--- title: Once Tsar Bárkhat[22] (this was the name of the King) was travelling… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Once Tsar Bárkhat[22] (this was the name of the King) was travelling through this same country hunting deer, and Vasilísa Vasílyevna met him: she was riding out to hounds in a man’s clothes. Who acts: this, Tsar, Vasilísa, VASILÍSA. A sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. Afanas'ev, Opening, par --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/18/47/) [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/) / 47 # Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 18, sentence 47 Once Tsar Bárkhat\[22\] (this was the name of the King) was travelling through this same country hunting deer, and Vasilísa Vasílyevna met him: she was riding out to hounds in a man’s clothes. **Who acts:** this, Tsar, Vasilísa, VASILÍSA · **What happens:** be, travel, hunt, meet, ride out · **To what, where:** name, same country, deer, King, clothes 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 (this, Tsar, Vasilísa, VASILÍSA), 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:pg62509:18:47 # text = Once Tsar Bárkhat[22] (this was the name of the King) was travelling through this same country hunting deer, and Vasilísa Vasílyevna met him: she was riding out to hounds in a man’s clothes. 1 Once once SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 2 Tsar Tsar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 3 Bárkhat Bárkhat PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 4 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 22 22 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 2 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 5 punct _ _ 7 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 11 nsubj _ _ 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 appos _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 11 punct _ _ 16 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 travelling travel VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 28 advcl _ _ 18 through through ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 19 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 21 det _ _ 20 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 22 hunting hunt VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 17 conj _ _ 23 deer deer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 26 Vasilísa Vasilísa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 27 Vasílyevna Vasílyevna PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 flat _ _ 28 met meet VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 29 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 : : PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ 31 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 32 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 riding ride VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 28 advcl _ _ 34 out out ADP RP _ 33 compound:prt _ _ 35 to to ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 hounds hound NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obl _ _ 37 in in ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ’s 's PART POS _ 39 case _ _ 41 clothes clothes NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 28 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | this | the name | | | | of the King | tree rules | | 2 | **travel** | past · progressive | Tsar | | | this same country | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through country=Trajectory | | 3 | **hunt** | gerund | Tsar *not said here* | deer | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent deer=Theme | | 4 | **meet** | past | Vasilísa | King | | | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Co-Agent | | 5 | **ride out** | past · progressive | VASILÍSA *= vasilísa* | | | a man's clothes | | to hounds | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent to hound=Trajectory | 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 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/18/46/) - next →: [sentence 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/18/48/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/18/)