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LEGENDS, part 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/63/) / 129 # Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter VI. LEGENDS, part 8, sentence 129 While gird does not seem to be the right word in this context, it's unclear what the author really intended--possibly gibe?--so it is left as printed. **Who acts:** gird · **What happens:** not seem, be, intend, gibe, leave, print · **To what, where:** right word, context, author This is a sentence of «Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore», Chapter VI. LEGENDS, part 8. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (gird), 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:pg22373:63:129 # text = While gird does not seem to be the right word in this context, it's unclear what the author really intended--possibly gibe?--so it is left as printed. 1 While while SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 2 gird gird NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 seem seem VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 advcl _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 7 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 10 cop _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 advcl _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 13 det _ _ 13 context context NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 15 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 cop _ _ 17 unclear unclear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 18 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 22 obj _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 author author NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj:pass _ _ 21 really really ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 22 intended intend VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 17 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 -- -- PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 possibly possibly ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 25 gibe gibe VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ? ? PUNCT . _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 -- -- PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 so so ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 29 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj:pass _ _ 30 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux:pass _ _ 31 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 17 parataxis _ _ 32 as as SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 33 printed print VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 31 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 . . PUNCT . _ 17 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **seem** | present · do-support | gird | | | | | | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **is a** | to-infinitive | gird *not said here* | the right word | | this context | | | tree rules | | 3 | **is** | present | gird | | | | | unclear *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **intend** | participle · passive | | the author | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **gibe** | infinitive | | | | | | possibly *property* | vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **leave** | present · passive | | author | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 7 | **print** | participle | | | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=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 128](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/63/128/) - next →: [sentence 130](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/63/130/) - ↑ back to [Chapter VI. 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