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LEGENDS, part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/61/) / 78 # Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter VI. LEGENDS, part 6, sentence 78 The hero of the tale squeezes whey out of a piece of cheese or curd which he passes off as a stone; he induces the fleet demon to compete with his "Hop o' my Thumb" the hare; he sets the strong demon to wrestle with his "greybeard" the bear; he frightens the "grandfather" of the fiends by proposing to fling that potentate's magic staff so high in the air that it will never come down; and he persuades his diabolical opponents to keep pouring gold into a perforated hat or sack. **Who acts:** hero, piece, staff, Thumb · **What happens:** squeeze, pass off, induce, compete, set, wrestle · **To what, where:** whey, piece, fleet demon, strong demon, bear, grandfather This is a sentence of «Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore», Chapter VI. LEGENDS, part 6. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (hero, piece, staff, Thumb), 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:pg22373:61:78 # text = The hero of the tale squeezes whey out of a piece of cheese or curd which he passes off as a stone; he induces the fleet demon to compete with his "Hop o' my Thumb" the hare; he sets the strong demon to wrestle with his "greybeard" the bear; he frightens the "grandfather" of the fiends by proposing to fling that potentate's magic staff so high in the air that it will never come down; and he persuades his diabolical opponents to keep pouring gold into a perforated hat or sack. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 hero hero NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 tale tale NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 6 squeezes squeeze VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 whey whey NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 8 out out ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 piece piece NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 cheese cheese NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ 14 or or CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 curd curd NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 conj _ _ 16 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 18 nsubj _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 passes pass VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 acl:relcl _ _ 19 off off ADP RP _ 18 compound:prt _ _ 20 as as ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 stone stone NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ; 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; PUNCT : _ 44 punct _ _ 43 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 44 sets set VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 46 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 demon demon NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ _ 48 to to PART TO _ 49 mark _ _ 49 wrestle wrestle VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 xcomp _ _ 50 with with ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 51 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 53 nmod:poss _ _ 52 " " PUNCT `` _ 53 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 53 greybeard greybeard NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 " " PUNCT '' _ 53 punct _ _ 55 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 bear bear NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 57 ; ; PUNCT : _ 59 punct _ _ 58 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 59 nsubj _ _ 59 frightens frighten VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 60 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 62 det _ _ 61 " " PUNCT `` _ 62 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 62 grandfather grandfather NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 63 " " PUNCT '' _ 62 punct _ _ 64 of of ADP IN _ 66 case _ _ 65 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 66 det _ _ 66 fiends fiend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 62 nmod _ _ 67 by by SCONJ IN _ 68 mark _ _ 68 proposing propose VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 59 advcl _ _ 69 to to PART TO _ 70 mark _ _ 70 fling fling VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 68 xcomp _ _ 71 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 75 det _ _ 72 potentate potentate NOUN NN Number=Sing 74 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 73 's 's PART POS _ 72 case _ _ 74 magic magic NOUN NN Number=Sing 75 compound _ _ 75 staff staff NOUN NN Number=Sing 70 obj _ _ 76 so so ADV RB _ 77 advmod _ _ 77 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 70 advcl _ _ 78 in in ADP IN _ 80 case _ _ 79 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 80 det _ _ 80 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 77 obl _ _ 81 that that SCONJ IN _ 85 mark _ _ 82 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 85 nsubj _ _ 83 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 85 aux _ _ 84 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 85 advmod _ _ 85 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 77 advcl _ _ 86 down down ADV RB _ 85 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 87 ; ; PUNCT : _ 90 punct _ _ 88 and and CCONJ CC _ 90 cc _ _ 89 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 90 nsubj _ _ 90 persuades persuade VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 91 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 93 nmod:poss _ _ 92 diabolical diabolical ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 93 amod _ _ 93 opponents opponent NOUN NNS Number=Plur 90 obj _ _ 94 to to PART TO _ 95 mark _ _ 95 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 90 advcl _ _ 96 pouring pour VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 95 xcomp _ _ 97 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 96 obj _ _ 98 into into ADP IN _ 101 case _ _ 99 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 101 det _ _ 100 perforated perforate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 101 amod _ _ 101 hat hat NOUN NN Number=Sing 96 obl _ _ 102 or or CCONJ CC _ 103 cc _ _ 103 sack sack NOUN NN Number=Sing 101 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 104 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **squeeze** | present | the hero of the tale | whey | | a piece of cheese or curd | | | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent whey=Theme out piece=Trajectory | | 2 | **pass off** | present | a piece of cheese or curd | | | | | as a stone | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **induce** | present | hero | the fleet demon | | | | | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent demon=Patient | | 4 | **compete** | to-infinitive | hero *not said here* | | | | | with hero's Hop of my Thumb | vn battle-36.4 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with hop=Co-Agent | | 5 | **set** | present | hero | the strong demon | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **wrestle** | to-infinitive | hero *not said here* | the bear | | | | with hero's greybeard | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bear=Co-Agent | | 7 | **frighten** | present | hero | the grandfather of the fiends | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus grandfather=Experiencer | | 8 | **propose** | gerund | hero *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 9 | **fling** | to-infinitive | hero *not said here* | that magic staff | | | | | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent staff=Theme | | 10 | **not** **come down** | future | staff | | | | | down *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 11 | **persuade** | present | hero | hero's diabolical opponents | | | | | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent opponent=Patient | | 12 | **keep** | to-infinitive | hero *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 13 | **pour** | gerund | hero *not said here* | gold | | a perforated hat or sack | | | vn pour-9.5 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent gold=Theme into hat=Destination | | 14 | **perforate** | participle | | | | | | | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 15 | **hop** *in a quote* | | my Thumb | | | | | | nom hop «act intransitive»: of=agent | 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 77](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/61/77/) - next →: [sentence 79](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/61/79/) - ↑ back to [Chapter VI. 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