--- title: A fourth "has vowed to marry no man who cannot jump on foot over the… — Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Musc… · tree and pragmatics description: A fourth "has vowed to marry no man who cannot jump on foot over the seven hedges made of spears, and across the seven great ditches that surround her house;" and "hundreds of thousands of Rajahs have tried to do it, and died in the attempt." Who acts: man, seven great ditches. 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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 (man, seven great ditches), 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:pg22373:45:118 # text = A fourth "has vowed to marry no man who cannot jump on foot over the seven hedges made of spears, and across the seven great ditches that surround her house;" and "hundreds of thousands of Rajahs have tried to do it, and died in the attempt." 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 fourth fourth ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 0 root _ _ 3 " " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 vowed vow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 2 conj _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 marry marry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 8 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 9 det _ _ 9 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 13 nsubj _ _ 11 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 12 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 13 advmod _ _ 13 jump jump VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 acl:relcl _ _ 14 on on ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 foot foot NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 16 over over ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 19 nummod _ _ 19 hedges hedge NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obl _ _ 20 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 19 acl _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 spears spear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 25 across across ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 27 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 29 nummod _ _ 28 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 ditches ditch NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ _ 30 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 31 nsubj _ _ 31 surround surround VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 acl:relcl _ _ 32 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 ; ; PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 37 " " PUNCT `` _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 hundreds hundred NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 nsubj:pass _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 thousands thousand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 nmod _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 Rajahs rajah NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 nmod _ _ 43 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 44 tried try VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 conj _ _ 45 to to PART TO _ 46 mark _ _ 46 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 xcomp _ _ 47 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 50 died die VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 51 in in ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 attempt attempt NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 55 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **vow** *in a quote* | present · perfect | | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **marry** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | | no man | | the seven great ditches | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Patient | | 3 | **not** **jump** *in a quote* | can | no man | | | foot | | over the seven hedges | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on foot=Trajectory | | 4 | **make** *in a quote* | participle | | the seven hedges *not said here* | | | | of spears | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | | 5 | **surround** *in a quote* | present | the seven great ditches | daughter's house | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme house=Co-Theme | | 6 | **try** *in a quote* | present · perfect · passive | | hundreds of thousands of Rajahs | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **do** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | | house | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality | | 8 | **die** *in a quote* | past | | | | | | in the attempt | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in attempt=Attribute | 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 117](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/45/117/) - next →: [sentence 119](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/45/119/) - ↑ back to [Magic and Witchcraft., part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/45/)