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description: The original idea seems to have been best preserved in the two legends of the wooing of Brynhild by Sigurd, in the first of which he awakens her from her magic sleep, while in the second he gains her hand (for Gunnar) by a daring and difficult ride--for "him only would she have who should ride throu
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# Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Magic and Witchcraft., part 4, sentence 120

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The original idea seems to have been best preserved in the two legends of the wooing of Brynhild by Sigurd, in the first of which he awakens her from her magic sleep, while in the second he gains her hand (for Gunnar) by a daring and difficult ride--for "him only would she have who should ride through the flaming fire that was drawn about her hall."

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**Who acts:** original idea, Sigurd, significance · **What happens:** seem, preserve, awaken, gain, have, ride · **To what, where:** two legends, Sigurd, magic sleep, hand, flaming fire, Brynhild

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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 (original idea, Sigurd, significance), 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:pg22373:45:120
# text = The original idea seems to have been best preserved in the two legends of the wooing of Brynhild by Sigurd, in the first of which he awakens her from her magic sleep, while in the second he gains her hand (for Gunnar) by a daring and difficult ride--for "him only would she have who should ride through the flaming fire that was drawn about her hall."
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	original	original	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	idea	idea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	seems	seem	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
6	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	aux	_	_
7	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	9	aux:pass	_	_
8	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	9	amod	_	_
9	preserved	preserve	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	ccomp	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	13	nummod	_	_
13	legends	legend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	wooing	wooing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	Brynhild	Brynhild	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	_
19	by	by	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	Sigurd	Sigurd	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
22	in	in	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
24	first	first	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	9	obl	_	_
25	of	of	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
26	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	28	obl	_	_
27	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	28	nsubj	_	_
28	awakens	awaken	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	24	acl:relcl	_	_
29	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	28	obj	_	_
30	from	from	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
31	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	33	nmod:poss	_	_
32	magic	magic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	33	amod	_	_
33	sleep	sleep	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	40	punct	_	_
35	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	40	mark	_	_
36	in	in	ADP	IN	_	38	case	_	_
37	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	38	det	_	_
38	second	second	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	40	obl	_	_
39	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	40	nsubj	_	_
40	gains	gain	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
41	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	42	nmod:poss	_	_
42	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	40	obj	_	_
43	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	45	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
44	for	for	ADP	IN	_	45	case	_	_
45	Gunnar	Gunnar	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	42	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
46	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	45	punct	_	_
47	by	by	ADP	IN	_	49	case	_	_
48	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	49	det	_	_
49	daring	daring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	40	obl	_	_
50	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	52	cc	_	_
51	difficult	difficult	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	52	amod	_	_
52	ride	ride	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	49	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
53	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	60	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
54	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	60	mark	_	_
55	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	60	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
56	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	58	nsubj	_	_
57	only	only	ADV	RB	_	58	advmod	_	_
58	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	60	aux	_	_
59	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	60	nsubj	_	_
60	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	40	conj	_	_
61	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	63	nsubj	_	_
62	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	63	aux	_	_
63	ride	ride	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	60	parataxis	_	_
64	through	through	ADP	IN	_	67	case	_	_
65	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	67	det	_	_
66	flaming	flaming	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	67	compound	_	_
67	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	63	obl	_	_
68	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	70	nsubj:pass	_	_
69	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	70	aux:pass	_	_
70	drawn	draw	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	67	acl:relcl	_	_
71	about	about	ADP	IN	_	73	case	_	_
72	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	73	nmod:poss	_	_
73	hall	hall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	70	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
74	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
75	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **seem** | present | the original idea |  |  |  |  |  | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute |
| 2 | **preserve** | to-infinitive · perfect · passive | Sigurd |  |  | the two legends of the wooing of Brynhild |  | in the first | vn defend-72.3 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **awaken** | present | significance | Sigurd |  | Sigurd's magic sleep |  | of the first | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location she=Theme |
| 4 | **gain** | present | significance | Sigurd's hand |  |  | second | by a daring and difficult ride | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Theme |
| 5 | **have** *in a quote* | would | Sigurd |  |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 6 | **ride** *in a quote* | should |  |  |  | the flaming fire |  |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent through fire=Trajectory |
| 7 | **draw** *in a quote* | past · passive |  | the flaming fire |  |  |  | about Sigurd's hall | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 8 | **woo** |  |  | Brynhild |  |  |  |  | nom wooing «communication transitive»: of=patient |
| 9 | **sleep** |  | Sigurd |  |  |  |  |  | nom sleep «state intransitive»: poss=agent |

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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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