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LEGENDS, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/59/) / 53 # Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter VI. LEGENDS, part 4, sentence 53 Shutting himself up in the private room, he laid the Princess on the table, and began chopping her up with the sharp sword; and however much the Princess might scream or squeal, the Pope, without paying any attention to either screaming or squealing, went on chopping and chopping just as if she had been so much beef. **Who acts:** Pope, Princess · **What happens:** shut up, lay, begin, chop up, scream, squeal · **To what, where:** Pope, private room, Princess, table, attention, chopping 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 (Pope, Princess), 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:pg22373:59:53 # text = Shutting himself up in the private room, he laid the Princess on the table, and began chopping her up with the sharp sword; and however much the Princess might scream or squeal, the Pope, without paying any attention to either screaming or squealing, went on chopping and chopping just as if she had been so much beef. 1 Shutting shut VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 advcl _ _ 2 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 1 obj _ _ 3 up up ADP RP _ 1 compound:prt _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 private private ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 laid lay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 Princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 13 on on ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 table table NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 19 chopping chop VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 18 xcomp _ _ 20 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ _ 21 up up ADP RP _ 19 compound:prt _ _ 22 with with ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 sharp sharp ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ; ; PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 28 however however ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 29 much much ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 Princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nsubj _ _ 32 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 scream scream VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 conj _ _ 34 or or CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 squeal squeal VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 Pope Pope PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 without without SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 41 paying pay VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 33 advcl _ _ 42 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 43 det _ _ 43 attention attention NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ _ 44 to to SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 45 either either CCONJ CC _ 46 cc:preconj _ _ 46 screaming scream VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 41 advcl _ _ 47 or or CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 48 squealing squeal VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 46 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 50 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 51 on on ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 52 chopping chopping NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obl _ _ 53 and and CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 54 chopping chop VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 50 advcl _ _ 55 just just ADV RB _ 56 advmod _ _ 56 as as ADV RB _ 54 advmod _ _ 57 if if SCONJ IN _ 63 mark _ _ 58 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 63 nsubj _ _ 59 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 63 aux _ _ 60 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 63 cop _ _ 61 so so ADV RB _ 62 advmod _ _ 62 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 63 amod _ _ 63 beef beef NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 64 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **shut up** | gerund | Pope *not said here* | Pope | | the private room | | | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Patient | | 2 | **lay** | past | Pope | the Princess | | the table | | | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent princess=Theme on table=Destination | | 3 | **begin** | past | Pope *not said here* | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 4 | **chop up** | gerund | Pope *not said here* | Princess | | | | with the sharp sword | vn carve-21.2-2 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent she=Patient with sword=Instrument | | 5 | **scream** *speech: express* | might | the Princess | the Pope | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **squeal** | infinitive | the Princess *not said here* | | | | | | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **pay** | gerund | the Princess *not said here* | any attention | | | | | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent attention=Asset | | 8 | **scream** *speech: express* | gerund | the Princess *not said here* | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **squeal** | gerund | the Princess *not said here* | | | | | | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **go** | past | Pope *not said here* | | | chopping | | | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on chopping=Location | | 11 | **chop** | gerund | Pope *not said here* | | | | | | vn carve-21.2-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 12 | **is a** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · perfect | Princess | much beef | | | | | tree rules | 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 52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/59/52/) - next →: [sentence 54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/59/54/) - ↑ back to [Chapter VI. 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