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# Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Magic and Witchcraft., part 1, sentence 9

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We have already seen in the story of "Marya Morevna," that one of these, sometimes called the \_mertvaya voda\_--the "dead water," or "Water of Death"--when sprinkled over a mutilated corpse, heals all its wounds; while the other, which bears the name of the \_zhivaya voda\_,--the "living water," or "Water of Life"--endows it once more with vitality.

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**Who acts:** We, corpse · **What happens:** see, call, sprinkle, mutilate, heal, live · **To what, where:** story, \_ mertvaya voda, Water, mutilated corpse, wounds, name · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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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 (We, corpse), 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:pg22373:42:9
# text = We have already seen in the story of "Marya Morevna," that one of these, sometimes called the _mertvaya voda_--the "dead water," or "Water of Death"--when sprinkled over a mutilated corpse, heals all its wounds; while the other, which bears the name of the _zhivaya voda_,--the "living water," or "Water of Life"--endows it once more with vitality.
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	already	already	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	seen	see	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	81	advcl	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	Marya	Marya	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
11	Morevna	Morevna	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	15	punct	_	_
14	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	15	det	_	_
15	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	conj	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	these	this	PRON	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	15	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
19	sometimes	sometimes	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	20	advmod	_	_
20	called	call	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
22	_	_	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	24	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	mertvaya	mertvaya	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	compound	_	_
24	voda	voda	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	24	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	30	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	30	det	_	_
28	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	30	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	30	amod	_	_
30	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
33	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	41	cc	_	_
34	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	35	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	Water	Water	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	41	nsubj:pass	_	_
36	of	of	ADP	IN	_	37	case	_	_
37	Death	Death	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	35	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	35	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	41	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
40	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	41	advmod	_	_
41	sprinkled	sprinkle	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
42	over	over	ADP	IN	_	45	case	_	_
43	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	45	det	_	_
44	mutilated	mutilate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	45	amod	_	_
45	corpse	corpse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	41	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
46	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	47	punct	_	_
47	heals	heal	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	41	parataxis	_	_
48	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	50	det:predet	_	_
49	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	50	nmod:poss	_	_
50	wounds	wound	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	47	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
51	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	54	punct	_	_
52	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	54	mark	_	_
53	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	54	det	_	_
54	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	41	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
55	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	57	punct	_	_
56	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	57	det	_	_
57	bears	bear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	54	parataxis	_	_
58	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	59	det	_	_
59	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	57	appos	_	_
60	of	of	ADP	IN	_	64	case	_	_
61	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	64	det	_	_
62	_	_	PUNCT	``	_	64	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
63	zhivaya	zhivaya	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	64	compound	_	_
64	voda	voda	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	59	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
65	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	57	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
66	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	71	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
67	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	71	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
68	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	71	det	_	_
69	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	70	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
70	living	live	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	71	amod	_	_
71	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	41	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
72	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
73	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
74	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	76	cc	_	_
75	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	76	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
76	Water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
77	of	of	ADP	IN	_	78	case	_	_
78	Life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	76	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
79	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	76	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
80	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	81	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
81	endows	endow	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
82	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	81	obj	_	_
83	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	84	advmod	_	_
84	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	81	advmod	_	_
85	with	with	ADP	IN	_	86	case	_	_
86	vitality	vitality	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	81	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
87	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	81	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | present · perfect | We |  |  | the story of Marya |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **call** *speech: assert* | participle | We *not said here* | the \_ mertvaya voda and the dead water |  |  |  | sometimes *property* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **sprinkle** | participle · passive |  | Water of Death |  | a mutilated corpse |  | the living water *obl* | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme over corpse=Destination |
| 4 | **mutilate** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **heal** | present |  | corpse's wounds |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent wound=Patient |
| 6 | **live** *in a quote* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 7 | **endow** | present |  | name |  |  |  | with vitality | vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Destination with vitality=Theme |
| 8 | **wound** |  | corpse |  |  |  |  |  | nom wound «state transitive»: poss=agent |
| 9 | **name** |  |  | the zhivaya voda |  |  |  |  | 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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