--- title: The old evil housekeeper said: “Hang an embroidery-frame in your pal… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The old evil housekeeper said: “Hang an embroidery-frame in your palace, at the right hand, and a gun on the left; if she is really Vasilísa Vasílyevna, she will, as soon as ever she enters the palace, first take hold of the frame; but, if it is Vasíli Vasílyevich he will lay hands on the gun.” Who --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/18/53/) [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/) / 53 # Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 18, sentence 53 The old evil housekeeper said: “Hang an embroidery-frame in your palace, at the right hand, and a gun on the left; if she is really Vasilísa Vasílyevna, she will, as soon as ever she enters the palace, first take hold of the frame; but, if it is Vasíli Vasílyevich he will lay hands on the gun.” **Who acts:** old evil housekeeper, Tsar, frame, Vasíli Vasílyevich · **What happens:** say, hang, be, enter, take, lay · **To what, where:** embroidery frame, palace, Vasilísa, hold, Vasíli Vasílyevich, hands · **Speech:** someone speaks here 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 (old evil housekeeper, Tsar, frame, Vasíli Vasílyevich), 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:pg62509:18:53 # text = The old evil housekeeper said: “Hang an embroidery-frame in your palace, at the right hand, and a gun on the left; if she is really Vasilísa Vasílyevna, she will, as soon as ever she enters the palace, first take hold of the frame; but, if it is Vasíli Vasílyevich he will lay hands on the gun.” 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 3 evil evil NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 housekeeper housekeeper NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 : : PUNCT : _ 8 punct _ _ 7 “ " PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 Hang hang VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 ccomp _ _ 9 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 10 embroidery embroidery NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 11 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 frame frame NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 17 at at ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 gun gun NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 25 on on ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 left left NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ; ; PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ 29 if if SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 30 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 31 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 cop _ _ 32 really really ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 33 Vasilísa Vasilísa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 34 Vasílyevna Vasílyevna PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 as as ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 40 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 8 advmod _ _ 41 as as SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 42 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 44 advmod _ _ 43 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 44 enters enter VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 advcl _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 48 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 49 advmod _ _ 49 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 conj _ _ 50 hold hold NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obj _ _ 51 of of ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 frame frame NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 54 ; ; PUNCT , _ 64 punct _ _ 55 but but CCONJ CC _ 64 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 56 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 57 if if SCONJ IN _ 61 mark _ _ 58 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 61 nsubj _ _ 59 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 61 cop _ _ 60 Vasíli Vasíli PROPN NNP Number=Sing 61 compound _ _ 61 Vasílyevich Vasílyevich PROPN NNP Number=Sing 64 nsubj _ _ 62 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 64 nsubj _ _ 63 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 64 aux _ _ 64 lay lay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 ccomp _ _ 65 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 64 obj _ _ 66 on on ADP IN _ 68 case _ _ 67 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 68 det _ _ 68 gun gun NOUN NN Number=Sing 64 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 69 . . PUNCT . _ 64 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 70 ” " PUNCT '' _ 64 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the old evil housekeeper | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **hang** *in a quote* | infinitive | | a embroidery frame | | your palace | | at the right hand; a gun on the left *obl*; soon *property* | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent frame=Theme in palace=Destination | | 3 | **is a** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | Tsar | Vasilísa | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **enter** *in a quote* | present | Tsar | the palace | | | ever | | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme palace=Destination | | 5 | **take** *in a quote* | infinitive | | hold of the frame | | | | first *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hold=Theme | | 6 | **is a** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | frame | Vasíli Vasílyevich | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **lay** *in a quote* | future | Vasíli Vasílyevich | hands | | the gun | | Vasílyevich *nsubj* | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent hand=Theme on gun=Destination | | 8 | **hold** *in a quote* | | | the frame | | | | | nom hold «act transitive»: of=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 52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/18/52/) - next →: [sentence 54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/18/54/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/18/)