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LEGENDS, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/60/) / 106 # Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter VI. LEGENDS, part 5, sentence 106 The king, exceedingly embarrassed, called the princesses together, and asked which of them would consent to accept the dreaded suitor (who, of course, had not paid the slightest attention to his toilette for hundreds of centuries). **What happens:** call, ask, consent, accept, dread, not pay · **To what, where:** princesses, dreaded suitor, slightest attention · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore», Chapter VI. LEGENDS, part 5. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: 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:pg22373:60:106 # text = The king, exceedingly embarrassed, called the princesses together, and asked which of them would consent to accept the dreaded suitor (who, of course, had not paid the slightest attention to his toilette for hundreds of centuries). 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 exceedingly exceedingly ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 embarrassed embarrassed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 conj _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 princesses princess NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obj _ _ 10 together together ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 14 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 18 obj _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obl _ _ 17 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 consent consent VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 ccomp _ _ 19 to to PART TO _ 20 mark _ _ 20 accept accept VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 xcomp _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 dreaded dread VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 23 amod _ _ 23 suitor suitor NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 24 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 23 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 course course NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 31 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 32 advmod _ _ 32 paid pay VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 conj _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 34 slightest slight ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 35 amod _ _ 35 attention attention NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 36 to to ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 toilette toilette NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 39 for for ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 hundreds hundred NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obl _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 centuries century NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **call** | participle | | | the princesses | | | together *property* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent princess=Recipient | | 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **consent** | would | | | | | | of princesses *= princess* | tree rules | | 4 | **accept** | to-infinitive | | the dreaded suitor | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent suitor=Theme | | 5 | **dread** | participle | | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **not** **pay** | past · perfect | | the slightest attention | | | | to king's toilette; for hundreds of centuries | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent attention=Asset for hundred=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 105](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/60/105/) - next →: [sentence 107](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/60/107/) - ↑ back to [Chapter VI. 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