--- title: Similarly when the blind man applies the Healing Water to his empty… — Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Musc… · tree and pragmatics description: Similarly when the blind man applies the Healing Water to his empty orbits, he obtains new eyes--"perfectly faultless eyes, only he cannot see with them;" he applies the Vivifying Water, "and begins to see even better than before." Who acts: blind man, man. 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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 (blind man, man), 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:pg22373:45:8 # text = Similarly when the blind man applies the Healing Water to his empty orbits, he obtains new eyes--"perfectly faultless eyes, only he cannot see with them;" he applies the Vivifying Water, "and begins to see even better than before." 1 Similarly similarly ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 2 when when SCONJ WRB _ 6 mark _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 blind blind ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 applies apply VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 Healing Healing PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 Water Water PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 12 empty empty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 orbits orbit NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 obtains obtain VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 17 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 -- -- PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 " " PUNCT `` _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 perfectly perfectly ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 22 faultless faultless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 25 only only ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 27 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 28 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 29 advmod _ _ 29 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 conj _ _ 30 with with ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ; ; PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 " " PUNCT `` _ 35 punct _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 applies apply VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 37 Vivifying vivify VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 38 amod _ _ 38 Water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 40 " " PUNCT '' _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 begins begin VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 conj _ _ 43 to to PART TO _ 44 mark _ _ 44 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 xcomp _ _ 45 even even ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 46 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 44 obl _ _ 47 than than ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 before before ADV RB _ 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 " " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **apply** | present | the blind man | the Healing Water | | | | to man's empty orbits; similarly *property* | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Theme | | 2 | **obtain** | present | man | new eyes and faultless eyes | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Theme | | 3 | **not** **see** *in a quote* | can | man | | | | | with waters *= water* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **apply** | present | man | the Vivifying Water | | | | | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Theme | | 5 | **vivify** | gerund | | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **begin** *in a quote* | present | man *not said here* | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 7 | **see** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | man *not said here* | better | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | 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 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/45/7/) - next →: [sentence 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/45/9/) - ↑ back to [Magic and Witchcraft., part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/45/)