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LEGENDS, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/58/) / 52 # Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter VI. LEGENDS, part 3, sentence 52 The poor brother had climbed up a tree one night, and suddenly he saw beneath him what seemed to be two men--the one driving a pack of wolves, the other attending to the conveyance of a quantity of bread. **Who acts:** brother, one · **What happens:** climb up, see, seem, be, drive, convey · **To what, where:** poor brother, two men, pack, quantity · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore», Chapter VI. LEGENDS, part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (brother, 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:pg22373:58:52 # text = The poor brother had climbed up a tree one night, and suddenly he saw beneath him what seemed to be two men--the one driving a pack of wolves, the other attending to the conveyance of a quantity of bread. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 climbed climb VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 up up ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 9 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 10 nummod _ _ 10 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 13 suddenly suddenly ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 16 beneath beneath ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obl _ _ 18 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 19 nsubj _ _ 19 seemed seem VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 ccomp _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 21 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 23 cop _ _ 22 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 23 nummod _ _ 23 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 -- -- PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 appos _ _ 27 driving drive VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 26 acl _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 pack pack NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 wolves wolf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 34 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 attending attending NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 conj _ _ 36 to to ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 conveyance conveyance NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nmod _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 quantity quantity NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nmod _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 bread bread NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **climb up** | past · perfect · passive | | the poor brother | | | night | | tree rules | | 2 | **see** | past | brother | | | | | beneath man; suddenly *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 3 | **seem** | past | | | | | | | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **is a** | to-infinitive | | two men and the other attending to the conveyance of a quantity of bread | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **drive** | gerund | the one *not said here* | a pack of wolves | | | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme pack=Trajectory | | 6 | **convey** | | | a quantity of bread | | | | | nom conveyance «communication transitive»: of=patient | 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 51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/58/51/) - next →: [sentence 53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/58/53/) - ↑ back to [Chapter VI. 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