--- title: The Prince steals it and flees, but he bears on him the weight of si… — Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Musc… · tree and pragmatics description: The Prince steals it and flees, but he bears on him the weight of sin, and so, when he tries to clear the fence which girds the enchanted castle, his horse strikes one of the cords attached to it, and the spell is broken which maintains the magic sleep in which the realm is locked. 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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 (Prince, fence, horse), 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:pg22373:42:69 # text = The Prince steals it and flees, but he bears on him the weight of sin, and so, when he tries to clear the fence which girds the enchanted castle, his horse strikes one of the cords attached to it, and the spell is broken which maintains the magic sleep in which the realm is locked. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 steals steal VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 flees flee VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 but but CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 bears bear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 parataxis _ _ 11 on on ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nmod _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 weight weight NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 sin sin NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 19 so so ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 23 advmod _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 tries try VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 24 to to PART TO _ 25 mark _ _ 25 clear clear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 xcomp _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 fence fence NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 28 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 29 nsubj _ _ 29 girds gird VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 acl:relcl _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 31 enchanted enchant VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 32 amod _ _ 32 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 36 strikes strike VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 conj _ _ 37 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 36 obj _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 cords cord NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 nmod _ _ 41 attached attach VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 40 acl _ _ 42 to to ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 spell spell NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 nsubj:pass _ _ 48 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 49 aux:pass _ _ 49 broken break VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 23 conj _ _ 50 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 51 nsubj _ _ 51 maintains maintain VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 49 parataxis _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 53 magic magic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 54 amod _ _ 54 sleep sleep NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obj _ _ 55 in in ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 56 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 60 obl _ _ 57 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 58 realm realm NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 nsubj:pass _ _ 59 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 60 aux:pass _ _ 60 locked lock VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 54 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 61 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **steal** | present | the Prince | compassion | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme | | 2 | **flee** | present | the Prince *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **bear** | | Prince | | | | | on father | tree rules | | 4 | **try** | present | Prince | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 5 | **clear** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Prince *not said here* | the fence | | | | | vn clear-10.3-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent fence=Source | | 6 | **gird** | present | the fence | the enchanted castle | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **enchant** | participle | | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 8 | **strike** | present | Prince's horse | one of the cords | | | | | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Patient | | 9 | **attach** | participle | | the cords *not said here* | horse | | | | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent to it=Co-Patient | | 10 | **break** | present · passive | | the spell | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 11 | **maintain** | present | | the magic sleep | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent sleep=Theme | | 12 | **lock** | present · passive | | the realm | | the magic sleep | | | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: subject=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 68](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/42/68/) - next →: [sentence 70](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/42/70/) - ↑ back to [Magic and Witchcraft., part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/42/)