--- title: So they went on and went on, and they arrived at another kingdom in… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: So they went on and went on, and they arrived at another kingdom in which there also was a princess on the verge of death, and the Tsar promised any one who should cure her half of his realm and rule and reign; but any one who failed was to have his head cut off. Who acts: henchmen, Tsar, one, head. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/12/56/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Russian Folk-Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/) / [Opening, part 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/12/) / 56 # Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 12, sentence 56 So they went on and went on, and they arrived at another kingdom in which there also was a princess on the verge of death, and the Tsar promised any one who should cure her half of his realm and rule and reign; but any one who failed was to have his head cut off. **Who acts:** henchmen, Tsar, one, head · **What happens:** go on, arrive, be, promise, cure, fail · **To what, where:** kingdom, princess, one, half This is a sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. Afanas'ev, Opening, part 12. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (henchmen, Tsar, one, head), 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:pg62509:12:56 # text = So they went on and went on, and they arrived at another kingdom in which there also was a princess on the verge of death, and the Tsar promised any one who should cure her half of his realm and rule and reign; but any one who failed was to have his head cut off. 1 So so ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 on on ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 7 on on ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 10 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 arrived arrive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 12 at at ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 14 det _ _ 14 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 15 in in ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 21 obl _ _ 17 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 21 advmod _ _ 18 also also ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 19 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 cop _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ _ 22 on on ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 verge verge NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod _ 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 Tsar Tsar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 31 promised promise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 32 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 33 det _ _ 33 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 34 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 36 nsubj _ _ 35 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 cure cure VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 acl:relcl _ _ 37 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 half half NOUN NN Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac 36 obj _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 realm realm NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nmod _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 rule rule NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 conj _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 45 reign reign NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ; ; PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 47 but but CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 48 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 49 det _ _ 49 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 nsubj _ _ 50 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 51 nsubj _ _ 51 failed fail VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 acl:relcl _ _ 52 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 54 aux _ _ 53 to to PART TO _ 54 mark _ _ 54 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 parataxis _ _ 55 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 56 nmod:poss _ _ 56 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 nsubj _ _ 57 cut cut VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 54 parataxis _ _ 58 off off ADP RP _ 57 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 59 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go on** | past | henchmen *= henchman* | | | | | | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **go on** | past | henchmen *= henchman* *not said here* | | | | | | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **arrive** | past | henchmen *= henchman* | | | another kingdom | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **is a** | past | | a princess | | another kingdom; there | | on the verge of death | tree rules | | 5 | **promise** *speech: promise* | past | the Tsar | any one | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent one=Theme | | 6 | **cure** | should | any one | Tsar's half of pope's realm and rule and reign | | | | | vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer half=Source | | 7 | **fail** | past | any one | | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **have** | past | any one | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **cut off** | past | pope's head | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | 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 55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/12/55/) - next →: [sentence 57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/12/57/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/12/)