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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 (beaked ravens, way), 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:pg22373:42:82 # text = [310] In a similar story from the Ukraine, mention is made of two springs of healing and life-giving water, which are guarded by iron-beaked ravens, and the way to which lies between grinding hills. 1 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 310 310 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 2 punct _ _ 4 In in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 similar similar ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 8 from from ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 Ukraine Ukraine PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 mention mention NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj:pass _ _ 13 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux:pass _ _ 14 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 acl _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 17 nummod _ _ 17 springs spring NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obl _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 healing healing NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 21 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 22 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 giving give VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 24 amod _ _ 24 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 28 nsubj:pass _ _ 27 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux:pass _ _ 28 guarded guard VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 24 acl:relcl _ _ 29 by by ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 30 iron iron NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 31 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 beaked beak VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 33 amod _ _ 33 ravens raven NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 38 to to ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 40 nsubj _ _ 40 lies lie VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 acl:relcl _ _ 41 between between ADP IN _ 42 mark _ _ 42 grinding grind VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 40 advcl _ _ 43 hills hill NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | present · passive | | mention | | | spring | the way *obl* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | | 2 | **give** | gerund | | | | | | | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **guard** | present · passive | beaked ravens | giving water | | | | | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Beneficiary | | 4 | **beak** | participle | | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **lie** | present | the way | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **grind** | gerund | the way *not said here* | hills | | | | | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hill=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 81](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/42/81/) - next →: [sentence 83](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/42/83/) - ↑ back to [Magic and Witchcraft., part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/42/)