--- title: With the table-cloth Iván Tsarévich went back to his horses, which w… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: With the table-cloth Iván Tsarévich went back to his horses, which were all gathered together, turned it round and asked for any food that he liked, and he was served, and meat and drink appeared at once. Who acts: Iván, meat. 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 (Iván, meat), 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:pg62509:17:110 # text = With the table-cloth Iván Tsarévich went back to his horses, which were all gathered together, turned it round and asked for any food that he liked, and he was served, and meat and drink appeared at once. 1 With with ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 3 table table NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 4 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 cloth cloth NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 6 Iván Iván PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 7 Tsarévich Tsarévich PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 flat _ _ 8 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 back back ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 horses horse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 14 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 17 nsubj:pass _ _ 15 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux:pass _ _ 16 all all ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 17 gathered gather VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 acl:relcl _ _ 18 together together ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 20 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 21 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ _ 22 round round ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 25 for for ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 27 det _ _ 27 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 28 that that SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 liked like VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 34 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux:pass _ _ 35 served serve VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 38 meat meat NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nsubj _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 drink drink NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 conj _ _ 41 appeared appear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 42 at at ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go back** | past | Iván | | | | | with the table cloth; to Iván's horses *result* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to horse=Result | | 2 | **gather** | past · passive | | Iván's horses | | | | all, together *property* | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 3 | **turn** | past | | cloth | | | | round *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 4 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | | | | | | for any food | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **like** | past | Iván | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 6 | **serve** | past · passive | | Iván | | | | | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Attribute | | 7 | **appear** | past | meat and drink | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at once=Location | 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. 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