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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 (one, whichever, Ivan, riddle), 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:pg22373:43:30 # text = "If any one asks her a riddle, and she does not guess it, him shall she marry; but he whose riddle she guesses shall have his head chopped off." 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 If if SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 3 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 4 det _ _ 4 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 asks ask VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 riddle riddle NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 11 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 12 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 13 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 14 advmod _ _ 14 guess guess VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 parataxis _ _ 15 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 17 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 18 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 19 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 marry marry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ; ; PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 22 but but CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 whose whose PRON WP$ Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 riddle riddle NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 26 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 guesses guess VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 acl:relcl _ _ 28 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 ccomp _ _ 30 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ _ 32 chopped chop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 ccomp _ _ 33 off off ADP RP _ 32 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 34 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 " " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* *in a quote* | present | any one | a riddle | whichever | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **guess** *in a quote* | present · do-support | whichever | riddle | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 3 | **marry** *in a quote* | shall | Ivan | | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **guess** *in a quote* | present | whichever | riddle *not said here* | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent riddle=Theme | | 5 | **have** *in a quote* | shall | riddle | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **chop off** *in a quote* | past | Ivan's head | | | | | | vn carve-21.2-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=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 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/43/29/) - next →: [sentence 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/43/31/) - ↑ back to [Magic and Witchcraft., part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/43/)