--- title: In one of these (Hahn, ii. p. 234), a Lamia guards the water of life… — Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Musc… · tree and pragmatics description: In one of these (Hahn, ii. p. 234), a Lamia guards the water of life (+abanato nero+) which flows within a rock; in another (ii. p. 280) a mountain opens at midday, and several springs are disclosed, each of which cries "Draw from me!" but the only one which is life-giving is that to which a bee fli --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/49/122/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collecti…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/) / [Magic and Witchcraft., part 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/49/) / 122 # Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Magic and Witchcraft., part 8, sentence 122 In one of these (Hahn, ii. p. 234), a Lamia guards the water of life (+abanato nero+) which flows within a rock; in another (ii. p. 280) a mountain opens at midday, and several springs are disclosed, each of which cries "Draw from me!" but the only one which is life-giving is that to which a bee flies. **Who acts:** Lamia, water, one, each, only one, bee · **What happens:** guard, flow, open, disclose, cry, draw · **To what, where:** water, another, midday, several springs, that · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore», Magic and Witchcraft., part 8. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Lamia, water, one, each), 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:pg22373:49:122 # text = In one of these (Hahn, ii. p. 234), a Lamia guards the water of life (+abanato nero+) which flows within a rock; in another (ii. p. 280) a mountain opens at midday, and several springs are disclosed, each of which cries "Draw from me!" but the only one which is life-giving is that to which a bee flies. 1 In in ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 43 nsubj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 these this PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 2 nmod _ _ 5 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 Hahn Hahn PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 ii II NUM CD NumForm=Roman|NumType=Card 6 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 9 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ 10 p. P. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 conj _ _ 11 234 234 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 10 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 Lamia lamia NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 16 guards guard VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ _ 21 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 + + SYM SYM _ 24 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 23 abanato abanato X FW _ 24 compound _ _ 24 nero nero NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 + + SYM SYM _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 24 punct _ _ 27 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 28 nsubj _ _ 28 flows flow VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 acl:relcl _ _ 29 within within ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 rock rock NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ; ; PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 33 in in ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 16 obl _ _ 35 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ii II NUM CD NumForm=Roman|NumType=Card 34 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ 38 p. P. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 flat _ _ 39 280 280 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 6 list _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 6 punct _ _ 41 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 mountain mountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nsubj _ _ 43 opens open VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 44 at at ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 midday midday NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 48 several several ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 49 springs spring NOUN NNS Number=Plur 51 nsubj:pass _ _ 50 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 51 aux:pass _ _ 51 disclosed disclose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 43 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 53 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 56 nsubj _ _ 54 of of ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 55 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 53 nmod _ _ 56 cries cry VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 43 conj _ _ 57 " " PUNCT `` _ 58 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 58 Draw draw VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 56 ccomp _ _ 59 from from ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 60 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 58 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 61 ! ! PUNCT . _ 58 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 62 " " PUNCT '' _ 58 punct _ _ 63 but but CCONJ CC _ 73 cc _ _ 64 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 66 det _ _ 65 only only ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 66 amod _ _ 66 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 73 nsubj _ _ 67 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 71 nsubj _ _ 68 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 71 aux _ _ 69 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 71 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 70 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 69 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 71 giving give VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 66 acl:relcl _ _ 72 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 73 cop _ _ 73 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 56 obl _ _ 74 to to ADP IN _ 75 case _ _ 75 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 78 obl _ _ 76 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 77 det _ _ 77 bee bee NOUN NN Number=Sing 78 nsubj _ _ 78 flies fly VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 56 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 79 . . PUNCT . _ 43 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **guard** | present | a Lamia | the water of life + abanato nero | | another | | | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Beneficiary | | 2 | **flow** | present | the water of life + abanato nero | | | | | within a rock | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **open** | present | one of these | | | midday | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at midday=Location | | 4 | **disclose** | present · passive | | several springs | | | | | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic | | 5 | **cry** *speech: express* | present | each | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **draw** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | from each | vn split-23.2 «NP V PP.co-patient»: agent=Patient from i=Co-Patient | | 7 | **give** | present · progressive | the only one | | | | | | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 8 | **is a** | present | the only one | that | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **fly** | present | a bee | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to which=Result | 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 121](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/49/121/) - next →: [sentence 123](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/49/123/) - ↑ back to [Magic and Witchcraft., part 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/49/)