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description: The murdered prince is resuscitated by the mythical bird known by the name of the _Zhar-Ptitsa_, which collects his scattered fragments, puts them together, and sprinkles them first with "dead water" and then with "live-water,"--conveyed for that purpose in its beak--after which the prince gets up, 
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# Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Magic and Witchcraft., part 1, sentence 72

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The murdered prince is resuscitated by the mythical bird known by the name of the \_Zhar-Ptitsa\_, which collects his scattered fragments, puts them together, and sprinkles them first with "dead water" and then with "live-water,"--conveyed for that purpose in its beak--after which the prince gets up, thanks his reviver, and goes his way.

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**Who acts:** mythical bird, Zhar Ptitsa, prince, reviver · **What happens:** murder, resuscitate, know, collect, put, sprinkle · **To what, where:** murdered prince, mythical bird, scattered fragments, fragments, way, Zhar Ptitsa

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This is a sentence of «Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore», Magic and Witchcraft., part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (mythical bird, Zhar Ptitsa, prince, reviver), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg22373:42:72
# text = The murdered prince is resuscitated by the mythical bird known by the name of the _Zhar-Ptitsa_, which collects his scattered fragments, puts them together, and sprinkles them first with "dead water" and then with "live-water,"--conveyed for that purpose in its beak--after which the prince gets up, thanks his reviver, and goes his way.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	murdered	murder	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	_
3	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	resuscitated	resuscitate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	mythical	mythical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	known	know	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	acl	_	_
11	by	by	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
16	_	_	PUNCT	``	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	Zhar	Zhar	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	19	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	Ptitsa	Ptitsa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	19	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
22	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	23	nsubj	_	_
23	collects	collect	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	acl:relcl	_	_
24	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	26	nmod:poss	_	_
25	scattered	scatter	ADJ	VBN	_	26	amod	_	_
26	fragments	fragment	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	23	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	28	punct	_	_
28	puts	put	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	23	conj	_	_
29	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	28	obj	_	_
30	together	together	ADV	RB	_	28	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	33	punct	_	_
32	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	33	cc	_	_
33	sprinkles	sprinkle	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
34	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	33	obj	_	_
35	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	33	advmod	_	_
36	with	with	ADP	IN	_	39	case	_	_
37	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	39	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	39	amod	_	_
39	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	33	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
40	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	39	punct	_	_
41	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	47	cc	_	_
42	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	47	advmod	_	_
43	with	with	ADP	IN	_	47	case	_	_
44	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	47	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	live	live	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	47	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
46	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	45	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
47	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
48	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	47	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
49	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	47	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
50	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	51	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
51	conveyed	convey	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	39	conj	_	_
52	for	for	ADP	IN	_	54	case	_	_
53	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	54	det	_	_
54	purpose	purpose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	51	obl	_	_
55	in	in	ADP	IN	_	57	case	_	_
56	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	57	nmod:poss	_	_
57	beak	beak	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	54	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
58	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	63	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
59	after	after	ADP	IN	_	60	case	_	_
60	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	63	obl	_	_
61	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	62	det	_	_
62	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	63	nsubj	_	_
63	gets	get	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	33	parataxis	_	_
64	up	up	ADP	RP	_	63	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
65	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	66	punct	_	_
66	thanks	thank	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	63	conj	_	_
67	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	68	nmod:poss	_	_
68	reviver	reviver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	66	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
69	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	71	punct	_	_
70	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	71	cc	_	_
71	goes	go	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
72	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	73	nmod:poss	_	_
73	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	71	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
74	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **murder** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **resuscitate** | present · passive | the mythical bird | the murdered prince |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent subject=Patient |
| 3 | **know** | participle |  | the mythical bird *not said here* |  |  |  | by the name of the Zhar Ptitsa | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 4 | **collect** | present | the Zhar Ptitsa | Prince's scattered fragments |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fragment=Theme |
| 5 | **put** | present | the Zhar Ptitsa *not said here* | fragments *= fragment* |  |  |  | together *property* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent they=Goal |
| 6 | **sprinkle** | present | the mythical bird *not said here* | fragments *= fragment* |  |  |  | with dead water and live water; first *property* | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent they=Destination with water=Theme |
| 7 | **convey** | participle | the mythical bird *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for that purpose in purpose's beak | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 8 | **get up** | present | the prince |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 9 | **thank** *speech: thank* | present | Prince's reviver |  |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 10 | **go** | present | the mythical bird *not said here* | Prince's way |  |  |  |  | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location way=Theme |
| 11 | **name** |  |  | the Zhar Ptitsa |  |  |  |  | nom name «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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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.

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**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.

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