--- title: But when the receipt was sought for--the production of which would h… — Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Musc… · tree and pragmatics description: But when the receipt was sought for--the production of which would have enabled the bridegroom to claim the youth in question as his slave--it could not be found; a certain devil had carried it off, and refused to say where he had hidden it. Who acts: devil. A sentence of «Russian Fairy Tales: A Cho --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/62/22/) [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 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/62/) / 22 # Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter VI. LEGENDS, part 7, sentence 22 But when the receipt was sought for--the production of which would have enabled the bridegroom to claim the youth in question as his slave--it could not be found; a certain devil had carried it off, and refused to say where he had hidden it. **Who acts:** devil · **What happens:** seek, enable, claim, not find, carry off, refuse · **To what, where:** receipt, bridegroom, youth, question, certain devil · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore», Chapter VI. LEGENDS, part 7. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (devil), 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:pg22373:62:22 # text = But when the receipt was sought for--the production of which would have enabled the bridegroom to claim the youth in question as his slave--it could not be found; a certain devil had carried it off, and refused to say where he had hidden it. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 2 when when SCONJ WRB _ 6 mark _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 receipt receipt NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux:pass _ _ 6 sought seek VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 32 advcl _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 -- -- PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 production production NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 15 obl _ _ 13 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 14 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 15 aux _ _ 15 enabled enable VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 10 acl:relcl _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 bridegroom bridegroom NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 18 to to PART TO _ 19 mark _ _ 19 claim claim VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 advcl _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 youth youth NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 22 in in ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 question question NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 24 as as 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 slave slave NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 -- -- PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj:pass _ _ 29 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 30 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 32 advmod _ _ 31 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 32 aux:pass _ _ 32 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ; ; PUNCT : _ 38 punct _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 certain certain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 devil devil NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nsubj:pass _ _ 37 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 carried carry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 32 conj _ _ 39 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ _ 40 off off ADP RP _ 38 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 refused refuse VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 conj _ _ 44 to to PART TO _ 45 mark _ _ 45 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 xcomp _ _ 46 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 49 advmod _ _ 47 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 48 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 49 hidden hide VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 45 ccomp _ _ 50 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 32 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **seek** | past · passive | | the receipt | | | | the production *obl* | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **enable** | would · perfect | | the bridegroom | | | | of the production | tree rules | | 3 | **claim** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | | the youth | | question | | as bridegroom's slave | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent youth=Topic | | 4 | **not** **find** | could · passive | | receipt | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic | | 5 | **carry off** | past · perfect · passive | | a certain devil | | | | | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Beneficiary it=Value | | 6 | **refuse** | past | | | | | | | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 7 | **not** **say** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 8 | **hide** | past · perfect | devil | receipt | | | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=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 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/62/21/) - next →: [sentence 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/62/23/) - ↑ back to [Chapter VI. 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