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title: [336] So in the Indian story of Punchkin, the seven hungry stepmothe… — Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Musc… · tree and pragmatics
description: [336] So in the Indian story of Punchkin, the seven hungry stepmother-persecuted princesses go out every day and sit by their dead mother's tomb, and cry, and say, "Oh, mother, mother, cannot you see your poor children, how unhappy we are," etc., until a tree grows up out of the grave laden with fru
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# Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Magic and Witchcraft., part 4, sentence 89

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\[336\] So in the Indian story of Punchkin, the seven hungry stepmother-persecuted princesses go out every day and sit by their dead mother's tomb, and cry, and say, "Oh, mother, mother, cannot you see your poor children, how unhappy we are," etc., until a tree grows up out of the grave laden with fruits for their relief.

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**Who acts:** 336, you, tree · **What happens:** persecute, go out, sit, cry, say, not see · **To what, where:** Indian story, poor children, grave · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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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 (336, you, tree), 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:pg22373:45:89
# text = [336] So in the Indian story of Punchkin, the seven hungry stepmother-persecuted princesses go out every day and sit by their dead mother's tomb, and cry, and say, "Oh, mother, mother, cannot you see your poor children, how unhappy we are," etc., until a tree grows up out of the grave laden with fruits for their relief.
1	[	[	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	336	336	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	19	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	]	]	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	2	punct	_	_
4	So	so	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	Indian	Indian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	Punchkin	Punchkin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
13	seven	seven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	18	nummod	_	_
14	hungry	hungry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
15	stepmother	stepmother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	persecuted	persecute	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	18	amod	_	_
18	princesses	princess	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	nsubj	_	_
19	go	go	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
20	out	out	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	_
21	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	22	det	_	_
22	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obl:unmarked	_	_
23	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	24	cc	_	_
24	sit	sit	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	conj	_	_
25	by	by	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
26	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	28	nmod:poss	_	_
27	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	28	amod	_	_
28	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	's	's	PART	POS	_	28	case	_	_
30	tomb	tomb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	33	punct	_	_
32	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	33	cc	_	_
33	cry	cry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	19	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	36	punct	_	_
35	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	36	cc	_	_
36	say	say	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	19	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	41	punct	_	_
38	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	41	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	Oh	oh	INTJ	UH	_	41	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
40	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	39	punct	_	_
41	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	43	punct	_	_
43	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	41	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
44	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	48	punct	_	_
45	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	48	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
46	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	48	advmod	_	_
47	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	48	nsubj	_	_
48	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	41	parataxis	_	_
49	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	51	nmod:poss	_	_
50	poor	poor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	51	amod	_	_
51	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	48	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
52	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	54	punct	_	_
53	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	54	advmod	_	_
54	unhappy	unhappy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	48	parataxis	_	_
55	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	56	nsubj	_	_
56	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	54	cop	_	SpaceAfter=No
57	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	59	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
58	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	59	punct	_	_
59	etc.	etc.	NOUN	FW	Abbr=Yes|Number=Plur	48	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
60	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	64	punct	_	_
61	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	64	mark	_	_
62	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	63	det	_	_
63	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	64	nsubj	_	_
64	grows	grow	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	36	advcl	_	_
65	up	up	ADP	RP	_	64	compound:prt	_	_
66	out	out	ADP	IN	_	69	case	_	_
67	of	of	ADP	IN	_	69	case	_	_
68	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	69	det	_	_
69	grave	grave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	64	obl	_	_
70	laden	lade	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	69	acl	_	_
71	with	with	ADP	IN	_	72	case	_	_
72	fruits	fruit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	70	obl	_	_
73	for	for	ADP	IN	_	75	case	_	_
74	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	75	nmod:poss	_	_
75	relief	relief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	70	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
76	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	19	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **persecute** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **go out** | present | 336 |  |  | the Indian story of Punchkin | day | out *property* | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **sit** | present | 336 *not said here* |  |  |  |  | by orphans's dead mother's tomb | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by tomb=Location |
| 4 | **cry** *speech: express* | infinitive | 336 *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 6 | **not** **see** *in a quote* | can | you | your poor children |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer child=Stimulus |
| 7 | **is** *in a quote* | present |  |  |  |  |  | unhappy *property* | tree rules |
| 8 | **grow up** | present | a tree |  |  | the grave |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme out grave=Location |
| 9 | **lade** | participle |  | the grave *not said here* |  |  |  | with fruits; for orphans's relief | tree rules |

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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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