--- title: In an instant the hero seizes it, and begins to blow it and to dance… — Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Musc… · tree and pragmatics description: In an instant the hero seizes it, and begins to blow it and to dance wildly around the _Yakshini_, fixing his eyes upon her and applying to her the words of her own spell. Who acts: hero, most. 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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 (hero, most), 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:pg22373:48:93 # text = In an instant the hero seizes it, and begins to blow it and to dance wildly around the _Yakshini_, fixing his eyes upon her and applying to her the words of her own spell. 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 instant instant NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 hero hero NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 seizes seize VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 begins begin VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 blow blow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 xcomp _ _ 13 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 16 dance dance VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 conj _ _ 17 wildly wildly ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 18 around around ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 _ _ PUNCT `` _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 Yakshini Yakshini PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 24 fixing fix VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 12 advcl _ _ 25 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obj _ _ 27 upon upon ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obl _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 applying apply VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 24 conj _ _ 31 to to ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obl _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obj _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 36 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 37 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 spell spell NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **seize** | present | the hero | instant | | a instant | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 2 | **begin** | present | the hero *not said here* | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **blow** | to-infinitive | the hero *not said here* | instant | | | | | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent it=Patient | | 4 | **dance** | to-infinitive | the hero *not said here* | | | the Yakshini | | wildly *property* | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme around yakshini=Location | | 5 | **fix** | gerund | the hero *not said here* | \_'s eyes | | | | upon most | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent eye=Patient | | 6 | **apply** | gerund | the hero *not said here* | the words of most's own spell | most | | | | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Theme | | 7 | **word** | | | most's own spell | | | | | nom word «communication transitive»: of=patient | | 8 | **spell** | | most | | | | | | nom spell «state transitive»: poss=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 92](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/48/92/) - next →: [sentence 94](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/48/94/) - ↑ back to [Magic and Witchcraft., part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/48/)