--- title: Then Tsar Afrón said to him: “O my fair Queen Eléna, I will do anyth… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Then Tsar Afrón said to him: “O my fair Queen Eléna, I will do anything for you,” and he promptly bade the maids of honour, the servants, the attendants and the _boyáryni_ to go with him and the fair Princess into the open field to walk. Who acts: Tsar, fair Eléna. 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N. 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 (Tsar, fair Eléna), 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:pg62509:11:33 # text = Then Tsar Afrón said to him: “O my fair Queen Eléna, I will do anything for you,” and he promptly bade the maids of honour, the servants, the attendants and the _boyáryni_ to go with him and the fair Princess into the open field to walk. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 Tsar Tsar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 Afrón Afrón PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 flat _ _ 4 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 : : PUNCT : _ 17 punct _ _ 8 “ " PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 O o INTJ UH _ 13 discourse _ _ 10 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 11 fair fair ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 12 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nmod:desc _ _ 13 Eléna Eléna PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 15 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 16 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 ccomp _ _ 18 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 17 obj _ _ 19 for for ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ” " PUNCT '' _ 17 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 25 promptly promptly ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 26 bade bade VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 maids maid NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obj _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 honour honour NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 servants servant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 attendants attendant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 conj _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 _ _ PUNCT `` _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 boyáryni boyáryni NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 26 punct _ _ 42 to to PART TO _ 43 mark _ _ 43 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 advcl _ _ 44 with with ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 obl _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 48 fair fair ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 49 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 45 conj _ _ 50 into into ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 52 open open ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 53 amod _ _ 53 field field NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ _ 54 to to PART TO _ 55 mark _ _ 55 walk walk VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 56 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Tsar | | Iván | | then | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **do** *in a quote* | future | my fair Eléna Queen | anything | | | | for Iván; I *nsubj* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Eventuality | | 3 | **bade** | past | Tsar | the maids of honour and the servants and the attendants and the boyáryni | | | | promptly *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **go** | to-infinitive | Tsar *not said here* | | | the open field | | with Tsar | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into field=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **walk** | to-infinitive | Tsar *not said here* | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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. 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. - ← previous: [sentence 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/11/32/) - next →: [sentence 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/11/34/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/11/)