--- title: (2) The Neapolitan story of "Pervonto" (Basile's "Pentamerone," No.… — Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Musc… · tree and pragmatics description: (2) The Neapolitan story of "Pervonto" (Basile's "Pentamerone," No. 3) who obtains his magic power from three youths whom he screens from the sun as they lie asleep one hot day, and who turn out to be sons of a fairy. Who acts: Neapolitan story, No., screens. 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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 (Neapolitan story, No., screens), 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:pg22373:49:220 # text = (2) The Neapolitan story of "Pervonto" (Basile's "Pentamerone," No. 3) who obtains his magic power from three youths whom he screens from the sun as they lie asleep one hot day, and who turn out to be sons of a fairy. 1 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 2 2 NUM LS NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 45 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 2 punct _ _ 4 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 Neapolitan Neapolitan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 " " PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 Pervonto Pervonto PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 " " PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ 11 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 Basile Basile PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 13 's 's PART POS _ 12 case _ _ 14 " " PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 Pentamerone Pentamerone PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 " " PUNCT `` _ 18 punct _ _ 18 No. no. NOUN NN Abbr=Yes|Number=Sing 12 appos _ _ 19 3 3 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 18 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 12 punct _ _ 21 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 22 nsubj _ _ 22 obtains obtain VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 acl:relcl _ _ 23 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 24 magic magic NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 compound _ _ 25 power power NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 26 from from ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 28 nummod _ _ 28 youths youth NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obl _ _ 29 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 31 amod _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 screens screen NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 conj _ _ 32 from from ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 35 as as SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 36 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 lie lie VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 advcl _ _ 38 asleep asleep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 compound _ _ 40 hot hot ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 44 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 45 nsubj _ _ 45 turn turn VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 46 out out ADP RP _ 45 compound:prt _ _ 47 to to PART TO _ 49 mark _ _ 48 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 49 cop _ _ 49 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 xcomp _ _ 50 of of ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 fairy fairy NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 45 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **obtain** | present | the Neapolitan story of Pervonto | No.'s magic power | | three youths and whom screens | | from the sun | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent power=Theme from youth=Source | | 2 | **screen** | | No. | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **lie** | present | screens *= screen* | | | | day | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **turn out** | present | | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **is a** | to-infinitive | | sons | | | | of a fairy | tree rules | 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 219](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/49/219/) - next →: [sentence 221](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/49/221/) - ↑ back to [Magic and Witchcraft., part 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/49/)