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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 (God), 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:pg22373:52:91 # text = So he and his wife "began to pray to God, entreating him to give them a child--for solace in their youth, for support in their old age, for soul-remembrance[396] after death. 1 So so ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ 6 " " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 pray pray VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 xcomp _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 entreating entreat VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 advcl _ _ 14 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obj _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 16 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 xcomp _ _ 17 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 iobj _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 -- -- PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 for for ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 solace solace NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 23 in in ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 youth youth NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 for for ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 support support NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 29 in in ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 30 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 31 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 age age NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 34 for for ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 35 soul soul NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 36 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 remembrance remembrance NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 396 396 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 37 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 39 punct _ _ 41 after after ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **begin** *in a quote* | past | God | | | | after death | for soul remembrance | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **pray** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | God *not said here* | | God | | | | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 3 | **entreat** *in a quote* | gerund | God *not said here* | God | | | | | vn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 4 | **give** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | God *not said here* | a child | children *= child* | | | for solace in children's youth | 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 90](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/52/90/) - next →: [sentence 92](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/52/92/) - ↑ back to [Ghost Stories., part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/52/)