--- title: At the advice of the old and evil housekeeper he had commanded a swe… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: At the advice of the old and evil housekeeper he had commanded a sweet pie to be made for supper and pearls to be mixed in it, for the old hag said: “If it is only Vasilísa Vasílyevna, she will take up the pearls; but, if it is Vasíli Vasílyevich, he will throw them under the table.” Who acts: horse --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/18/67/) [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/) / 67 # Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 18, sentence 67 At the advice of the old and evil housekeeper he had commanded a sweet pie to be made for supper and pearls to be mixed in it, for the old hag said: “If it is only Vasilísa Vasílyevna, she will take up the pearls; but, if it is Vasíli Vasílyevich, he will throw them under the table.” **Who acts:** horse, old hag, hag, VASILÍSA · **What happens:** command, make, mix, say, be, take up · **To what, where:** sweet pie, advice, pie, Vasilísa, pearls, Vasíli · **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 (horse, old hag, hag, 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:pg62509:18:67 # text = At the advice of the old and evil housekeeper he had commanded a sweet pie to be made for supper and pearls to be mixed in it, for the old hag said: “If it is only Vasilísa Vasílyevna, she will take up the pearls; but, if it is Vasíli Vasílyevich, he will throw them under the table.” 1 At at ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 advice advice NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 6 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 evil evil ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 conj _ _ 9 housekeeper housekeeper NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 11 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 commanded command VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 sweet sweet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 pie pie NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 16 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 17 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 18 aux:pass _ _ 18 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 acl _ _ 19 for for ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 supper supper NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 pearls pearl NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 conj _ _ 23 to to PART TO _ 25 mark _ _ 24 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 25 aux:pass _ _ 25 mixed mix VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 advcl _ _ 26 in in ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 29 for for SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 31 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 hag hag NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nsubj _ _ 33 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 : : PUNCT : _ 45 punct _ _ 35 “ " PUNCT `` _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 If if SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 37 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 38 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 cop _ _ 39 only only ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 40 Vasilísa Vasilísa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 45 advcl _ _ 41 Vasílyevna Vasílyevna PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 43 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 44 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 45 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 ccomp _ _ 46 up up ADP RP _ 45 compound:prt _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 pearls pearl NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 ; ; PUNCT , _ 60 punct _ _ 50 but but CCONJ CC _ 60 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 52 if if SCONJ IN _ 55 mark _ _ 53 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 55 nsubj _ _ 54 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 55 cop _ _ 55 Vasíli Vasíli PROPN NNP Number=Sing 60 advcl _ _ 56 Vasílyevich Vasílyevich PROPN NNP Number=Sing 55 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 57 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 58 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 60 nsubj _ _ 59 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 60 aux _ _ 60 throw throw VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 parataxis _ _ 61 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 60 obj _ _ 62 under under ADP IN _ 64 case _ _ 63 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 64 det _ _ 64 table table NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 65 . . PUNCT . _ 60 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 66 ” " PUNCT '' _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **command** | past · perfect | horse | a sweet pie | | the advice of the old housekeeper | | | tree rules | | 2 | **make** | to-infinitive · passive | horse *not said here* | a sweet pie *not said here* | | | | for supper and pearls | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: for supper=Asset | | 3 | **mix** | to-infinitive · passive | horse *not said here* | | | pie | | | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V» | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the old hag | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **is a** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | hag | Vasilísa | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **take up** *in a quote* | future | VASILÍSA *= vasilísa* | the pearls | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pearl=Theme | | 7 | **is a** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | hag | Vasíli | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **throw** *in a quote* | future | horse | pearls *= pearl* | | the table | | | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent they=Theme under table=Destination | 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 66](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/18/66/) - next →: [sentence 68](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/18/68/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/18/)