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LEGENDS, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/60/) / 55 # Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter VI. LEGENDS, part 5, sentence 55 There is a well-known story, which has spread far and wide over Europe, of a soldier who abstains for a term of years from washing, shaving, and hair-combing, and who serves, or at least obeys, the devil during that time, at the end of which he is rewarded by the fiend with great wealth. **Who acts:** known story, soldier, fiend · **What happens:** be, know, spread, abstain, shave, serve · **To what, where:** known story, Europe, least obeys, story, years 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: who acts (known story, soldier, fiend), 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:pg22373:60:55 # text = There is a well-known story, which has spread far and wide over Europe, of a soldier who abstains for a term of years from washing, shaving, and hair-combing, and who serves, or at least obeys, the devil during that time, at the end of which he is rewarded by the fiend with great wealth. 1 There there PRON EX PronType=Dem 2 expl _ _ 2 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 4 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 known know VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 amod _ _ 7 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 11 nsubj:pass _ _ 10 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 spread spread VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 acl:relcl _ _ 12 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 11 advmod _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 wide wide ADV RB _ 12 conj _ _ 15 over over ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 Europe Europe PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 soldier soldier NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 parataxis _ _ 21 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 22 nsubj _ _ 22 abstains abstain VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 acl:relcl _ _ 23 for for ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 term term NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 nmod _ _ 28 from from ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 washing washing NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 31 shaving shave VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 22 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 34 hair hair NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 35 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 combing combing NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 39 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 40 nsubj _ _ 40 serves serve VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 42 or or CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 43 at at ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 least least ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 45 amod _ _ 45 obeys obey NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 devil devil NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 conj _ _ 49 during during ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 51 det _ _ 51 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 53 at at ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 conj _ _ 56 of of ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 57 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 60 obl _ _ 58 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 60 nsubj _ _ 59 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 60 aux:pass _ _ 60 rewarded reward VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 55 acl:relcl _ _ 61 by by ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 62 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 63 det _ _ 63 fiend fiend NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 obl _ _ 64 with with ADP IN _ 66 case _ _ 65 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 66 amod _ _ 66 wealth wealth NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 67 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **be** | present | a known story | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **know** | participle | | | | | | well *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **spread** | present · perfect · passive | | a known story | | Europe | | far *property* | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme over europe=Destination | | 4 | **abstain** | present | a soldier | | | | | for a term of years from washing | vn refrain-69 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **shave** | gerund | a soldier *not said here* | | | | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **serve** | present | | least obeys and the devil | | | time | | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **reward** | present · passive | the fiend with great wealth | story | | | of the end | | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent subject=Recipient | | 8 | **term** | | | years from washing | | | | | nom term «communication transitive»: of=patient | 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 54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/60/54/) - next →: [sentence 56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/60/56/) - ↑ back to [Chapter VI. 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