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title: Instantly he was taken into the palace, and the workman stood in the… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics
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# Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 17, sentence 33

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Instantly he was taken into the palace, and the workman stood in the imperial presence, a youth such as never was: then the Tsar kept his princely word and gave what he had promised.

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**Who acts:** workman, Tsar, King · **What happens:** take, stand, be, keep, give, promise · **To what, where:** King, palace, youth, imperial presence, princely word

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This is a sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. Afanas'ev, Opening, part 17. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (workman, Tsar, King), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg62509:17:33
# text = Instantly he was taken into the palace, and the workman stood in the imperial presence, a youth such as never was: then the Tsar kept his princely word and gave what he had promised.
1	Instantly	instantly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	taken	take	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	into	into	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	workman	workman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	stood	stand	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	imperial	imperial	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	presence	presence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
18	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	youth	youth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
20	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
21	as	as	ADP	IN	_	20	fixed	_	_
22	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	23	advmod	_	_
23	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	20	cop	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	28	punct	_	_
25	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	28	advmod	_	_
26	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
27	Tsar	Tsar	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	28	nsubj	_	_
28	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
29	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	31	nmod:poss	_	_
30	princely	princely	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	31	amod	_	_
31	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	obj	_	_
32	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	33	cc	_	_
33	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	28	conj	_	_
34	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	37	obj	_	_
35	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	37	nsubj	_	_
36	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	37	aux	_	_
37	promised	promise	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	33	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | past · passive |  | King |  | the palace |  | instantly *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme into palace=Destination |
| 2 | **stand** | past | the workman | a youth |  | the imperial presence |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in presence=Location |
| 3 | **is** | past |  |  |  |  |  | such *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **keep** | past | the Tsar | King's princely word |  |  | then |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Theme |
| 5 | **give** | past | the Tsar *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 6 | **promise** *speech: promise* | past · perfect | Tsar |  |  |  |  | what *obj* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent what=Theme |
| 7 | **word** |  | King |  |  |  |  |  | nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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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.

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**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.

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