--- title: So long did they remain talking that, before the _Zhar-Ptitsa_ and h… — Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Musc… · tree and pragmatics description: So long did they remain talking that, before the _Zhar-Ptitsa_ and his rider could get back, "the day began to dawn--the bird sank lower and lower and fell to the ground." Who acts: rings, rider, day, bird. 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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 (rings, rider, day, bird), 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:pg22373:48:111 # text = So long did they remain talking that, before the _Zhar-Ptitsa_ and his rider could get back, "the day began to dawn--the bird sank lower and lower and fell to the ground." 1 So so ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 5 advmod _ _ 3 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 remain remain VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 talking talk VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 xcomp _ _ 7 that that SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 9 before before ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 _ _ PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 Zhar Zhar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 Ptitsa Ptitsa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 20 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 17 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 rider rider NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 19 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 parataxis _ _ 21 back back ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 23 " " PUNCT `` _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 26 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 27 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 28 dawn dawn NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 -- -- PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ _ 32 sank sink VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 parataxis _ _ 33 lower low ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 32 xcomp _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 lower low ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 33 conj _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 conj _ _ 38 to to ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 " " PUNCT '' _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **remain** | past · do-support | rings *= ring* | | | | | long *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **talk** | gerund | rings *= ring* *not said here* | | | | before the Zhar and Ptitsa | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **get back** | could | Ptitsa's rider | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **begin** *in a quote* | past | the day | | | | dawn | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 5 | **sink** *in a quote* | past | the bird | | | | | low *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 6 | **fall** *in a quote* | past | the bird *not said here* | | | | | to the ground | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to ground=Theme | 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 110](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/48/110/) - next →: [sentence 112](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/48/112/) - ↑ back to [Magic and Witchcraft., part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/48/)