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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 (song, fact, Scandinavian pike, woes), 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:pg22373:46:81 # text = And this song is one which promises wealth, a fact connecting the Russian fish with that Scandinavian pike which was a shape assumed by Andvari--the dwarf-guardian of the famous treasure, from which sprang the woes recounted in the _Voelsunga Saga_ and the _Nibelungenlied_. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 det _ _ 3 song song NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ 6 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 7 nsubj _ _ 7 promises promise VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 acl:relcl _ _ 8 wealth wealth NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 fact fact NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 parataxis _ _ 12 connecting connect VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 11 acl _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 Russian Russian ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 fish fish NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 16 with with ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 17 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 19 det _ _ 18 Scandinavian scandinavian ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 pike pike NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 20 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 23 nsubj _ _ 21 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 cop _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 shape shape NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 acl:relcl _ _ 24 assumed assume VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 23 acl _ _ 25 by by ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 Andvari Andvari PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 -- -- PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 29 dwarf dwarf ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 guardian guardian NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 conj _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 34 famous famous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 treasure treasure NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 37 from from ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 39 nsubj _ _ 39 sprang spring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 acl _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 woes woe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 nsubj _ _ 42 recounted recount VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 ccomp _ _ 43 in in ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 45 _ _ PUNCT `` _ 46 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 Voelsunga Voelsunga PROPN NNP Number=Sing 47 compound _ _ 47 Saga Saga PROPN NNP Number=Sing 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 39 punct _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 51 _ _ PUNCT `` _ 52 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 Nibelungenlied Nibelungenlied PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 53 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | this song | one | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **promise** *speech: promise* | present | | wealth | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent wealth=Theme | | 3 | **connect** | gerund | a fact and the Nibelungenlied *not said here* | the Russian fish | | | | with that Scandinavian pike | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent fish=Patient with pike=Co-Patient | | 4 | **is a** | past | that Scandinavian pike | a shape and the dwarf guardian of the famous treasure | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **assume** | participle | | a shape and the dwarf guardian of the famous treasure *not said here* | | | | by Andvari | vn adopt-93.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **spring** | past | a fact and the Nibelungenlied | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **recount** *speech: other* | past | the woes | | | the Voelsunga Saga | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | 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 80](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/46/80/) - next →: [sentence 82](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/46/82/) - ↑ back to [Magic and Witchcraft., part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/46/)