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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 (you, grandfather, Munchausen class), 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:pg22373:51:108 # text = In another instance the myth has been turned into one of those tales of the Munchausen class, the title of which is the "saw" _Ne lyubo, ne slushai_, _i.e._, "If you don't like, don't listen"--the final words being understood; "but let me tell you a story." 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 3 det _ _ 3 instance instance NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 myth myth NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj:pass _ _ 6 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 7 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 8 aux:pass _ _ 8 turned turn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 9 into into ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 8 obl _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 those that DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 13 det _ _ 13 tales tale NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nmod _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 Munchausen Munchausen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 compound _ _ 17 class class NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 title title NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 appos _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 26 obl _ _ 23 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 cop _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 " " PUNCT `` _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 saw saw NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 " " PUNCT '' _ 26 punct _ _ 28 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 Ne Ne PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 compound _ _ 30 lyubo lyubo NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 32 ne ne NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 conj _ _ 33 slushai slushai X FW Foreign=Yes 32 dep _ SpaceAfter=No 34 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 i.e. i.e. ADV FW _ 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 40 " " PUNCT `` _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 If if SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 42 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 43 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 44 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 45 advmod _ _ 45 like like VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 47 do do AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 49 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 48 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 49 advmod _ _ 49 listen listen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 45 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 " " PUNCT '' _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 -- -- PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 53 final final ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 54 amod _ _ 54 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 56 nsubj:pass _ _ 55 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 56 aux:pass _ _ 56 understood understand VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 45 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 57 ; ; PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 58 " " PUNCT `` _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 59 but but CCONJ CC _ 60 cc _ _ 60 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 45 conj _ _ 61 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 60 obj _ _ 62 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 60 xcomp _ _ 63 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 62 iobj _ _ 64 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 65 det _ _ 65 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 66 . . PUNCT . _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 67 " " PUNCT '' _ 45 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn** | present · perfect · passive | | the myth | | another instance | | into one of that tales of the Munchausen class Ne lyubo and ne | tree rules | | 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | | the saw | | | | of the title | tree rules | | 3 | **not** **like** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present · do-support | you | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 4 | **not** **listen** *in a quote* | infinitive · do-support | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **understand** | gerund · passive | | the final words | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Stimulus | | 6 | **let** *in a quote* | infinitive | you *not said here* | the grandfather *= grandfather* | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | infinitive | the grandfather *= grandfather* *not said here* | a story | you | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient story=Topic | | 8 | **tell** | | the Munchausen class | | | | | | nom tale «communication intransitive»: of=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 107](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/51/107/) - next →: [sentence 109](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/51/109/) - ↑ back to [Ghost Stories., part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/51/)