--- title: So, two days later, the Tsar, at the advice of the old evil-minded h… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: So, two days later, the Tsar, at the advice of the old evil-minded housekeeper, had the bath heated, for the old woman said: “If it is only Vasilísa Vasílyevna she will not go into the bath together with the Tsar.” Who acts: Tsar, bath, Vasilísa. A sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Tsar, bath, 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:pg62509:18:77 # text = So, two days later, the Tsar, at the advice of the old evil-minded housekeeper, had the bath heated, for the old woman said: “If it is only Vasilísa Vasílyevna she will not go into the bath together with the Tsar.” 1 So so ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ _ 4 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl:unmarked _ _ 5 later late ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 8 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 Tsar Tsar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 at at ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 advice advice NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 appos _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 15 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 16 evil evil NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 17 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 minded minded ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 housekeeper housekeeper NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 21 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 bath bath NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 24 heated heat VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 26 for for ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 30 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 : : PUNCT : _ 42 punct _ _ 32 “ " PUNCT `` _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 If if SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 34 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 35 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 cop _ _ 36 only only ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 37 Vasilísa Vasilísa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 42 nsubj _ _ 38 Vasílyevna Vasílyevna PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 flat _ _ 39 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 40 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 41 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 42 advmod _ _ 42 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 ccomp _ _ 43 into into ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 bath bath NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ _ 46 together together ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 47 with with ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 Tsar Tsar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 ” " PUNCT '' _ 21 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | the Tsar | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **heat** | past | the bath | | | | | | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the bath *not said here* | | | | | for the old woman | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **is a** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | bath | Vasilísa | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **not** **go** *in a quote* | future | Vasilísa | | | the bath | | with the Tsar; together *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into bath=Initial\_Location | 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 76](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/18/76/) - next →: [sentence 78](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/18/78/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/18/)