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LEGENDS, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/59/) / 57 # Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter VI. LEGENDS, part 4, sentence 57 See, the Pope flings the pieces back again into the water, washes and washes, rinses and rinses, and again puts them together bit by bit. **Who acts:** you, Pope · **What happens:** see, fling, wash, rinse, put · **To what, where:** pieces, water · **Speech:** someone speaks here 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 (you, Pope), 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:pg22373:59:57 # text = See, the Pope flings the pieces back again into the water, washes and washes, rinses and rinses, and again puts them together bit by bit. 1 See see VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 Pope Pope PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 flings fling VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 ccomp _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 pieces piece NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ 8 back back ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 again again ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 10 into into ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 14 washes wash VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 washes wash VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 18 rinses rinse VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 rinses rinse VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 23 again again ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 24 puts put VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 advcl _ _ 25 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ _ 26 together together ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 27 bit bit NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl:unmarked _ _ 28 by by ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 bit bit NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **fling** | present | the Pope | the pieces | | the water | again | | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent piece=Theme into water=Destination | | 3 | **wash** | present | | | | | | | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **wash** | present | | | | | | | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **rinse** | present | | | | | | | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **rinse** | present | | | | | | | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **put** | present | you *not said here* | pieces *= piece* | | | again | by bit; bit *obl:unmarked*; together *property* | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme by bit=Destination | 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 56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/59/56/) - next →: [sentence 58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/59/58/) - ↑ back to [Chapter VI. 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