--- title: Thus in one of the Skazkas[307] an aged king dreams that "beyond thr… — Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Musc… · tree and pragmatics description: Thus in one of the Skazkas[307] an aged king dreams that "beyond thrice nine lands, in the thirtieth country, there is a fair maiden from whose hands and feet water is flowing, of which water he who drinks will become thirty years younger." Who acts: one, water, king. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (one, water, king), 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:pg22373:42:57 # text = Thus in one of the Skazkas[307] an aged king dreams that "beyond thrice nine lands, in the thirtieth country, there is a fair maiden from whose hands and feet water is flowing, of which water he who drinks will become thirty years younger." 1 Thus thus ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 in in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 13 nsubj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 Skazkas Skazkas PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 307 307 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 6 list _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 8 punct _ _ 10 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 aged aged ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 13 dreams dream VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 14 that that SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 15 " " PUNCT `` _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 beyond beyond ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 17 thrice thrice ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 18 nine nine NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 19 nummod _ _ 19 lands land NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 21 in in ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 thirtieth thirtieth ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 26 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 27 expl _ _ 27 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 cop _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 fair fair ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 maiden maiden NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod:poss _ _ 31 from from ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 whose whose PRON WP$ Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 nmod _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 conj _ _ 36 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 37 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 flowing flow VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 47 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 which which DET WDT PronType=Int 42 det _ _ 42 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 43 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 44 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 45 nsubj _ _ 45 drinks drink VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 acl:relcl _ _ 46 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 47 become become VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 ccomp _ _ 48 thirty thirty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 49 nummod _ _ 49 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 50 obl:unmarked _ _ 50 younger young ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 47 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 " " PUNCT '' _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **dream** | present | one | | | | | | vn cognize-85 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | | a fair maiden | | a fair maiden's hands and feet | | | tree rules | | 3 | **flow** *in a quote* | present · progressive | a fair maiden's water | | | | | of which water | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **drink** *in a quote* | present | king | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **become** *in a quote* | future | | | | | | young *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=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 56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/42/56/) - next →: [sentence 58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/42/58/) - ↑ back to [Magic and Witchcraft., part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/42/)