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MYTHOLOGICAL, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/38/) / 64 # Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter III. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 4, sentence 64 The Desna set off at full speed, but in spite of all her attempts, the Dnieper always kept ahead of her until he fell into the sea, where the Desna was obliged to join him. **Who acts:** Desna, Dnieper, girl · **What happens:** set off, keep, fall, oblige, join, spite · **To what, where:** full speed, spite, sea, Desna, attempts 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 (Desna, Dnieper, girl), 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:pg22373:38:64 # text = The Desna set off at full speed, but in spite of all her attempts, the Dnieper always kept ahead of her until he fell into the sea, where the Desna was obliged to join him. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Desna Desna PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 set set VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 off off ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 speed speed NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 9 but but CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 spite spite NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 15 det:predet _ _ 14 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 attempts attempt NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 Dnieper Dnieper PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 19 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 20 advmod _ _ 20 kept keep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 21 ahead ahead ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obl _ _ 24 until until SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 advcl _ _ 27 into into ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 31 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 35 advmod _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 Desna Desna PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 nsubj:pass _ _ 34 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux:pass _ _ 35 obliged oblige VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 26 conj _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 join join VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 xcomp _ _ 38 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **set off** | past | the Desna | | | full speed | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **keep** | past | the Dnieper | | | spite of girl's attempts | | of girl; ahead, always *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in spite=Location | | 3 | **fall** | past | Desna | | | | | into the sea *result* | vn become-109.1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient into sea=Result | | 4 | **oblige** | past · passive | | the Desna | | | | | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: subject=Patient clause=Result | | 5 | **join** | to-infinitive | | Desna | | | | | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | | 6 | **spite** | | | girl's attempts | | | | | nom spite «feeling transitive»: of=patient | | 7 | **attempt** | | girl | | | | | | nom attempt «act transitive»: poss=agent | 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 63](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/38/63/) - next →: [sentence 65](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/38/65/) - ↑ back to [Chapter III. 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