--- title: For a long time the Tsar wrinkled his brows at the thought of giving… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: For a long time the Tsar wrinkled his brows at the thought of giving his daughter to a simple youth; but at last he gave them his blessing, and they crowned them with bridal wreaths, and all the world was bidden to the wedding-feast. Who acts: Tsar, thought, brows. 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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 (Tsar, thought, brows), 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:pg29672:2:168 # text = For a long time the Tsar wrinkled his brows at the thought of giving his daughter to a simple youth; but at last he gave them his blessing, and they crowned them with bridal wreaths, and all the world was bidden to the wedding-feast. 1 For for ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 Tsar Tsar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 wrinkled wrinkle VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 brows brow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obj _ _ 10 at at ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 thought thought NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 13 of of SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 14 giving give VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 12 acl _ _ 15 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 iobj _ _ 17 to to ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 simple simple ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 youth youth NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ; ; PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 22 but but CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 23 at at ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 last last NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 27 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ _ 28 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 blessing blessing NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 32 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 crowned crown VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 34 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obj _ _ 35 with with ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 bridal bridal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 wreaths wreath NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 40 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 42 det:predet _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nsubj _ _ 43 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 aux:pass _ _ 44 bidden bid VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 conj _ _ 45 to to ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 47 wedding wedding NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 48 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 47 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 feast feast NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wrinkle** | past | the Tsar | Tsar's brows | | the thought | time | | vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent brow=Patient | | 2 | **give** | gerund | the thought *not said here* | | Tsar's daughter | | | to a simple youth | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent daughter=Theme to youth=Recipient | | 3 | **give** | past | Tsar | brows *= brow* | | last | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent they=Recipient blessing=Theme at last=Asset | | 4 | **crown** | past | brows *= brow* | wings *= wing* | | | | with bridal wreaths | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent they=Destination with wreath=Theme | | 5 | **bid** | past · passive | | all world | | | | to the wedding feast | tree rules | | 6 | **bless** | | Tsar | | | | | | nom blessing «act transitive»: poss=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:** «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 167](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/2/167/) - next →: [sentence 169](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/2/169/) - ↑ back to [Oh: the Tsar of the Forest](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/2/)