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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 (collection, you, whichever, marriage), 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:pg22373:43:26 # text = There's a collection there of the portraits of all the princesses in the world; look at them and choose for yourself; whichever pleases you, to her send a proposal of marriage." 1 There there PRON EX PronType=Dem 2 expl _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 advcl _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 collection collection NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 5 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 2 advmod _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 portraits portrait NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 12 det:predet _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 princesses princess NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nmod _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ; ; PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 17 look look VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 18 at at ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obl _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 choose choose VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 conj _ _ 22 for for ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 yourself yourself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ; ; PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 whichever whichever NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 26 pleases please VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 parataxis _ _ 27 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 to to ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 send send VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 17 parataxis _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 proposal proposal NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 marriage marriage NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 . . PUNCT . _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 " " PUNCT '' _ 31 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **be** | present | a collection | | | there; there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **look** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | at princesses *= princess* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at they=Theme | | 3 | **choose** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | for yourself | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for yourself=Beneficiary | | 4 | **please** | present | whichever | you | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus you=Experiencer | | 5 | **send** | infinitive | | a proposal of marriage | | | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent proposal=Theme | | 6 | **portray** | | | all princesses in the world | | | | | nom portrait «communication transitive»: of=patient | | 7 | **propose** | | marriage | | | | | | nom proposal «communication intransitive»: of=agent | 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 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/43/25/) - next →: [sentence 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/43/27/) - ↑ back to [Magic and Witchcraft., part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/43/)