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LEGENDS, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/58/) / 54 # Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter VI. LEGENDS, part 3, sentence 54 And St. George distributed the bread among the wolves, and one loaf which remained over he gave to the poor brother; who afterwards found that it was of a miraculous nature, always renewing itself and so supplying its owner with an inexhaustible store of bread. **Who acts:** George, one loaf, bread · **What happens:** distribute, remain, give, find, be, renew · **To what, where:** bread, poor brother, owner 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 (George, one loaf, bread), 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:pg22373:58:54 # text = And St. George distributed the bread among the wolves, and one loaf which remained over he gave to the poor brother; who afterwards found that it was of a miraculous nature, always renewing itself and so supplying its owner with an inexhaustible store of bread. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 St. St. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod:desc _ _ 3 George George PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 distributed distribute VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 bread bread NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 among among ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 wolves wolf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 12 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 13 nummod _ _ 13 loaf loaf NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 parataxis _ _ 14 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 15 nsubj _ _ 15 remained remain VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 acl:relcl _ _ 16 over over SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 advcl _ _ 19 to to ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ; ; PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 26 nsubj _ _ 25 afterwards afterwards ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 26 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 parataxis _ _ 27 that that SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 28 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 29 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 cop _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 miraculous miraculous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 nature nature NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 36 advmod _ _ 36 renewing renew VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 33 appos _ _ 37 itself itself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 36 obj _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 39 so so ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 40 supplying supply VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 36 conj _ _ 41 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 owner owner NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ _ 43 with with ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 44 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 45 inexhaustible inexhaustible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 store store NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ _ 47 of of ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 bread bread NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **distribute** | past | George St. | the bread | | | | among the wolves | vn contribute-13.2-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent bread=Theme among wolf=Recipient | | 2 | **remain** | past | one loaf | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **give** | past | George | | the poor brother | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to brother=Recipient | | 4 | **find** | past | one loaf | | | | | afterwards *property* | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is** | past | bread | | | | | of a miraculous nature | tree rules | | 6 | **renew** | gerund | | bread | | | | always *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent itself=Patient | | 7 | **supply** | gerund | | bread's owner | | | | with a inexhaustible store of bread | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: agent=Agent owner=Recipient with store=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 53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/58/53/) - next →: [sentence 55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/58/55/) - ↑ back to [Chapter VI. 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