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LEGENDS, part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/61/) / 90 # Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter VI. LEGENDS, part 6, sentence 90 By the time the wolf-fiend has made a third journey in order to settle a doubt which Zachary describes as weighing on his mind--as to the numerical relation of the large beasts to the small--the three years have passed away. **Who acts:** doubt, Zachary · **What happens:** make, settle, describe, weigh, pass away, mind · **To what, where:** wolf fiend, doubt, mind, three years 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 (doubt, Zachary), 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:pg22373:61:90 # text = By the time the wolf-fiend has made a third journey in order to settle a doubt which Zachary describes as weighing on his mind--as to the numerical relation of the large beasts to the small--the three years have passed away. 1 By by ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 5 wolf wolf NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 6 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 fiend fiend NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj:pass _ _ 8 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 third third ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 12 amod _ _ 12 journey journey NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 13 in in SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 16 mark _ _ 14 order order NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 fixed _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 16 settle settle VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 advcl _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 doubt doubt NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 19 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 21 nsubj _ _ 20 Zachary Zachary PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 21 describes describe VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 acl:relcl _ _ 22 as as SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 23 weighing weigh VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 21 advcl _ _ 24 on on ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 mind mind NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 -- -- PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 as as ADP IN ExtPos=ADP 32 case _ _ 29 to to ADP IN _ 28 fixed _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 31 numerical numerical ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 relation relation NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 beasts beast NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 nmod _ _ 37 to to ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 -- -- PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 42 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 43 nummod _ _ 43 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 nsubj:pass _ _ 44 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 45 passed pass VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 32 conj _ _ 46 away away ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | present · perfect · passive | | the wolf fiend | | | time | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: subject=Beneficiary journey=Product | | 2 | **settle** | to-infinitive | | a doubt | | | | as the numerical relation of the large beasts to the small | vn odge-46-1 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme doubt=Location | | 3 | **describe** | present | a doubt | | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **weigh** | gerund | a doubt *not said here* | | | Zachary's mind | | | vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **pass away** | present · perfect · passive | | the three years | | | | away *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **mind** | | Zachary | | | | | | nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=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 89](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/61/89/) - next →: [sentence 91](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/61/91/) - ↑ back to [Chapter VI. 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