--- title: At the first trial, the _Durak_, or Fool, reaches the first floor, a… — Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Musc… · tree and pragmatics description: At the first trial, the _Durak_, or Fool, reaches the first floor, at the next, the second; and the third time, "he bounds right up to the princess, and carries off from her a ring." Who acts: Durak. 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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 (Durak), 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:pg22373:45:104 # text = At the first trial, the _Durak_, or Fool, reaches the first floor, at the next, the second; and the third time, "he bounds right up to the princess, and carries off from her a ring." 1 At at ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 4 amod _ _ 4 trial trial NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 _ _ PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 Durak Durak PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 or or CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 Fool fool NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 14 reaches reach VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 17 amod _ _ 17 floor floor NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 at at ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 second second ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 21 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ; ; PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 third third ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 29 amod _ _ 29 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 31 " " PUNCT '' _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 bounds bound VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 34 right right ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 35 up up ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 36 to to ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 carries carry VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 42 off off ADP RP _ 41 compound:prt _ _ 43 from from ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obl _ _ 45 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 ring ring NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 " " PUNCT '' _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reach** | present | the Durak | the first floor | | the first trial | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent floor=Theme at trial=Asset | | 2 | **bound** *in a quote* | present | Durak | | | | time | up the princess; right *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme up princess=Trajectory | | 3 | **carry off** *in a quote* | present | the Durak *not said here* | a ring | | | | from princess | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent ring=Theme from she=Initial\_Location | 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 103](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/45/103/) - next →: [sentence 105](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/45/105/) - ↑ back to [Magic and Witchcraft., part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/45/)