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MYTHOLOGICAL, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/38/) / 71 # Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter III. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 4, sentence 71 "Let us lie down together to sleep," they said, "and whichever of us is the first to rise, and the quickest to reach the Caspian Sea, she shall be held to be the wiser of us two, and the stronger and the worthier of respect." **Who acts:** us, Volga, whichever, two · **What happens:** let, lie down, sleep, say, be, rise · **To what, where:** us, Caspian Sea, Vazuza · **Speech:** someone speaks here 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 (us, Volga, whichever, two), 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:pg22373:38:71 # text = "Let us lie down together to sleep," they said, "and whichever of us is the first to rise, and the quickest to reach the Caspian Sea, she shall be held to be the wiser of us two, and the stronger and the worthier of respect." 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 ccomp _ _ 3 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 lie lie VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 down down ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 together together ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 sleep sleep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 11 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 14 " " PUNCT '' _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 16 whichever whichever NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 16 nmod _ _ 19 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 cop _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 12 conj _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 23 rise rise VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 quickest quick ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 21 parataxis _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 reach reach VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 csubj _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 31 Caspian Caspian PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 compound _ _ 32 Sea Sea PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 34 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 35 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 36 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 37 aux:pass _ _ 37 held hold VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 conj _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 39 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 41 cop _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 wiser wise ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 37 obl _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 41 obl _ _ 44 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 41 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 stronger strong ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 12 parataxis _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 worthier worthy ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 48 conj _ _ 52 of of ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 53 respect respect NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 48 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 55 " " PUNCT '' _ 48 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **let** *in a quote* | infinitive | | us | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **lie down** *in a quote* | infinitive | us *not said here* | | | | | down, together *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **sleep** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | us *not said here* | | | | | | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Volga | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **is** *in a quote* | present | whichever of us | | | | | first *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **rise** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **reach** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | the Caspian Sea | | | | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent sea=Theme | | 8 | **hold** *in a quote* | shall · passive | | Vazuza | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 9 | **is** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | two | | | | | of us; wise *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 70](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/38/70/) - next →: [sentence 72](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/38/72/) - ↑ back to [Chapter III. 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