--- title: And those two Princes and their mother brought a certain Princess ba… — Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Musc… · tree and pragmatics description: And those two Princes and their mother brought a certain Princess back with them; and the eldest son wants to marry her, but she declares he must fetch her her betrothal ring first, or get one made just as she wants it. Who acts: two Princes, eldest son, Princess, son. A sentence of «Russian Fairy T --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/24/140/) [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 II. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/24/) / 140 # Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter II. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 6, sentence 140 And those two Princes and their mother brought a certain Princess back with them; and the eldest son wants to marry her, but she declares he must fetch her her betrothal ring first, or get one made just as she wants it. **Who acts:** two Princes, eldest son, Princess, son, one · **What happens:** bring, want, marry, declare, fetch, get · **To what, where:** certain Princess, Princess, betrothal ring, one, ring This is a sentence of «Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore», Chapter II. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 6. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (two Princes, eldest son, Princess, son), 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:pg22373:24:140 # text = And those two Princes and their mother brought a certain Princess back with them; and the eldest son wants to marry her, but she declares he must fetch her her betrothal ring first, or get one made just as she wants it. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 2 those that DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 4 det _ _ 3 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ _ 4 Princes prince NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 6 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ 8 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 certain certain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 Princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 12 back back ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 13 with with ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ; ; PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 eldest eld ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 19 amod _ _ 19 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 20 wants want VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 21 to to PART TO _ 22 mark _ _ 22 marry marry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 xcomp _ _ 23 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 but but CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 26 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 declares declare VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 29 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 fetch fetch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 xcomp _ _ 31 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ _ 32 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 33 betrothal betrothal NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 compound _ _ 34 ring ring NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 35 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 30 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 or or CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 conj _ _ 39 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 38 obj _ _ 40 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 38 xcomp _ _ 41 just just ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 42 as as SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 43 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 44 wants want VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 advcl _ _ 45 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bring** | past | that two Princes and brothers's mother | | a certain Princess | | | with brothers *= brother* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument princess=Destination | | 2 | **want** | present | the eldest son | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 3 | **marry** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the eldest son *not said here* | Princess | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient | | 4 | **declare** *speech: other* | present | Princess | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 5 | **fetch** | must | son | Princess's betrothal ring | Princess | | | first *property* | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent she=Beneficiary ring=Theme | | 6 | **get** | infinitive | Princess *not said here* | one | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **make** | participle | one *not said here* | | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | | 8 | **want** | present | Princess | ring | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot it=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 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 139](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/24/139/) - next →: [sentence 141](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/24/141/) - ↑ back to [Chapter II. 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