--- title: Then Dmítri Tsarévich and Vasíli Tsarévich began to cast lots who sh… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Then Dmítri Tsarévich and Vasíli Tsarévich began to cast lots who should have the fair Princess Eléna and who should have the golden-maned horse, and the lot fell that the fair Princess Eléna should belong to Vasíli and the horse to Dmítri. Who acts: Dmítri, lots, lot, fair Princess Eléna. 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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 (Dmítri, lots, lot, fair Princess 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:pg62509:11:59 # text = Then Dmítri Tsarévich and Vasíli Tsarévich began to cast lots who should have the fair Princess Eléna and who should have the golden-maned horse, and the lot fell that the fair Princess Eléna should belong to Vasíli and the horse to Dmítri. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 7 advmod _ _ 2 Dmítri Dmítri PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 3 Tsarévich Tsarévich PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 flat _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 Vasíli Vasíli PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ 6 Tsarévich Tsarévich PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 flat _ _ 7 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 cast cast VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 xcomp _ _ 10 lots lot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obj _ _ 11 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 13 nsubj _ _ 12 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 acl:relcl _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 15 fair fair ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 16 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 compound _ _ 17 Eléna Eléna PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 19 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 21 nsubj _ _ 20 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 conj _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 23 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 maned maned ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 lot lot NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 31 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 32 that that SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 34 fair fair ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 35 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 compound _ _ 36 Eléna Eléna PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 37 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 belong belong VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 ccomp _ _ 39 to to ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 Vasíli Vasíli PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 conj _ _ 44 to to ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 Dmítri Dmítri PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **begin** | past | Dmítri and Vasíli | | | | then | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **cast** | to-infinitive | Dmítri and Vasíli *not said here* | lots | | | | | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lot=Product | | 3 | **have** | should | lots | the fair Princess Eléna | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eléna=Patient | | 4 | **have** | should | | the golden maned horse | | | | who *nsubj* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Patient | | 5 | **fall** | past | the lot | | | | | | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 6 | **belong** | should | the fair Princess Eléna | | Vasíli and the horse to Dmítri | | | | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: 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 58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/11/58/) - next →: [sentence 60](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/11/60/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/11/)