--- title: So our good priest got together all his keys, and seeing the icon of… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: So our good priest got together all his keys, and seeing the icon of St. Nicholas, struck it down, and left his parish to go whithersoever his eyes should guide him. Who acts: good priest, seeing, eyes. A sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (good priest, seeing, eyes), 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:pg62509:12:4 # text = So our good priest got together all his keys, and seeing the icon of St. Nicholas, struck it down, and left his parish to go whithersoever his eyes should guide him. 1 So so ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 2 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 3 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 priest priest NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 together together ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 7 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 9 det:predet _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 keys key NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 12 seeing see VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 19 csubj _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 icon icon NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 St. St. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 nmod:desc _ _ 17 Nicholas Nicholas PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 19 struck strike VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 20 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ _ 21 down down ADP RP _ 19 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 25 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 parish parish NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 27 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 28 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 advcl _ _ 29 whithersoever whithersoever ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 30 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 nsubj _ _ 32 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 guide guide VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 advcl _ _ 34 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get together** | past | our good priest | PRIEST's keys | | | | together *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer key=Stimulus | | 2 | **see** | gerund | | the icon of Nicholas St. | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer icon=Stimulus | | 3 | **strike down** | past | seeing | icon | | | | | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | | 4 | **leave** | past | our good priest *not said here* | PRIEST's parish | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent parish=Theme | | 5 | **go** | to-infinitive | our good priest *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **guide** | should | PRIEST's eyes | PRIEST | | | | whithersoever *property* | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=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 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/12/3/) - next →: [sentence 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/12/5/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/12/)