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LEGENDS, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/59/) / 24 # Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter VI. LEGENDS, part 4, sentence 24 In that country the King's daughter lay at the point of death, and the King had given notice that to him who should cure his daughter he would give half of his kingdom, and half of his goods and possessions; but if any one undertook to cure her and failed, he should have his head chopped off and hung up on a stake. **Who acts:** daughter, King, given notice, one, head · **What happens:** lie, give, cure, undertake, fail, have · **To what, where:** country, given notice, half, daughter, stake, death 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 (daughter, King, given notice, 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:pg22373:59:24 # text = In that country the King's daughter lay at the point of death, and the King had given notice that to him who should cure his daughter he would give half of his kingdom, and half of his goods and possessions; but if any one undertook to cure her and failed, he should have his head chopped off and hung up on a stake. 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 det _ _ 3 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 6 's 's PART POS _ 5 case _ _ 7 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 lay lie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 at at ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 point point NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 18 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 amod _ _ 20 notice notice NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 parataxis _ _ 21 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 26 obj _ _ 22 to to ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obl _ _ 24 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 26 nsubj _ _ 25 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 cure cure VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 acl:relcl _ _ 27 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 30 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 conj _ _ 32 half half NOUN NN Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac 31 obj _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 half half NOUN NN Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac 8 parataxis _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 goods goods NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 38 nmod _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 possessions possession NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ; ; PUNCT : _ 49 punct _ _ 45 but but CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 46 if if SCONJ IN _ 49 mark _ _ 47 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 48 det _ _ 48 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 nsubj _ _ 49 undertook undertake VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 50 to to PART TO _ 51 mark _ _ 51 cure cure VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 49 xcomp _ _ 52 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 obj _ _ 53 and and CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 54 failed fail VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 56 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 58 nsubj _ _ 57 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 58 aux _ _ 58 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 54 ccomp _ _ 59 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 60 nmod:poss _ _ 60 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 nsubj _ _ 61 chopped chop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 58 parataxis _ _ 62 off off ADP RP _ 61 compound:prt _ _ 63 and and CCONJ CC _ 64 cc _ _ 64 hung hang VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 conj _ _ 65 up up ADP RP _ 64 compound:prt _ _ 66 on on ADP IN _ 68 case _ _ 67 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 68 det _ _ 68 stake stake NOUN NN Number=Sing 64 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 69 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lie** | past | the King's daughter | | | that country | | at the point of death | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in country=Location | | 2 | **give** | past · perfect | the King | | | | | | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **cure** | should | given notice | given notice | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **give** | would | King | half of King's kingdom | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent half=Theme | | 5 | **undertake** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | any one | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 6 | **cure** | to-infinitive | any one *not said here* | daughter | | | | | vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer she=Source | | 7 | **fail** | past | any one *not said here* | | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 8 | **have** | should | King | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **chop off** | past | King's head | | | | | | vn carve-21.2-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 10 | **hang up** | past | any one *not said here* | | | a stake | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on stake=Location | | 11 | **point** | | | death | | | | | nom point «cognition 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 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/59/23/) - next →: [sentence 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/59/25/) - ↑ back to [Chapter VI. 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