--- title: All of these the host feasted gloriously, but he forgot even so much… — Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Musc… · tree and pragmatics description: All of these the host feasted gloriously, but he forgot even so much as to think of his poor brother and his wife; not a thing did he offer them; they had to sit and merely look on at the others eating and drinking. Who acts: All, host, thing, things. A sentence of «Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Col --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/35/179/) [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 III. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/35/) / 179 # Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter III. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 1, sentence 179 All of these the host feasted gloriously, but he forgot even so much as to think of his poor brother and his wife; not a thing did he offer them; they had to sit and merely look on at the others eating and drinking. **Who acts:** All, host, thing, things, others · **What happens:** feast, forget, think, not offer, have, sit · **To what, where:** much, congratulations This is a sentence of «Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore», Chapter III. MYTHOLOGICAL, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (All, host, thing, things), 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:pg22373:35:179 # text = All of these the host feasted gloriously, but he forgot even so much as to think of his poor brother and his wife; not a thing did he offer them; they had to sit and merely look on at the others eating and drinking. 1 All all DET DT PronType=Tot 6 nsubj _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 these this PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 1 nmod _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 host host NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 feasted feast VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 gloriously gloriously ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 but but CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 forgot forget VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 12 even even ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 13 so so ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 14 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 obj _ _ 15 as as SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 16 to to PART TO _ 17 mark _ _ 17 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 acl _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 19 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 20 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 23 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ; ; PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 26 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 31 advmod _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 29 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 offer offer VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 conj _ _ 32 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ; ; PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 sit sit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 xcomp _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 39 merely merely ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 40 look look VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 conj _ _ 41 on on ADP RP _ 40 compound:prt _ _ 42 at at ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 others other NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 obl _ _ 45 eating eat VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 44 acl _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 47 drinking drink VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 45 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **feast** | past | All | | | | | gloriously *property* | vn dine-39.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **forget** | past | host | much | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **think** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | | | | | | of host's poor brother and host's wife | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **not** **offer** | past · do-support | a thing | congratulations *= congratulation* | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 5 | **have** | past | things *= thing* | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **sit** | to-infinitive | things *= thing* *not said here* | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **look on** | present | things *= thing* *not said here* | | | | | at the others; merely *property* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at other=Theme | | 8 | **eat** | gerund | the others *not said here* | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **drink** | gerund | the others *not said here* | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «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 178](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/35/178/) - next →: [Chapter III. 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