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title: Then he took the two parts out of the fire, rinsed them thoroughly i… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics
description: Then he took the two parts out of the fire, rinsed them thoroughly in the sea, sprinkled them over with water, made the sign of the cross, and Olyóna arose such a beauty as no tale can tell and no pen can write. Who acts: man, Olyóna, tale, pen. A sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. Afanas'ev,
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# Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 22, sentence 49

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Then he took the two parts out of the fire, rinsed them thoroughly in the sea, sprinkled them over with water, made the sign of the cross, and Olyóna arose such a beauty as no tale can tell and no pen can write.

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**Who acts:** man, Olyóna, tale, pen · **What happens:** take, rinse, sprinkle over, make, arise, tell · **To what, where:** two parts, fire, parts, sea, sign, beauty · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. Afanas'ev, Opening, part 22. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (man, Olyóna, tale, pen), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg62509:22:49
# text = Then he took the two parts out of the fire, rinsed them thoroughly in the sea, sprinkled them over with water, made the sign of the cross, and Olyóna arose such a beauty as no tale can tell and no pen can write.
1	Then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	3	advmod	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	parts	part	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
7	out	out	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	rinsed	rinse	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
13	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	_
14	thoroughly	thoroughly	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
19	sprinkled	sprinkle	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
20	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	obj	_	_
21	over	over	ADP	RP	_	19	compound:prt	_	_
22	with	with	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
23	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
25	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
26	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
27	sign	sign	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	obj	_	_
28	of	of	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
29	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	30	det	_	_
30	cross	cross	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	34	punct	_	_
32	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	34	cc	_	_
33	Olyóna	Olyóna	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	34	nsubj	_	_
34	arose	arise	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
35	such	such	DET	PDT	PronType=Ind	37	det:predet	_	_
36	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	37	det	_	_
37	beauty	beauty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	obj	_	_
38	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	42	mark	_	_
39	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	40	det	_	_
40	tale	tale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	42	nsubj	_	_
41	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	42	aux	_	_
42	tell	tell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	34	advcl	_	_
43	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	47	cc	_	_
44	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	45	det	_	_
45	pen	pen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	47	nsubj	_	_
46	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	47	aux	_	_
47	write	write	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	42	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
48	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
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## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | past | man | the two parts |  | the fire | then |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent part=Theme out fire=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **rinse** | past | man *not said here* | parts *= part* |  | the sea |  | thoroughly *property* | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent they=Source |
| 3 | **sprinkle over** | past | man *not said here* | parts *= part* |  |  |  | with water | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent they=Destination with water=Theme |
| 4 | **make** | past | man *not said here* | the sign of the cross |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset sign=Product |
| 5 | **arise** | past | Olyóna | such beauty |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location beauty=Theme |
| 6 | **tell** *speech: assert* | can | no tale |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 7 | **write** | can | no pen |  |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 8 | **sign** |  |  | the cross |  |  |  |  | nom sign «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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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.

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**Text:** «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. Afanas'ev, Project Gutenberg book 62509 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order.

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