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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 (We, it, notice, Zhar), 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:pg22373:48:140 # text = We have already seen that, as the Phoenix, of which it seems to be a Slavonic counterpart, dies in the flame from which it springs again into life, so the _Zhar-Ptitsa_ sinks into a death-like slumber when the day dawns, to awake to fresh life after the sunset. 1 We we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 already already ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 as as ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 Phoenix Phoenix PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 14 obl _ _ 13 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 seems seem VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 19 mark _ _ 16 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 19 cop _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 Slavonic slavonic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 counterpart counterpart NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 21 dies die VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ _ 22 in in ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 flame flame NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 25 from from ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 28 obl _ _ 27 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 springs spring VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 acl:relcl _ _ 29 again again ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 30 into into ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 33 so so ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 _ _ PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 Zhar Zhar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 Ptitsa Ptitsa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 39 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 36 punct _ _ 40 sinks sink VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 parataxis _ _ 41 into into ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 42 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 43 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 44 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 like like ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 slumber slumber NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ _ 47 when when SCONJ WRB _ 53 mark _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 49 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 compound _ _ 50 dawns dawn NOUN NNS Number=Plur 53 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 52 to to PART TO _ 53 mark _ _ 53 awake awake VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 advcl _ _ 54 to to ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 55 fresh fresh ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 56 amod _ _ 56 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obl _ _ 57 after after ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 58 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 59 det _ _ 59 sunset sunset NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 60 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | present · perfect | We | that | | | | as the Phoenix | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer that=Stimulus as phoenix=Attribute | | 2 | **seem** | present | it | | | | | | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **is a** | to-infinitive | | a Slavonic counterpart | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **die** | present | | | | | | in the flame | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in flame=Attribute | | 5 | **spring** | present | notice | | | the flame | again | into life | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into life=Destination | | 6 | **sink** | present | Zhar | | | a like slumber | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 7 | **awake** | to-infinitive | the day dawns | | | | sunset | to fresh life | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=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 139](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/48/139/) - next →: [sentence 141](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/48/141/) - ↑ back to [Magic and Witchcraft., part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/48/)