--- title: But the Tsarévna saw the evil thing that had been done, through her… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: But the Tsarévna saw the evil thing that had been done, through her magic mirror; and she quickly summoned her carriage and drove to the sea, and on the shore there the Woodsprite sat weaving a great net. Who acts: Tsarévna, servant, Woodsprite. A sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. Afanas'ev, --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/18/12/) [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 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/18/) / 12 # Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 18, sentence 12 But the Tsarévna saw the evil thing that had been done, through her magic mirror; and she quickly summoned her carriage and drove to the sea, and on the shore there the Woodsprite sat weaving a great net. **Who acts:** Tsarévna, servant, Woodsprite · **What happens:** see, do, summon, drive, sit, weave · **To what, where:** evil thing, magic mirror, carriage, sea, shore, great net This is a sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. Afanas'ev, Opening, part 18. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Tsarévna, servant, Woodsprite), 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:pg62509:18:12 # text = But the Tsarévna saw the evil thing that had been done, through her magic mirror; and she quickly summoned her carriage and drove to the sea, and on the shore there the Woodsprite sat weaving a great net. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Tsarévna Tsarévna PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 evil evil ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 8 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 11 obj _ _ 9 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 10 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 11 aux:pass _ _ 11 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 13 through through ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 15 magic magic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 mirror mirror NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT : _ 21 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 19 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 20 quickly quickly ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 21 summoned summon VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 22 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 carriage carriage NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 drove drive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ _ 26 to to ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 31 on on ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 shore shore NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 34 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 33 advmod _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 Woodsprite Woodsprite PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ _ 37 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 38 weaving weave VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 37 advcl _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 net net NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past | the Tsarévna | the evil thing | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer thing=Stimulus | | 2 | **do** | past · perfect · passive | | the evil thing | | servant's magic mirror | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: that=Eventuality | | 3 | **summon** | past | servant | servant's carriage | | | | quickly *property* | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent carriage=Recipient | | 4 | **drive** | past | servant *not said here* | | | the sea | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent to sea=Trajectory | | 5 | **sit** | past | the Woodsprite | | | the shore | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on shore=Location | | 6 | **weave** | gerund | the Woodsprite *not said here* | a great net | | | | | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent net=Product | 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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