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LEGENDS, part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/62/) / 9 # Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter VI. LEGENDS, part 7, sentence 9 After a time, the soldier induces the whole of the fiendish party to enter his knapsack, prevents them from getting out again by signing it with a cross, and then has it thumped on an anvil to his heart's content. **Who acts:** soldier, knapsack · **What happens:** induce, enter, prevent, get out, sign, have · **To what, where:** whole, knapsack, cards, anvil 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 (soldier, knapsack), 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:pg22373:62:9 # text = After a time, the soldier induces the whole of the fiendish party to enter his knapsack, prevents them from getting out again by signing it with a cross, and then has it thumped on an anvil to his heart's content. 1 After after ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 soldier soldier NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 induces induce VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 obj _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 fiendish fiendish ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 party party NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 15 enter enter VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 advcl _ _ 16 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 knapsack knapsack NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 19 prevents prevent VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 20 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ _ 21 from from SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 22 getting get VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 19 advcl _ _ 23 out out ADP RP _ 22 compound:prt _ _ 24 again again ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 25 by by SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 26 signing sign VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 22 advcl _ _ 27 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ _ 28 with with ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 cross cross NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 33 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 34 advmod _ _ 34 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 35 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obj _ _ 36 thumped thump VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 34 xcomp _ _ 37 on on ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 anvil anvil NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 40 to to ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 41 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 43 's 's PART POS _ 42 case _ _ 44 content content NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **induce** | present | the soldier | the whole | | | time | | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent whole=Patient | | 2 | **enter** | to-infinitive | the soldier *not said here* | process's knapsack | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme knapsack=Destination | | 3 | **prevent** | present | the soldier *not said here* | cards *= card* | | | | | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer they=Theme | | 4 | **get out** | gerund | the soldier *not said here* | | | | again | | vn withdraw-82-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **sign** | gerund | the soldier *not said here* | knapsack | | | | with a cross | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Destination with cross=Theme | | 6 | **have** | present | the soldier *not said here* | knapsack | | | then | | tree rules | | 7 | **thump** | participle | knapsack *not said here* | | | a anvil to process's heart's content | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on anvil=Location | 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 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/62/8/) - next →: [sentence 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/62/10/) - ↑ back to [Chapter VI. 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