--- title: When the Tsarévich had gone down into the well the servant shut down… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: When the Tsarévich had gone down into the well the servant shut down the lid, and said: “You be my servant, and I will be the Tsarévich; or I will never let you come out!” Who acts: Tsarévich, servant, You, I. A sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. 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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 (Tsarévich, servant, You, I), 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:pg62509:17:82 # text = When the Tsarévich had gone down into the well the servant shut down the lid, and said: “You be my servant, and I will be the Tsarévich; or I will never let you come out!” 1 When when SCONJ WRB _ 5 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Tsarévich Tsarévich PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 18 advcl _ _ 6 down down ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 7 into into ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 well well NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 servant servant NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 conj _ _ 12 shut shut VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 acl _ _ 13 down down ADP RP _ 12 compound:prt _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 lid lid NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 19 : : PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 20 “ " PUNCT `` _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 22 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 24 cop _ _ 23 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 servant servant NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 27 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 28 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 29 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 31 cop _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 Tsarévich Tsarévich PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ; ; PUNCT : _ 37 punct _ _ 33 or or CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 34 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 35 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 36 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 37 advmod _ _ 37 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 ccomp _ _ 38 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ _ 39 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 xcomp _ _ 40 out out ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ! ! PUNCT . _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ” " PUNCT '' _ 37 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go down** | past · perfect | the Tsarévich | | | the well and the servant | | down *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 2 | **shut down** | participle | the servant *not said here* | the lid | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent lid=Patient | | 3 | **say** *speech: express* | past | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **is a** *in a quote* | infinitive | You | my servant | | | | my *nmod:poss* | tree rules | | 5 | **is a** *in a quote* | future | I | the Tsarévich | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **not** **let** *in a quote* | future | I | you | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **come out** *in a quote* | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | out *property* | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient | 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 81](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/17/81/) - next →: [sentence 83](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/17/83/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/17/)