--- title: Then there came a henchman of the Tsar’s, entered the room and said:… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Then there came a henchman of the Tsar’s, entered the room and said: “The Tsar would fain see the artist who has sewn him the shirts, and he wants to reward her with his own hands.” Who acts: Tsar, artist, maiden. A sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. Afanas'ev, Opening, part 15, with its depe --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/15/55/) [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 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/15/) / 55 # Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 15, sentence 55 Then there came a henchman of the Tsar’s, entered the room and said: “The Tsar would fain see the artist who has sewn him the shirts, and he wants to reward her with his own hands.” **Who acts:** Tsar, artist, maiden · **What happens:** come, enter, say, fain, see, sew · **To what, where:** henchman, room, artist, shirts, maiden, Vasilísa · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. Afanas'ev, Opening, part 15. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Tsar, artist, maiden), 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:pg62509:15:55 # text = Then there came a henchman of the Tsar’s, entered the room and said: “The Tsar would fain see the artist who has sewn him the shirts, and he wants to reward her with his own hands.” 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 3 expl _ _ 3 came come 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 henchman henchman NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 Tsar Tsar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ’s 's PART POS _ 8 case _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 entered enter VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 : : PUNCT : _ 21 punct _ _ 17 “ " PUNCT `` _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 Tsar Tsar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 20 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 fain fain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 ccomp _ _ 22 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 xcomp _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 artist artist NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 25 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 27 nsubj _ _ 26 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 sewn sew VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 24 acl:relcl _ _ 28 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 obj _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 shirts shirt NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 wants want VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 36 reward reward VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 xcomp _ _ 37 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ _ 38 with with ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 39 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 40 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ” " PUNCT '' _ 34 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | | a henchman of the Tsar | | there | then | | tree rules | | 2 | **enter** | past | | the room | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme room=Destination | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **fain** *in a quote* | would | the Tsar | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **see** *in a quote* | infinitive | the Tsar *not said here* | the artist | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer artist=Stimulus | | 6 | **sew** *in a quote* | present · perfect | the artist | the shirts | maiden | | | | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP PP»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary shirt=Product | | 7 | **want** *in a quote* | present | maiden | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 8 | **reward** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | maiden *not said here* | | Vasilísa | | | with maiden's own hands | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient with hand=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 54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/15/54/) - next →: [sentence 56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/15/56/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/15/)