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# Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Magic and Witchcraft., part 1, sentence 74

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In one of the numerous variants of the story in which a prince is exposed to various dangers by his sister--who is induced to plot against his life by her demon lover, the Snake--the hero is sent in search of "a healing and a vivifying water," preserved between two lofty mountains which cleave closely together, except during "two or three minutes" of each day.

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**Who acts:** sister, two lofty mountains, story · **What happens:** expose, induce, plot, send, vivify, preserve · **To what, where:** prince, various dangers, story, sister, hero, search

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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 (sister, two lofty mountains, story), 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:pg22373:42:74
# text = In one of the numerous variants of the story in which a prince is exposed to various dangers by his sister--who is induced to plot against his life by her demon lover, the Snake--the hero is sent in search of "a healing and a vivifying water," preserved between two lofty mountains which cleave closely together, except during "two or three minutes" of each day.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	42	obl	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	numerous	numerous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	variants	variant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	42	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	15	obl	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj:pass	_	_
14	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux:pass	_	_
15	exposed	expose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	acl:relcl	_	_
16	to	to	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	various	various	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	dangers	danger	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	obl	_	_
19	by	by	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	21	nmod:poss	_	_
21	sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	25	nsubj	_	_
24	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	25	aux:pass	_	_
25	induced	induce	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	21	acl:relcl	_	_
26	to	to	PART	TO	_	27	mark	_	_
27	plot	plot	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	25	xcomp	_	_
28	against	against	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
29	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	30	nmod:poss	_	_
30	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	obl	_	_
31	by	by	ADP	IN	_	34	case	_	_
32	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	34	nmod:poss	_	_
33	demon	demon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	compound	_	_
34	lover	lover	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
36	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	37	det	_	_
37	Snake	Snake	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	40	det	_	_
40	hero	hero	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	42	nsubj:pass	_	_
41	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	42	aux:pass	_	_
42	sent	send	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
43	in	in	ADP	IN	_	44	case	_	_
44	search	search	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	42	obl	_	_
45	of	of	ADP	IN	_	48	case	_	_
46	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	48	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
47	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	48	det	_	_
48	healing	healing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	44	nmod	_	_
49	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	52	cc	_	_
50	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	52	det	_	_
51	vivifying	vivify	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	52	amod	_	_
52	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	48	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
53	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	55	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
54	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	55	punct	_	_
55	preserved	preserve	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	42	conj	_	_
56	between	between	ADP	IN	_	59	case	_	_
57	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	59	nummod	_	_
58	lofty	lofty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	59	amod	_	_
59	mountains	mountain	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	55	obl	_	_
60	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	61	nsubj	_	_
61	cleave	cleave	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	59	acl:relcl	_	_
62	closely	closely	ADV	RB	_	63	advmod	_	_
63	together	together	ADV	RB	_	61	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
64	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	71	punct	_	_
65	except	except	ADP	IN	_	71	case	_	_
66	during	during	ADP	IN	_	71	case	_	_
67	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	71	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
68	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	71	nummod	_	_
69	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	70	cc	_	_
70	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	68	conj	_	_
71	minutes	minute	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	55	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
72	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	71	punct	_	_
73	of	of	ADP	IN	_	75	case	_	_
74	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	75	det	_	_
75	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	71	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
76	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	42	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **expose** | present · passive | Prince's sister | a prince | various dangers | the story |  |  | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent subject=Theme to danger=Recipient |
| 2 | **induce** | present · passive |  | Prince's sister |  |  |  |  | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: subject=Patient clause=Result |
| 3 | **plot** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | against Prince's life; by Ptitsa's demon lover | vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **send** | present · passive |  | the hero |  | search of a healing and a vivifying water |  | in one; of the numerous variants of the story | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in one=Destination |
| 5 | **vivify** *in a quote* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 6 | **preserve** | participle |  |  |  |  | minute | between two lofty mountains | vn defend-72.3 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |
| 7 | **cleave** | present | two lofty mountains |  |  |  |  | together *property* | vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 8 | **vary** |  | the story |  |  |  |  |  | nom variant «event intransitive»: of=agent |
| 9 | **search** |  |  | a healing and a vivifying water |  |  |  |  | nom search «act 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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