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LEGENDS, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/60/) / 59 # Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter VI. LEGENDS, part 5, sentence 59 In one of the German versions of this story, a king's elder daughter, when asked to marry her rich but slovenly suitor, replies, "I would sooner go into the deepest water than do that." **Who acts:** one, I · **What happens:** ask, marry, reply, go, do · **To what, where:** rich suitor, deepest water, that · **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: who acts (one, I), 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:pg22373:60:59 # text = In one of the German versions of this story, a king's elder daughter, when asked to marry her rich but slovenly suitor, replies, "I would sooner go into the deepest water than do that." 1 In in ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 27 nsubj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 German German ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 versions version NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 9 det _ _ 9 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 13 's 's PART POS _ 12 case _ _ 14 elder elder ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 18 advmod _ _ 18 asked ask VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 acl _ _ 19 to to PART TO _ 20 mark _ _ 20 marry marry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 xcomp _ _ 21 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 22 rich rich ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 23 but but CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 slovenly slovenly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 conj _ _ 25 suitor suitor NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 27 replies reply VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 29 " " PUNCT `` _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 31 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 32 sooner soon ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 33 advmod _ _ 33 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 conj _ _ 34 into into ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 deepest deep ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 37 amod _ _ 37 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 38 than than SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 39 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 advcl _ _ 40 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 " " PUNCT '' _ 27 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | participle | | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **marry** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | youngest's rich suitor | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent suitor=Patient | | 3 | **reply** *speech: assert* | present | one of the German versions of this story and a king's elder daughter | | | | | | vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **go** *in a quote* | would | I | | | the deepest water | | soon *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into water=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **do** *in a quote* | infinitive | I *not said here* | that | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Eventuality | 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 58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/60/58/) - next →: [sentence 60](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/60/60/) - ↑ back to [Chapter VI. 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