--- title: “Have no fear, soldier: the Tsar is very fond of me; and, if I ask h… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: “Have no fear, soldier: the Tsar is very fond of me; and, if I ask him for a favour on your behalf and tell him of your bravery, he will forgive you and have pity on you.” Who acts: Tsar. 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), 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:pg62509:19:91 # text = “Have no fear, soldier: the Tsar is very fond of me; and, if I ask him for a favour on your behalf and tell him of your bravery, he will forgive you and have pity on you.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 4 det _ _ 4 fear fear NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 soldier soldier NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 : : PUNCT : _ 12 punct _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 Tsar Tsar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 10 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 11 very very ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 12 fond fond ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 conj _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ; ; PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 18 if if SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 19 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 ask ask VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 advcl _ _ 21 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ _ 22 for for ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 favour favour NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 25 on on ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 behalf behalf NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 tell tell VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 30 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 iobj _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 bravery bravery NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 35 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 36 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 forgive forgive VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 parataxis _ _ 38 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 conj _ _ 41 pity pity NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ _ 42 on on ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** *in a quote* | present | | no fear and soldier | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fear=Patient | | 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | the Tsar | | | | | of the Tsar *= tsar*; fond *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **ask** *speech: ask* *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | the Tsar *= tsar* | | TSAR | | | for a favour on your behalf | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | | 4 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | infinitive | the Tsar *= tsar* *not said here* | | TSAR | | | of your bravery | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | | 5 | **forgive** *in a quote* | future | TSAR | you | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme | | 6 | **have** *in a quote* | present | TSAR *not said here* | pity | | | | on you | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pity=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 90](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/19/90/) - next →: [sentence 92](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/19/92/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/19/)