--- title: “For this reason: let me see the Swan, the fair maiden; let her body… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: “For this reason: let me see the Swan, the fair maiden; let her body glint through her wings, and through her body let her bones appear, and from bone to bone let the marrow run like a flowing string of pearls.” Who acts: last Chúdo Yúda, body, bones, marrow. 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Afanas'ev, Opening, part 4. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (last Chúdo Yúda, body, bones, marrow), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg62509:4:48 # text = “For this reason: let me see the Swan, the fair maiden; let her body glint through her wings, and through her body let her bones appear, and from bone to bone let the marrow run like a flowing string of pearls.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 For for ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 det _ _ 4 reason reason NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 : : PUNCT : _ 6 punct _ _ 6 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 7 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ 8 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 xcomp _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 Swan swan NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 fair fair ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 maiden maiden NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ; ; PUNCT : _ 16 punct _ _ 16 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 17 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ _ 18 body body NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 compound _ _ 19 glint glint NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 20 through through ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 wings wing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 25 through through SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 26 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 body body NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 28 let let VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 29 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obj _ _ 30 bones bone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 nsubj _ _ 31 appear appear VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 34 from from ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 bone bone NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 36 to to ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 bone bone NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nmod _ _ 38 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 31 parataxis _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 marrow marrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 41 run run VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 xcomp _ _ 42 like like ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 43 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 44 flowing flow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 45 amod _ _ 45 string string NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ _ 46 of of ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 pearls pearl NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 ” " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **let** *in a quote* | infinitive | | last Chúdo Yúda *= yúda* | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **see** *in a quote* | infinitive | last Chúdo Yúda *= yúda* *not said here* | the Swan and the fair maiden | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer swan=Stimulus | | 3 | **let** *in a quote* | infinitive | | body glint | Yúda | Yúda's wings | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient glint=Theme | | 4 | **let** *in a quote* | past | Yúda's body | Yúda | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | | 5 | **appear** *in a quote* | present | bones | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **let** *in a quote* | infinitive | | the marrow | | bone to bone | | | tree rules | | 7 | **run** *in a quote* | present | the marrow *not said here* | | | | | like a flowing string of pearls | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **flow** *in a quote* | gerund | | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 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. - ← previous: [sentence 47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/4/47/) - next →: [sentence 49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/4/49/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/4/)