--- title: He has been sent by an unnatural mother in search of various things… — Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Musc… · tree and pragmatics description: He has been sent by an unnatural mother in search of various things hard to be obtained, but he is assisted in the quest by St. Ned[)e]lka, who provides him with various magical implements, and lends him her own steed Tatoschik, and so enables him four times to escape from the perils to which he has --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/38/6/) [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/) / 6 # Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter III. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 4, sentence 6 He has been sent by an unnatural mother in search of various things hard to be obtained, but he is assisted in the quest by St. Ned\[)e\]lka, who provides him with various magical implements, and lends him her own steed Tatoschik, and so enables him four times to escape from the perils to which he has been exposed by his mother, whose mind has been entirely corrupted by an insidious dragon. **Who acts:** unnatural mother, horse, Ned, e, mother, insidious dragon · **What happens:** send, obtain, assist, provide, lend, enable · **To what, where:** horse, quest, own steed, perils, mind, various things 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 (unnatural mother, horse, Ned, e), 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:pg22373:38:6 # text = He has been sent by an unnatural mother in search of various things hard to be obtained, but he is assisted in the quest by St. Ned[)e]lka, who provides him with various magical implements, and lends him her own steed Tatoschik, and so enables him four times to escape from the perils to which he has been exposed by his mother, whose mind has been entirely corrupted by an insidious dragon. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 sent send VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 by by ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 unnatural unnatural ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 search search NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 various various ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nmod _ _ 14 hard hard ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 17 mark _ _ 16 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 17 aux:pass _ _ 17 obtained obtain VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 19 but but CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 21 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux:pass _ _ 22 assisted assist VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 23 in in ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 quest quest NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 26 by by ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 St. St. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 nmod:desc _ _ 28 Ned Ned PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 e e NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 lka lka X FW Foreign=Yes 31 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 36 nsubj _ _ 36 provides provide VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 parataxis _ _ 37 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ _ 38 with with ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 39 various various ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 40 magical magical ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 implements implement NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 lends lend VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 45 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 iobj _ _ 46 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 48 nmod:poss _ _ 47 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 48 steed steed NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ _ 49 Tatoschik Tatoschik PROPN NNP Number=Sing 48 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 51 and and CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 52 so so ADV RB _ 53 advmod _ _ 53 enables enable VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 44 conj _ _ 54 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 obj _ _ 55 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 56 nummod _ _ 56 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 53 obl:unmarked _ _ 57 to to PART TO _ 58 mark _ _ 58 escape escape VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 53 advcl _ _ 59 from from ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 60 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 61 det _ _ 61 perils peril NOUN NNS Number=Plur 58 obl _ _ 62 to to ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 63 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 67 obl _ _ 64 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 67 nsubj:pass _ _ 65 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 67 aux _ _ 66 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 67 aux:pass _ _ 67 exposed expose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 61 acl:relcl _ _ 68 by by ADP IN _ 70 case _ _ 69 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 70 nmod:poss _ _ 70 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 67 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 71 , , PUNCT , _ 77 punct _ _ 72 whose whose PRON WP$ Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel 73 nmod:poss _ _ 73 mind mind NOUN NN Number=Sing 77 nsubj:pass _ _ 74 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 77 aux _ _ 75 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 77 aux:pass _ _ 76 entirely entirely ADV RB _ 77 advmod _ _ 77 corrupted corrupt VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 70 acl:relcl _ _ 78 by by ADP IN _ 81 case _ _ 79 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 81 det _ _ 80 insidious insidious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 81 amod _ _ 81 dragon dragon NOUN NN Number=Sing 77 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 82 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **send** | present · perfect · passive | a unnatural mother in search of various things | horse | | | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme | | 2 | **obtain** | to-infinitive · passive | horse *not said here* | | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP» | | 3 | **assist** | present · passive | Ned St. | horse | | the quest | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Beneficiary | | 4 | **provide** | present | e | | horse | | | with various magical implements | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-2 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: agent=Agent he=Recipient with implement=Theme | | 5 | **lend** | present | | Yagas's own steed | horse | | | | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient steed=Theme | | 6 | **enable** | present | | horse | | | time | | tree rules | | 7 | **escape** | to-infinitive | | | | the perils | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from peril=Initial\_Location | | 8 | **expose** | present · perfect · passive | horse's mother | horse | the perils | | | | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent subject=Theme to which=Recipient | | 9 | **corrupt** | present · perfect · passive | a insidious dragon | mind | | | | entirely *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent subject=Patient | | 10 | **search** | | | various things | | | | | 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 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/38/5/) - next →: [sentence 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/38/7/) - ↑ back to [Chapter III. 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