--- title: All the maids of honour and servants and attendants and _boyáryni_ r… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: All the maids of honour and servants and attendants and _boyáryni_ ran swiftly into the palace and began to set a hunt on foot, but however many the hunters that hunted, they could not hunt down the grey Wolf, and so they all turned back home again frustrated. Who acts: maids, many hunters. 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Afanas'ev, Opening, part 11. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (maids, many hunters), 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:pg62509:11:20 # text = All the maids of honour and servants and attendants and _boyáryni_ ran swiftly into the palace and began to set a hunt on foot, but however many the hunters that hunted, they could not hunt down the grey Wolf, and so they all turned back home again frustrated. 1 All all DET PDT PronType=Tot 3 det:predet _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 maids maid NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 nsubj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 honour honour NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 servants servant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 conj _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 attendants attendant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 conj _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 11 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 boyáryni boyáryni X FW Foreign=Yes 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 14 punct _ _ 14 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 15 swiftly swiftly ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 16 into into ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 21 to to PART TO _ 22 mark _ _ 22 set set VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 xcomp _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 hunt hunt NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 25 on on ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 foot foot NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 28 but but CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 29 however however ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 30 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 hunters hunter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 advcl _ _ 33 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 34 nsubj _ _ 34 hunted hunt VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 36 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 37 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 38 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 39 advmod _ _ 39 hunt hunt VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 conj _ _ 40 down down ADP RP _ 39 compound:prt _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 42 grey grey ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 Wolf Wolf PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 46 so so ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ _ 47 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 48 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 47 det _ _ 49 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 50 back back ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ _ 51 home home ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ _ 52 again again ADV RB _ 53 advmod _ _ 53 frustrated frustrated ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **run** | past | all maids of honour and servants and attendants | | | | | into the palace *result*; the many hunters *advcl*; swiftly *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into palace=Result | | 2 | **begin** | past | all maids of honour and servants and attendants *not said here* | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **set** | to-infinitive | all maids of honour and servants and attendants *not said here* | a hunt | | foot | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent hunt=Theme on foot=Destination | | 4 | **hunt** | past | the many hunters | | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **not** **hunt down** | could | maids *= maid* | the grey Wolf | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wolf=Theme | | 6 | **turn back** | past | maids *= maid* | | | | | frustrated, home *property* | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=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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