--- title: And they all sat down at table and ate and drank, and the Tsar himse… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: And they all sat down at table and ate and drank, and the Tsar himself and his courtiers distributed the meat and drink to the guests as much as they would, but to the unfortunate Tsar they gave a double portion of everything. Who acts: people, Tsar. 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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 (people, Tsar), 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:pg29672:19:113 # text = And they all sat down at table and ate and drank, and the Tsar himself and his courtiers distributed the meat and drink to the guests as much as they would, but to the unfortunate Tsar they gave a double portion of everything. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 4 advmod _ _ 4 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 down down ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 table table NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 ate eat VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 drank drink VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 Tsar Tsar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 16 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 20 nsubj _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 18 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 courtiers courtier NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 conj _ _ 20 distributed distribute VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 meat meat NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 drink drink NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 conj _ _ 25 to to ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 guests guest NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obl _ _ 28 as as ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 29 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 30 as as SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 31 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 34 but but CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 35 to to ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 37 unfortunate unfortunate ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 Tsar Tsar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 obl _ _ 39 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 41 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 42 double double ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 portion portion NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 43 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sit down** | past | people | | | table | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at table=Location | | 2 | **eat** | past | people *not said here* | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **drink** | past | people *not said here* | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **distribute** | past | the Tsar | the meat and drink | the guests | | | | vn contribute-13.2-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent meat=Theme to guest=Recipient | | 5 | **give** | past | people | a double portion of everything | the unfortunate Tsar | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent portion=Theme to tsar=Recipient | 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 112](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/19/112/) - next →: [sentence 114](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/19/114/) - ↑ back to [The Tsar and the Angel](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/19/)