--- title: A princess is so fond of her marble bath, which is "like a little se… — Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Musc… · tree and pragmatics description: A princess is so fond of her marble bath, which is "like a little sea," with high spiked walls all around it, that she vows she will marry no one who cannot jump across it on horseback. Who acts: princess, marble bath, one. 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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 (princess, marble bath, one), 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:pg22373:45:115 # text = A princess is so fond of her marble bath, which is "like a little sea," with high spiked walls all around it, that she vows she will marry no one who cannot jump across it on horseback. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 so so ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 fond fond ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 8 marble marble ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 bath bath NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 11 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 17 nsubj _ _ 12 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 cop _ _ 13 " " PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 like like ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 " " PUNCT `` _ 23 punct _ _ 20 with with ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 21 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 22 spiked spike VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 23 amod _ _ 23 walls wall NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 conj _ _ 24 all all ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 25 around around ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 that that SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 29 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 vows vow VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 31 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 32 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 marry marry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 xcomp _ _ 34 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 35 det _ _ 35 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 36 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 39 nsubj _ _ 37 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 38 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 39 advmod _ _ 39 jump jump VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 acl:relcl _ _ 40 across across ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obl _ _ 42 on on ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 horseback horseback NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | a princess | | | | | of princess's marble bath and a little sea and high spiked walls around door; fond *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | princess's marble bath and a little sea and high spiked walls around door | | | | | like a little sea | tree rules | | 3 | **spike** | participle | | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **vow** | present | princess | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **marry** *not said to happen* | future | princess | no one | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Patient | | 6 | **not** **jump** | can | no one | | | door | | on horseback | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme across it=Trajectory | 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 114](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/45/114/) - next →: [sentence 116](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/45/116/) - ↑ back to [Magic and Witchcraft., part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/45/)