--- title: So he made a feast ready, and he summoned all the kings and _korolév… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: So he made a feast ready, and he summoned all the kings and _korolévichi_, all the _boyárs_, and the merchants and the simple folk, to it, and he asked them, “Can any of you guess this riddle? Who acts: king, any. 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 (king, any), 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:pg62509:13:138 # text = So he made a feast ready, and he summoned all the kings and _korolévichi_, all the _boyárs_, and the merchants and the simple folk, to it, and he asked them, “Can any of you guess this riddle? 1 So so ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 feast feast NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 ready ready ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 summoned summon VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 11 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 13 det:predet _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 kings king NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obj _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 15 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 korolévichi korolévichi NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 19 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 22 det:predet _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 boyárs boyár NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 merchants merchant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 simple simple ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 folk folk NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 to to ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 37 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 39 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 41 “ " PUNCT `` _ 46 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 Can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 43 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 46 nsubj _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 43 nmod _ _ 46 guess guess VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 parataxis _ _ 47 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 48 det _ _ 48 riddle riddle NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | past | king | a feast | korolévichi | | | all boyárs *obl*; the merchants and the simple folk *obl*; ready *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent feast=Product | | 2 | **summon** | past | king | | all kings and korolévichi | | | | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Recipient | | 3 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | king | | folks *= folk* | | | | vn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP that S»: agent=Agent they=Recipient clause=Topic | | 4 | **guess** *in a quote* | can | any of you | this riddle | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent riddle=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 137](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/13/137/) - next →: [sentence 139](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/13/139/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/13/)