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title: I am certain of it; she is the daughter of Pope Vasíli, and her name… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics
description: I am certain of it; she is the daughter of Pope Vasíli, and her name is Vasilísa Vasílyevna.” Who acts: I, Tsar, name. A sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. Afanas'ev, Opening, part 18, with its dependency tree and the pragmatics of every clause.
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# Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 18, sentence 50

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I am certain of it; she is the daughter of Pope Vasíli, and her name is Vasilísa Vasílyevna.”

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**Who acts:** I, Tsar, name · **What happens:** be, name · **To what, where:** daughter, Vasilísa

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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 (I, Tsar, name), 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:pg62509:18:50
# text = I am certain of it; she is the daughter of Pope Vasíli, and her name is Vasilísa Vasílyevna.”
1	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	am	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	certain	certain	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	daughter	daughter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	Pope	Pope	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
13	Vasíli	Vasíli	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
16	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
17	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nsubj	_	_
18	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	cop	_	_
19	Vasilísa	Vasilísa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	parataxis	_	_
20	Vasílyevna	Vasílyevna	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	19	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	19	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	”	"	PUNCT	''	_	19	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | I |  |  |  |  | of maiden; certain *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | present | Tsar | the daughter |  |  |  | of Pope | tree rules |
| 3 | **is a** | present | Tsar's name | Vasilísa |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **name** |  | Tsar |  |  |  |  |  | nom name «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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