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LEGENDS, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/57/) / 10 # Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter VI. LEGENDS, part 2, sentence 10 After the meal the beggar exchanges crosses with his host,\[437\] giving him "a cross which blazes like fire," and invites him to pay him a visit on the following Tuesday. **Who acts:** beggar, host, cross · **What happens:** exchange, give, blaze, invite, pay, follow · **To what, where:** crosses, cross, beggar This is a sentence of «Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore», Chapter VI. LEGENDS, part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (beggar, host, cross), 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:pg22373:57:10 # text = After the meal the beggar exchanges crosses with his host,[437] giving him "a cross which blazes like fire," and invites him to pay him a visit on the following Tuesday. 1 After after ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 meal meal NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 beggar beggar NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 exchanges exchange VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 crosses cross NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ _ 8 with with ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 host host NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 437 437 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 10 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 13 punct _ _ 15 giving give VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 10 acl _ _ 16 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 iobj _ _ 17 " " PUNCT `` _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 cross cross NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 20 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 21 nsubj _ _ 21 blazes blaze VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 acl:relcl _ _ 22 like like ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 " " PUNCT '' _ 21 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 invites invite VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ _ 28 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 obj _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 pay pay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 xcomp _ _ 31 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 visit visit NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 34 on on ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 following follow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 37 amod _ _ 37 Tuesday Tuesday PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **exchange** | present | the beggar | crosses | | | after the meal | with beggar's host | vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent cross=Theme with host=Co-Agent | | 2 | **give** | gerund | beggar's host *not said here* | a cross | beggar | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient cross=Theme | | 3 | **blaze** *in a quote* | present | a cross | | | | | like fire | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **invite** | present | a cross *not said here* | beggar | | | | | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 5 | **pay** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | beggar *not said here* | | beggar | | tuesday | | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient visit=Asset | | 6 | **follow** | gerund | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/57/9/) - next →: [sentence 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/57/11/) - ↑ back to [Chapter VI. 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