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LEGENDS, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/59/) / 45 # Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter VI. LEGENDS, part 4, sentence 45 The old man used only a thumb and two fingers, but the Pope seized whole handfuls, and kept on stowing them away in his wallet--shovelling them into it, and then lifting it a bit to see if he was strong enough to carry it. **Who acts:** old man, man · **What happens:** use, seize, keep, stow away, shovell, lift · **To what, where:** old man, whole handfuls, handfuls, wallet 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 (old man, man), 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:pg22373:59:45 # text = The old man used only a thumb and two fingers, but the Pope seized whole handfuls, and kept on stowing them away in his wallet--shovelling them into it, and then lifting it a bit to see if he was strong enough to carry it. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 4 used use VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl _ _ 5 only only ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 thumb thumb NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 advcl _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 9 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 10 nummod _ _ 10 fingers finger NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 but but CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 Pope Pope PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 15 seized seize VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 16 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 handfuls handful NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 kept keep VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 parataxis _ _ 21 on on SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 22 stowing stow VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 20 advcl _ _ 23 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obj _ _ 24 away away ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 25 in in ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 wallet wallet NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 -- -- PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 shovelling shovell VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 22 conj _ _ 30 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ _ 31 into into ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 35 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 36 advmod _ _ 36 lifting lift VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 22 conj _ _ 37 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 bit bit NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl:unmarked _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 41 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 advcl _ _ 42 if if SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 43 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 44 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 cop _ _ 45 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 ccomp _ _ 46 enough enough ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 47 to to PART TO _ 48 mark _ _ 48 carry carry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 45 advcl _ _ 49 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **use** | participle | | the old man *not said here* | | | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **seize** | past | the old man | whole handfuls | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent handful=Theme | | 3 | **keep** | participle | | | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **stow away** | gerund | | handfuls *= handful* | | Pope's wallet | | away *property* | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme in wallet=Destination | | 5 | **shovell** | gerund | | handfuls *= handful* | | wallet | | | tree rules | | 6 | **lift** | gerund | | wallet | | | then | a bit *obl:unmarked* | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 7 | **see** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 8 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | man | | | | | enough, strong *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **carry** | to-infinitive | man *not said here* | wallet | | | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=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 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/59/44/) - next →: [sentence 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/59/46/) - ↑ back to [Chapter VI. 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