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MYTHOLOGICAL, part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/41/) / 68 # Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter III. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 7, sentence 68 \[252\] A tradition of our own relates that the Lords of the Admiralty, wishing to prove the absurdity of the English sailor's horror of Friday, commenced a ship on a Friday, launched her on a Friday, named her "The Friday," procured a Captain Friday to command her, and sent her to sea on a Friday, and--she was never heard of again. **Who acts:** tradition, Lords · **What happens:** relate, wish, prove, commence, launch, name · **To what, where:** 252, absurdity, ship, tradition, sea · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore», Chapter III. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 7. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (tradition, Lords), 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:pg22373:41:68 # text = [252] A tradition of our own relates that the Lords of the Admiralty, wishing to prove the absurdity of the English sailor's horror of Friday, commenced a ship on a Friday, launched her on a Friday, named her "The Friday," procured a Captain Friday to command her, and sent her to sea on a Friday, and--she was never heard of again. 1 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 252 252 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 2 punct _ _ 4 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 tradition tradition NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 nmod _ _ 9 relates relate VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 that that SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 Lords Lord PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 31 nsubj _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 Admiralty admiralty NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 17 wishing wish VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 12 advcl _ _ 18 to to PART TO _ 19 mark _ _ 19 prove prove VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 xcomp _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 absurdity absurdity NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 English English ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 sailor sailor NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 26 's 's PART POS _ 25 case _ _ 27 horror horror NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 Friday Friday PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 31 commenced commence VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 advcl _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 ship ship NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 34 on on ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 Friday Friday PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 38 launched launch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 conj _ _ 39 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ _ 40 on on ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 Friday Friday PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 44 named name VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 parataxis _ _ 45 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 obj _ _ 46 " " PUNCT `` _ 48 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 Friday Friday PROPN NNP Number=Sing 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 " " PUNCT `` _ 51 punct _ _ 51 procured procure VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 conj _ _ 52 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 53 Captain Captain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 54 amod _ _ 54 Friday Friday PROPN NNP Number=Sing 51 obj _ _ 55 to to PART TO _ 56 mark _ _ 56 command command VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 51 advcl _ _ 57 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 56 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 58 , , PUNCT , _ 60 punct _ _ 59 and and CCONJ CC _ 60 cc _ _ 60 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 conj _ _ 61 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 60 obj _ _ 62 to to ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 63 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 obl _ _ 64 on on ADP IN _ 66 case _ _ 65 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 66 det _ _ 66 Friday Friday PROPN NNP Number=Sing 60 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 67 , , PUNCT , _ 73 punct _ _ 68 and and CCONJ CC _ 73 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 69 -- -- PUNCT , _ 73 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 70 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 73 nsubj _ _ 71 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 73 aux:pass _ _ 72 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 73 advmod _ _ 73 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 conj _ _ 74 of of ADP IN _ 75 case _ _ 75 again again ADV RB _ 73 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 76 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **relate** | present | a tradition of our own | 252 | | | | | vn relate-86.2-2 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **wish** | gerund | the Lords of the Admiralty *not said here* | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 3 | **prove** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the Lords of the Admiralty *not said here* | the absurdity of the English sailor's horror of Friday | | | | | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent absurdity=Theme | | 4 | **commence** | past | the Lords of the Admiralty | a ship | | | friday | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ship=Eventuality | | 5 | **launch** | past | the Lords of the Admiralty *not said here* | tradition | | | friday | | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | | 6 | **name** | past | | tradition | | | friday | | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | | 7 | **procure** | past | | | | | friday | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **command** | to-infinitive | | tradition | | | | | vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent she=Theme | | 9 | **send** | past | the Lords of the Admiralty *not said here* | tradition | | sea | friday | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme to sea=Destination | | 10 | **not** **hear** | past · passive | | tradition | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: subject=Stimulus | 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 67](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/41/67/) - next →: [sentence 69](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/41/69/) - ↑ back to [Chapter III. 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