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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 (third), 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:pg22373:51:145 # text = On being questioned, she explains that she has come "from the earthly realm into the heavenly," and promises not to repeat her visit if she is dismissed in peace. 1 On on SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 questioned question VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 explains explain VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 that that SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 8 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 6 ccomp _ _ 11 " " PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 from from ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 earthly earthly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 realm realm NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 16 into into ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 heavenly heavenly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 " " PUNCT '' _ 18 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 promises promise VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 23 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 25 advmod _ _ 24 to to PART TO _ 25 mark _ _ 25 repeat repeat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 xcomp _ _ 26 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 visit visit NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 28 if if SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 29 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 30 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux:pass _ _ 31 dismissed dismiss VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 25 advcl _ _ 32 in in ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 peace peace NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **question** *speech: other* | gerund · passive | third *not said here* | | | | | | vn interrogate-37.1.3 «NP V NP» | | 2 | **explain** *speech: assert* | present | third | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **come** | present · perfect | third | | | the earthly realm | | into the heavenly | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme from realm=Initial\_Location into heavenly=Destination | | 4 | **promise** *speech: promise* | present | third *not said here* | | | | | | vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **not** **repeat** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | third *not said here* | third's visit | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent visit=Eventuality | | 6 | **dismiss** *a condition, not said to happen* | present · passive | | third | | peace | | | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 7 | **visit** | | third | | | | | | nom visit «act 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 144](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/51/144/) - next →: [sentence 146](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/51/146/) - ↑ back to [Ghost Stories., part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/51/)