--- title: And the ministers answered the Tsar, “Your Majesty, on the very day… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: And the ministers answered the Tsar, “Your Majesty, on the very day the Tsarítsa received your letter she vanished no one knows where, and has been away all this time, and she has only just appeared in the palace.” Who acts: ministers, Tsarítsa, one, your. A sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. 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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 (ministers, Tsarítsa, one, your), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg62509:10:46 # text = And the ministers answered the Tsar, “Your Majesty, on the very day the Tsarítsa received your letter she vanished no one knows where, and has been away all this time, and she has only just appeared in the palace.” 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 ministers minister NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 Tsar Tsar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 “ " PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 Your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 Majesty majesty NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 12 on on ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 very very ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 15 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 Tsarítsa Tsarítsa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 18 received receive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 19 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 letter letter NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 21 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 vanished vanish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 acl:relcl _ _ 23 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 24 det _ _ 24 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 25 knows know VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 ccomp _ _ 26 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 25 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 29 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 30 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 31 cop _ _ 31 away away ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 32 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 34 det:predet _ _ 33 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 34 det _ _ 34 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 37 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 39 only only ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 40 just just ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 41 appeared appear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 advcl _ _ 42 in in ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ” " PUNCT '' _ 38 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | the ministers | | the Tsar | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **receive** *in a quote* | past | the Tsarítsa | your letter | | | day | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent letter=Theme | | 3 | **vanish** *in a quote* | past | Tsarítsa | your letter *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **know** *in a quote* | present | no one | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **is** *in a quote* | present · perfect | | | | | time | away *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **have** *in a quote* | present | Tsarítsa | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **appear** *in a quote* | past | Tsarítsa *not said here* | | | the palace | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in palace=Location | | 8 | **letter** *in a quote* | | your | | | | | | nom letter «communication 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:** «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. 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