--- title: But after the elder sisters of a family have refused him, the younge… — Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Musc… · tree and pragmatics description: But after the elder sisters of a family have refused him, the youngest accepts him; whereupon he allows himself to be cleansed, combed, and dressed in bright apparel, and leads a cleanly and a happy life ever afterwards. Who acts: youngest, appearance. A sentence of «Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Co --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/60/57/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collecti…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/) / [Chapter VI. LEGENDS, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/60/) / 57 # Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter VI. LEGENDS, part 5, sentence 57 But after the elder sisters of a family have refused him, the youngest accepts him; whereupon he allows himself to be cleansed, combed, and dressed in bright apparel, and leads a cleanly and a happy life ever afterwards. **Who acts:** youngest, appearance · **What happens:** refuse, accept, allow, cleanse, comb, dress · **To what, where:** elder sisters, appearance, bright apparel 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 (youngest, appearance), 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:pg22373:60:57 # text = But after the elder sisters of a family have refused him, the youngest accepts him; whereupon he allows himself to be cleansed, combed, and dressed in bright apparel, and leads a cleanly and a happy life ever afterwards. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 2 after after SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 elder elder ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 sisters sister NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nsubj:pass _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 family family NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 9 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 refused refuse VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 advcl _ _ 11 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 youngest young ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 15 nsubj _ _ 15 accepts accept VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 16 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 18 whereupon whereupon ADV WRB PronType=Int 20 advmod _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 allows allow VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 21 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 20 obj _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 24 mark _ _ 23 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 24 aux:pass _ _ 24 cleansed cleanse VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 26 combed comb VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 24 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 dressed dress VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 26 conj _ _ 30 in in ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 bright bright ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 apparel apparel NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 leads lead VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 cleanly cleanly ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 happy happy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 conj _ _ 42 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 43 advmod _ _ 43 afterwards afterwards ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **refuse** | present · perfect · passive | | the elder sisters of a family | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **accept** | present | the youngest | appearance | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 3 | **allow** | present | appearance | appearance | | | | whereupon *property* | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: agent=Causer himself=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality | | 4 | **cleanse** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive · passive | appearance *not said here* | | | | | | vn groom-41.1.2 «NP V NP» | | 5 | **comb** | participle | appearance *not said here* | | | | | | vn wipe\_instr-10.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **dress** | participle | appearance *not said here* | | | bright apparel | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **lead** | present | the youngest *not said here* | | | | | afterwards, cleanly *property* | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition | 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/pg22373/60/56/) - next →: [sentence 58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/60/58/) - ↑ back to [Chapter VI. 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