--- title: Dmítri took his sword out of his sheath and cleft Iván Tsarévich, an… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Dmítri took his sword out of his sheath and cleft Iván Tsarévich, and then he roused the fair Princess Eléna and began to ask her: “Fair maiden, from what kingdom art thou, who was thy father, how do they call thee on earth?” Who acts: Dmítri, Fair maiden, brothers. 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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 (Dmítri, Fair maiden, brothers), 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:pg62509:11:51 # text = Dmítri took his sword out of his sheath and cleft Iván Tsarévich, and then he roused the fair Princess Eléna and began to ask her: “Fair maiden, from what kingdom art thou, who was thy father, how do they call thee on earth?” 1 Dmítri Dmítri PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 out out ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 sheath sheath NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 cleft cleft NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 conj _ _ 11 Iván Iván PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 appos _ _ 12 Tsarévich Tsarévich PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 15 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 17 advmod _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 roused rouse VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 19 fair fair ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 20 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 compound _ _ 21 Eléna Eléna PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 24 to to PART TO _ 25 mark _ _ 25 ask ask VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 xcomp _ _ 26 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 : : PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ _ 28 “ " PUNCT `` _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 Fair fair ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 maiden maiden NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 from from ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 30 appos _ _ 34 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ _ 35 art be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 acl:relcl _ _ 36 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 35 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 38 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 41 nsubj _ _ 39 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 cop _ _ 40 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 43 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 46 advmod _ _ 44 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 45 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 46 call call VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 parataxis _ _ 47 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 46 obj _ _ 48 on on ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 ? ? PUNCT . _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 ” " PUNCT '' _ 30 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | past | Dmítri | Dmítri's sword | | Dmítri's sheath and cleft | | Fair maiden *parataxis* | tree rules | | 2 | **rouse** | past | Dmítri | the fair Princess Eléna | | | then | | vn stimulate-59.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eléna=Patient | | 3 | **begin** | past | Dmítri *not said here* | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 4 | **ask** *speech: ask* | to-infinitive | Dmítri *not said here* | | treasure | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient | | 5 | **is a** *in a quote* | past | Fair maiden | thy father | | | | thy *nmod:poss* | tree rules | | 6 | **call** *in a quote* | present · do-support | brothers *= brother* | thee | | earth | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent thou=Recipient | 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 50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/11/50/) - next →: [sentence 52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/11/52/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/11/)