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MYTHOLOGICAL, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/39/) / 45 # Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter III. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 5, sentence 45 The old man felt sorry for his eldest daughter, whom he loved because she was industrious and obedient, never was obstinate, always did as she was bid, and never uttered a word of contradiction. **Who acts:** old man, man, girl · **What happens:** feel, love, be, not be, do, bid · **To what, where:** eldest daughter, girl, word, contradiction This is a sentence of «Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore», Chapter III. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 5. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (old man, man, 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:pg22373:39:45 # text = The old man felt sorry for his eldest daughter, whom he loved because she was industrious and obedient, never was obstinate, always did as she was bid, and never uttered a word of contradiction. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 sorry sorry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 8 eldest eld ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 9 amod _ _ 9 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 13 obj _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 loved love VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 acl:relcl _ _ 14 because because SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 15 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 16 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 cop _ _ 17 industrious industrious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 ccomp _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 obedient obedient ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 23 advmod _ _ 22 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 cop _ _ 23 obstinate obstinate ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 26 advmod _ _ 26 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 parataxis _ _ 27 as as SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 28 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 29 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux:pass _ _ 30 bid bid VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 26 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 33 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 34 advmod _ _ 34 uttered utter VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 contradiction contradiction NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **feel** | past | the old man | | | | | for man's eldest daughter; sorry *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 2 | **love** | past | man | man's eldest daughter | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer whom=Stimulus | | 3 | **is** | past | girl | | | | | industrious *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **be** | | girl *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **not** **is** | past | girl *not said here* | | | | | obstinate *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **do** | past | | | | | | always *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **bid** | past · passive | | girl | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **not** **utter** *speech: other* | past | the old man *not said here* | a word of contradiction | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent word=Topic | | 9 | **word** | | | contradiction | | | | | nom word «communication 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 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/39/44/) - next →: [sentence 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/39/46/) - ↑ back to [Chapter III. 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