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LEGENDS, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/59/) / 121 # Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter VI. LEGENDS, part 4, sentence 121 In another story in the same collection a king believes that his wife will be able to confer on him by her magic skill "a most celestial figure," and under that impression confides to her all his secrets, after which she brings about his death. **Who acts:** king, wife, adviser · **What happens:** believe, be, confer, confide, bring, die · **To what, where:** story, adviser, impression · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore», Chapter VI. LEGENDS, part 4. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (king, wife, adviser), 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:pg22373:59:121 # text = In another story in the same collection a king believes that his wife will be able to confer on him by her magic skill "a most celestial figure," and under that impression confides to her all his secrets, after which she brings about his death. 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 3 det _ _ 3 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 collection collection NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 believes believe VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 that that SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 12 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 14 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 15 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 16 cop _ _ 16 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 ccomp _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 confer confer VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 xcomp _ _ 19 on on ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obl _ _ 21 by by ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 22 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 23 magic magic NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 compound _ _ 24 skill skill NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 25 " " PUNCT `` _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 27 most most ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 29 amod _ _ 28 celestial celestial NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 compound _ _ 29 figure figure NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 " " PUNCT '' _ 29 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 33 under under ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 35 det _ _ 35 impression impression NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 36 confides confide VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 37 to to ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obl _ _ 39 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 41 det:predet _ _ 40 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 secrets secret NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 43 after after ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 46 obl _ _ 45 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 46 brings bring VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 acl:relcl _ _ 47 about about ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 49 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **believe** | present | a king | | | another story in the same collection | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **is** | future | King's wife | | | | | able *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **confer** | to-infinitive | King's wife *not said here* | | | | | on King; by adviser's magic skill | vn correspond-36.1 «NP V PP.theme S»: agent=Agent on he=Topic | | 4 | **confide** *speech: other* | present | King's wife *not said here* | | adviser | that impression | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to she=Recipient | | 5 | **bring** | present | adviser | | | | after King's secrets | about King's death | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **die** | | King | | | | | | nom death «event intransitive»: poss=agent | 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 120](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/59/120/) - next →: [sentence 122](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/59/122/) - ↑ back to [Chapter VI. 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