--- title: In the same way he asked for the same implements from the Tsar, shut… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: In the same way he asked for the same implements from the Tsar, shut himself up in the special hut, tied the princess down on the table, took out the curved sabre; and however much the Tsarévna might cry out and wriggle, the pope disregarded all her shrieks, and all her yelpings, poor girl, and cut --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/12/59/) [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/) / 59 # Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 12, sentence 59 In the same way he asked for the same implements from the Tsar, shut himself up in the special hut, tied the princess down on the table, took out the curved sabre; and however much the Tsarévna might cry out and wriggle, the pope disregarded all her shrieks, and all her yelpings, poor girl, and cut her to bits like mincemeat. **Who acts:** pope, Tsarévna, yelpings, Tsar · **What happens:** ask, shut up, tie down, take out, curve, cry out · **To what, where:** same way, pope, special hut, princess, curved sabre, shrieks 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 (pope, Tsarévna, yelpings, Tsar), 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:pg62509:12:59 # text = In the same way he asked for the same implements from the Tsar, shut himself up in the special hut, tied the princess down on the table, took out the curved sabre; and however much the Tsarévna might cry out and wriggle, the pope disregarded all her shrieks, and all her yelpings, poor girl, and cut her to bits like mincemeat. 1 In in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 implements implement NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ _ 11 from from ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 Tsar Tsar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 15 shut shut VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 16 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 15 obj _ _ 17 up up ADP RP _ 15 compound:prt _ _ 18 in in ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 special special ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 hut hut NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 23 tied tie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 26 down down ADP RP _ 23 compound:prt _ _ 27 on on ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 table table NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 31 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 32 out out ADP RP _ 31 compound:prt _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 34 curved curve VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 35 amod _ _ 35 sabre sabre NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ; ; PUNCT : _ 43 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 38 however however ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 39 much much ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 Tsarévna Tsarévna PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 nsubj _ _ 42 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 43 cry cry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 parataxis _ _ 44 out out ADP RP _ 43 compound:prt _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 46 wriggle wriggle VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 pope pope NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 parataxis _ _ 50 disregarded disregard VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 49 acl _ _ 51 all all ADV RB _ 53 advmod _ _ 52 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 53 nmod:poss _ _ 53 shrieks shriek NOUN NNS Number=Plur 50 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 , , PUNCT , _ 64 punct _ _ 55 and and CCONJ CC _ 64 cc _ _ 56 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 58 det:predet _ _ 57 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 58 nmod:poss _ _ 58 yelpings yelping NOUN NNS Number=Plur 64 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 59 , , PUNCT , _ 61 punct _ _ 60 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 61 amod _ _ 61 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 62 , , PUNCT , _ 64 punct _ _ 63 and and CCONJ CC _ 64 cc _ _ 64 cut cut VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 65 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 64 obj _ _ 66 to to ADP IN _ 67 case _ _ 67 bits bit NOUN NNS Number=Plur 64 obl _ _ 68 like like ADP IN _ 69 case _ _ 69 mincemeat mincemeat NOUN NN Number=Sing 67 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 70 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | pope | | | the same way | | for the same implements from the Tsar | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **shut up** | infinitive | pope *not said here* | pope | | the special hut | | | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Patient | | 3 | **tie down** | past | pope *not said here* | the princess | | | | on the table | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent princess=Patient on table=Co-Patient | | 4 | **take out** | past | pope *not said here* | the curved sabre | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sabre=Theme | | 5 | **curve** | participle | | | | | | | vn knead-26.5 «NP.material V PP.product»: agent=Material | | 6 | **cry out** *speech: express* | might | the Tsarévna | | | | | the pope *parataxis* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **wriggle** | infinitive | the Tsarévna *not said here* | | | | | | vn body\_internal\_motion-49.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **disregard** | participle | the pope *not said here* | Tsar's shrieks | | | | | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **cut** | past | Tsar's yelpings and poor girl | Tsar | | | | to bits like mincemeat *result* | vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent she=Patient to bit=Result | | 10 | **shriek** | | Tsar | | | | | | nom shriek «communication transitive»: poss=agent | | 11 | **yelp** | | Tsar | | | | | | nom yelping «event intransitive»: poss=agent | 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/pg62509/12/58/) - next →: [sentence 60](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/12/60/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/12/)