--- title: Then they shut themselves up in the private apartment, laid the Prin… — Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Musc… · tree and pragmatics description: Then they shut themselves up in the private apartment, laid the Princess on the big table, cut her into small pieces with the sharp sword, flung them into the tub of water, washed them, and rinsed them. Who acts: doctors. A sentence of «Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/59/32/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collecti…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/) / [Chapter VI. LEGENDS, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/59/) / 32 # Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter VI. LEGENDS, part 4, sentence 32 Then they shut themselves up in the private apartment, laid the Princess on the big table, cut her into small pieces with the sharp sword, flung them into the tub of water, washed them, and rinsed them. **Who acts:** doctors · **What happens:** shut up, lay, cut, fling, wash, rinse · **To what, where:** doctors, private apartment, Princess, big table, small pieces, tub 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 (doctors), 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:pg22373:59:32 # text = Then they shut themselves up in the private apartment, laid the Princess on the big table, cut her into small pieces with the sharp sword, flung them into the tub of water, washed them, and rinsed them. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 shut shut VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 3 obj _ _ 5 up up ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 private private ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 apartment apartment NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 laid lay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 Princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 on on ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 table table NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 19 cut cut VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 parataxis _ _ 20 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ _ 21 into into ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 pieces piece NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obl _ _ 24 with with ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 sharp sharp ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 29 flung fling VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 parataxis _ _ 30 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ _ 31 into into ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 tub tub NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 37 washed wash VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 conj _ _ 38 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 rinsed rinse VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 conj _ _ 42 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **shut up** | present | doctors *= doctor* | doctors *= doctor* | | the private apartment | then | | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent themselves=Patient | | 2 | **lay** | past | | the Princess | | the big table | | | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent princess=Theme on table=Destination | | 3 | **cut** | past | | Princess | | small pieces with the sharp sword | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: agent=Agent she=Material into piece=Product | | 4 | **fling** | past | | doctors *= doctor* | | the tub of water | | | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent they=Theme into tub=Destination | | 5 | **wash** | past | | doctors *= doctor* | | | | | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient | | 6 | **rinse** | past | | doctors *= doctor* | | | | | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent they=Source | 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 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/59/31/) - next →: [sentence 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/59/33/) - ↑ back to [Chapter VI. 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