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LEGENDS, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/56/) / 12 # Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter VI. LEGENDS, part 1, sentence 12 One of these states that when the Lord had created Adam and Eve, he stationed at the gates of Paradise the dog, then a clean beast, giving it strict orders not to give admittance to the Evil One. **Who acts:** Lord, One · **What happens:** create, station, give, not give · **To what, where:** states, clean beast, gates, beast, admittance, Evil One This is a sentence of «Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore», Chapter VI. LEGENDS, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Lord, One), 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:pg22373:56:12 # text = One of these states that when the Lord had created Adam and Eve, he stationed at the gates of Paradise the dog, then a clean beast, giving it strict orders not to give admittance to the Evil One. 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 16 nsubj _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 4 det _ _ 4 states state NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 nmod _ _ 5 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 10 obj _ _ 6 when when SCONJ WRB _ 10 mark _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 Lord Lord PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 9 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 created create VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 acl:relcl _ _ 11 Adam Adam PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 Eve Eve PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 stationed station VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 17 at at ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 gates gate NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obl _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 Paradise Paradise PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 nmod _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 25 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 28 advmod _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 clean clean ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 beast beast NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 30 giving give VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 16 advcl _ _ 31 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ _ 32 strict strict ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 orders order NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obj _ _ 34 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 36 advmod _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 36 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 advcl _ _ 37 admittance admittance NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 38 to to ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 Evil evil ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 One one NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **create** | past · perfect | the Lord | this states | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **station** | past | One of this states | a clean beast | | the gates of Paradise | | | vn put-9.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent at gate=Destination | | 3 | **give** | gerund | One of this states *not said here* | beast | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent it=Recipient order=Theme | | 4 | **not** **give** | to-infinitive | One of this states *not said here* | admittance | the Evil One | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent admittance=Theme to one=Recipient | 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 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/56/11/) - next →: [sentence 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/56/13/) - ↑ back to [Chapter VI. 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