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title: Tsar Výslav Andrónovich was deeply afflicted, and he called to him h… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics
description: Tsar Výslav Andrónovich was deeply afflicted, and he called to him his three sons and said to them: “My beloved children, which of you will go into my garden and catch the Bird of Light? Who acts: reward, beloved children. A sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. Afanas'ev, Opening, part 10, with
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# Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 10, sentence 62

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Tsar Výslav Andrónovich was deeply afflicted, and he called to him his three sons and said to them: “My beloved children, which of you will go into my garden and catch the Bird of Light?

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**Who acts:** reward, beloved children · **What happens:** afflict, call, say, go, catch · **To what, where:** Tsar, three sons, LIGHT, garden, Bird · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. Afanas'ev, Opening, part 10. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (reward, beloved children), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg62509:10:62
# text = Tsar Výslav Andrónovich was deeply afflicted, and he called to him his three sons and said to them: “My beloved children, which of you will go into my garden and catch the Bird of Light?
1	Tsar	Tsar	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	Výslav	Výslav	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	_
3	Andrónovich	Andrónovich	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
5	deeply	deeply	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	afflicted	afflict	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	called	call	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	parataxis	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obl	_	_
13	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
14	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	15	nummod	_	_
15	sons	son	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
17	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	conj	_	_
18	to	to	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	24	punct	_	_
21	“	"	PUNCT	``	_	24	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	My	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	24	nmod:poss	_	_
23	beloved	beloved	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	24	amod	_	_
24	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	30	punct	_	_
26	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	30	nsubj	_	_
27	of	of	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
28	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	30	nsubj	_	_
29	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	30	aux	_	_
30	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	24	parataxis	_	_
31	into	into	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
32	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	33	nmod:poss	_	_
33	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	obl	_	_
34	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	35	cc	_	_
35	catch	catch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	30	conj	_	_
36	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	37	det	_	_
37	Bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	obj	_	_
38	of	of	ADP	IN	_	39	case	_	_
39	Light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	37	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
40	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **afflict** | past · passive |  | Tsar |  |  |  | deeply *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer |
| 2 | **call** | past | reward | reward's three sons | LIGHT |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent son=Topic to he=Recipient |
| 3 | **say** *speech: ask* | past | reward *not said here* |  | Tsar |  |  | My beloved children *ccomp* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to they=Recipient |
| 4 | **go** *in a quote* | future | My beloved children |  |  | my garden |  | you *nsubj* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into garden=Initial\_Location |
| 5 | **catch** *in a quote* | infinitive | My beloved children *not said here* | the Bird of Light |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bird=Theme |

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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.

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**Text:** «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. Afanas'ev, Project Gutenberg book 62509 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order.

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