit ashamed of that. Who acts: Leshy, mother. A sentence of «Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/38/49/) [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/) / 49 # Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter III. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 4, sentence 49 Now this damsel had been carried off by the Leshy, and had lived in his hut for three years--her clothes were all worn out, or had got torn off her back, so that she was stark naked but she wasn't a bit ashamed of that. **Who acts:** Leshy, mother · **What happens:** carry off, live, wear out, tear off, be, not be · **To what, where:** damsel, hut, clothes, back 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 (Leshy, mother), 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:pg22373:38:49 # text = Now this damsel had been carried off by the Leshy, and had lived in his hut for three years--her clothes were all worn out, or had got torn off her back, so that she was stark naked but she wasn't a bit ashamed of that. 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 advmod _ _ 2 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 det _ _ 3 damsel damsel NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 6 aux:pass _ _ 6 carried carry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 7 off off ADP RP _ 6 compound:prt _ _ 8 by by ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 Leshy Leshy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 13 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 lived live VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 6 conj _ _ 15 in in ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 hut hut NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 18 for for ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 20 nummod _ _ 20 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 -- -- PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 clothes clothes NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 26 nsubj:pass _ _ 24 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux:pass _ _ 25 all all ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 26 worn wear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 advcl _ _ 27 out out ADP RP _ 26 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 29 or or CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 30 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 31 got get VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 32 aux:pass _ _ 32 torn tear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 26 conj _ _ 33 off off ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 37 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 42 mark _ _ 38 that that SCONJ IN _ 37 fixed _ _ 39 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 40 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 cop _ _ 41 stark stark ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 naked naked ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 parataxis _ _ 43 but but CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 44 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 45 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 46 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 49 advmod _ _ 47 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 bit bit NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obl:unmarked _ _ 49 ashamed ashamed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 conj _ _ 50 of of ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 51 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 49 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **carry off** | past · perfect · passive | the Leshy | this damsel | | | now | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme | | 2 | **live** | past · perfect | the Leshy *not said here* | | | Russia's hut | year | | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in hut=Location | | 3 | **wear out** | past · passive | | mother's clothes | | | | all *property* | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: subject=Source | | 4 | **tear off** | past · perfect · passive | | mother's back | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: back=Theme | | 5 | **is** | past | mother | | | | | naked *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **not** **is** | past | mother | | | | | of that; a bit *obl:unmarked*; ashamed *property* | 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 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/38/48/) - next →: [sentence 50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/38/50/) - ↑ back to [Chapter III. 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