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title: [342] The usual youngest brother is carried towards her so forcibly… — Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Musc… · tree and pragmatics
description: [342] The usual youngest brother is carried towards her so forcibly by his magic steed that, at the first trial, he breaks through six of the sheets of glass; at the second, says the story, "he smashed all twelve of the sheets of glass, and he kissed the Princess Priceless-Beauty, and she immediatel
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# Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Magic and Witchcraft., part 4, sentence 100

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\[342\] The usual youngest brother is carried towards her so forcibly by his magic steed that, at the first trial, he breaks through six of the sheets of glass; at the second, says the story, "he smashed all twelve of the sheets of glass, and he kissed the Princess Priceless-Beauty, and she immediately stamped a mark upon his forehead."

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**Who acts:** magic steed, brother, daughter · **What happens:** carry, break, say, smash, kiss, stamp · **To what, where:** usual youngest brother, first trial, story, twelve, Priceless Beauty, mark · **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 4. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (magic steed, brother, daughter), 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:pg22373:45:100
# text = [342] The usual youngest brother is carried towards her so forcibly by his magic steed that, at the first trial, he breaks through six of the sheets of glass; at the second, says the story, "he smashed all twelve of the sheets of glass, and he kissed the Princess Priceless-Beauty, and she immediately stamped a mark upon his forehead."
1	[	[	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	342	342	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	]	]	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	2	punct	_	_
4	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	usual	usual	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	youngest	young	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	7	amod	_	_
7	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	carried	carry	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
10	towards	towards	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obl	_	_
12	so	so	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	forcibly	forcibly	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
14	by	by	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
16	magic	magic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	steed	steed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
18	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	26	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
20	at	at	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
22	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	23	amod	_	_
23	trial	trial	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
25	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	26	nsubj	_	_
26	breaks	break	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	acl:relcl	_	_
27	through	through	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
28	six	six	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	26	obl	_	_
29	of	of	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
30	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	31	det	_	_
31	sheets	sheet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	28	nmod	_	_
32	of	of	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
33	glass	glass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	39	punct	_	_
35	at	at	ADP	IN	_	37	case	_	_
36	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	37	det	_	_
37	second	second	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	39	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	37	punct	_	_
39	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	parataxis	_	_
40	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	41	det	_	_
41	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	45	punct	_	_
43	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	45	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
44	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	45	nsubj	_	_
45	smashed	smash	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	39	conj	_	_
46	all	all	ADV	RB	_	47	advmod	_	_
47	twelve	twelve	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	45	obj	_	_
48	of	of	ADP	IN	_	50	case	_	_
49	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	50	det	_	_
50	sheets	sheet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	47	nmod	_	_
51	of	of	ADP	IN	_	52	case	_	_
52	glass	glass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	50	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
53	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	56	punct	_	_
54	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	56	cc	_	_
55	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	56	nsubj	_	_
56	kissed	kiss	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	45	conj	_	_
57	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	61	det	_	_
58	Princess	Princess	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	59	compound	_	_
59	Priceless	Priceless	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	61	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
60	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	59	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
61	Beauty	beauty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	56	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
62	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	66	punct	_	_
63	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	66	cc	_	_
64	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	66	nsubj	_	_
65	immediately	immediately	ADV	RB	_	66	advmod	_	_
66	stamped	stamp	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	56	conj	_	_
67	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	68	det	_	_
68	mark	mark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	66	obj	_	_
69	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	71	case	_	_
70	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	71	nmod:poss	_	_
71	forehead	forehead	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	66	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
72	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
73	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry** | present · passive | brother's magic steed | the usual youngest brother |  |  |  | towards daughter; 342 *obl*; forcibly *property* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent subject=Theme towards she=Destination |
| 2 | **break** | present | brother's magic steed |  |  | the first trial |  | through six of the sheets of glass | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at trial=Location |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | present |  | the story |  |  |  | at the second | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent story=Topic |
| 4 | **smash** *in a quote* | past | brother | twelve of the sheets of glass |  |  |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent twelve=Theme |
| 5 | **kiss** *in a quote* | past | brother | the Priceless Beauty |  |  |  |  | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent beauty=Co-Agent |
| 6 | **stamp** *in a quote* | past | daughter | a mark |  | brother's forehead |  | immediately *property* | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme PP.destination»: agent=Agent mark=Theme upon forehead=Destination |

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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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