--- title: The same evening that priest came to him and said, "Do thy will, O T… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The same evening that priest came to him and said, "Do thy will, O Tsar, and strike off my head, for I cannot blot out one word of Holy Scripture."--And the Tsar said to him, "Glory be to God, for now I know that there is at least one priest in my tsardom who stands firm for God's Word. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (same evening, Tsar, Glory, one priest), 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:pg29672:19:101 # text = The same evening that priest came to him and said, "Do thy will, O Tsar, and strike off my head, for I cannot blot out one word of Holy Scripture."--And the Tsar said to him, "Glory be to God, for now I know that there is at least one priest in my tsardom who stands firm for God's Word. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 evening evening NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 5 det _ _ 5 priest priest NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod:unmarked _ _ 6 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obl _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 " " PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 Do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 ccomp _ _ 14 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 13 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 O of ADP IN Abbr=Yes 18 case _ _ 18 Tsar Tsar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 strike strike VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 22 off off ADP RP _ 21 compound:prt _ _ 23 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 26 for for SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 27 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 28 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 29 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 30 advmod _ _ 30 blot blot VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 parataxis _ _ 31 out out ADP RP _ 30 compound:prt _ _ 32 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 33 nummod _ _ 33 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 Holy holy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 Scripture Scripture PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 . . PUNCT . _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 " " PUNCT '' _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 -- -- PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 And and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 Tsar Tsar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 nsubj _ _ 43 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 44 to to ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 47 " " PUNCT `` _ 51 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 Glory glory NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 nsubj _ _ 49 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 51 cop _ _ 50 to to ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 51 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 53 for for ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 54 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 56 obl _ _ 55 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 56 nsubj _ _ 56 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 43 conj _ _ 57 that that SCONJ IN _ 59 mark _ _ 58 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 59 expl _ _ 59 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 56 ccomp _ _ 60 at at ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 61 least least ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 62 nmod _ _ 62 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 63 nummod _ _ 63 priest priest NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 nsubj _ _ 64 in in ADP IN _ 66 case _ _ 65 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 66 nmod:poss _ _ 66 tsardom tsardom NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 nmod _ _ 67 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 68 nsubj _ _ 68 stands stand VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 66 acl:relcl _ _ 69 firm firm ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 68 xcomp _ _ 70 for for ADP IN _ 73 case _ _ 71 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 73 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 72 's 's PART POS _ 71 case _ _ 73 Word Word PROPN NNP Number=Sing 68 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 74 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | the same evening that priest | | man | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to he=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the same evening that priest *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **do** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | of Tsar | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **strike off** *in a quote* | infinitive | the same evening that priest *not said here* | my head | | | | | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Patient | | 5 | **not** **blot out** *in a quote* | can | the same evening that priest *= evening* | one word of Holy Scripture | | | | | vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent word=Destination | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the Tsar | | man | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient | | 7 | **is** *in a quote* | infinitive | Glory | | | | | to God | tree rules | | 8 | **know** *in a quote* | present | the Tsar *= tsar* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 9 | **be** *in a quote* | present | one priest in my tsardom | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 10 | **stand** *in a quote* | present | my tsardom | | | | | for God's Word; firm *property* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer for word=Attribute | | 11 | **word** *in a quote* | | | Holy Scripture | | | | | nom word «communication transitive»: of=patient | 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:** «Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales», Project Gutenberg book 29672 (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 100](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/19/100/) - next →: [sentence 102](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/19/102/) - ↑ back to [The Tsar and the Angel](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/19/)