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LEGENDS, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/59/) / 130 # Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter VI. LEGENDS, part 4, sentence 130 37, 38, 45-48) we see the fiend-haunted corpse hungering after human flesh and blood; the history of \_The Bad Wife\_ (No. 7) proves how a demon may suffer at a woman's hands, that of \_The Dead Witch\_ (No. 3) shows to what indignities the remains of a wicked woman may be subjected by the fiends with whom she has chosen to associate. **Who acts:** we, haunted corpse, No., demon, that, fiends · **What happens:** see, haunt, hunger, prove, suffer, show · **To what, where:** 37, hands, indignities 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 (we, haunted corpse, No., demon), 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:pg22373:59:130 # text = 37, 38, 45-48) we see the fiend-haunted corpse hungering after human flesh and blood; the history of _The Bad Wife_ (No. 7) proves how a demon may suffer at a woman's hands, that of _The Dead Witch_ (No. 3) shows to what indignities the remains of a wicked woman may be subjected by the fiends with whom she has chosen to associate. 1 37 37 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 38 38 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 45-48 45-48 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 1 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 5 punct _ _ 7 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 see see VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 10 fiend fiend NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 11 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 haunted haunt VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 amod _ _ 13 corpse corpse NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 14 hungering hunger VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 13 acl _ _ 15 after after ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 human human ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 flesh flesh NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ; ; PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 history history NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 24 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 Bad bad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 Wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 33 punct _ _ 29 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 No. no. NOUN NN Abbr=Yes|Number=Sing 33 nsubj _ _ 31 7 7 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 30 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 30 punct _ _ 33 proves prove VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 34 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 38 advmod _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 demon demon NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 37 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 suffer suffer VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 ccomp _ _ 39 at at ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 40 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 42 's 's PART POS _ 41 case _ _ 43 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 45 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 56 nsubj _ _ 46 of of ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 47 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 46 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 49 Dead Dead PROPN NNP Number=Sing 50 compound _ _ 50 Witch Witch PROPN NNP Number=Sing 45 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 51 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 50 punct _ _ 52 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 53 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 53 No. no. NOUN NN Abbr=Yes|Number=Sing 50 appos _ _ 54 3 3 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 53 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 55 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 53 punct _ _ 56 shows show VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 advcl _ _ 57 to to ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 58 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 56 obl _ _ 59 indignities indignity NOUN NNS Number=Plur 68 nsubj:pass _ _ 60 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 61 det _ _ 61 remains remains NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 59 appos _ _ 62 of of ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 63 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 65 det _ _ 64 wicked wicked ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 65 amod _ _ 65 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 nmod _ _ 66 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 68 aux _ _ 67 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 68 aux:pass _ _ 68 subjected subject VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 58 acl:relcl _ _ 69 by by ADP IN _ 71 case _ _ 70 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 71 det _ _ 71 fiends fiend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 68 obl _ _ 72 with with ADP IN _ 73 case _ _ 73 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 71 acl:relcl _ _ 74 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 76 nsubj _ _ 75 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 76 aux _ _ 76 chosen choose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 73 acl:relcl _ _ 77 to to ADP IN _ 78 case _ _ 78 associate associate NOUN NN Number=Sing 76 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 79 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | present | we | 37 | | | | the history of the Bad Wife *obl* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer corpse=Stimulus | | 2 | **haunt** | participle | | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **hunger** | gerund | the haunted corpse *not said here* | | | | after human flesh and blood | | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **prove** | present | No. | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 5 | **suffer** | may | a demon | | | a woman's hands | | | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **show** | present | that | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient how S»: agent=Agent to what=Recipient | | 7 | **subject** | may · passive | the fiends | indignities | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **choose** | present · perfect | Demon | | | | | to associate | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=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 129](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/59/129/) - next →: [sentence 131](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/59/131/) - ↑ back to [Chapter VI. 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