--- title: And the Tsar went on the broad road into his capital, and without de… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: And the Tsar went on the broad road into his capital, and without delay he ordered all the staffs and the watches and the sentries to keep their eyes open, and as soon as a certain soldier came to give him the honour due to a general. 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:pg62509:19:96 # text = And the Tsar went on the broad road into his capital, and without delay he ordered all the staffs and the watches and the sentries to keep their eyes open, and as soon as a certain soldier came to give him the honour due to a general. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Tsar Tsar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 broad broad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 road road NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 9 into into ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 capital capital NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 14 without without ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 delay delay NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 ordered order VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 18 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 20 det:predet _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 staffs staff NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obj _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 watches watch NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 conj _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 sentries sentry NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 conj _ _ 27 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 28 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 advcl _ _ 29 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obj _ _ 31 open open ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 34 as as ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 35 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 40 advmod _ _ 36 as as ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 certain certain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 soldier soldier NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ _ 40 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 41 to to PART TO _ 42 mark _ _ 42 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 xcomp _ _ 43 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 iobj _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 honour honour NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ _ 46 due due ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP 49 case _ _ 47 to to ADP IN _ 46 fixed _ _ 48 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 general general NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | the Tsar | | | the broad road | | into TSAR's capital | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into capital=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **order** | past | TSAR | all staffs and the watches and the sentries | | | | without delay | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent staff=Theme | | 3 | **keep** | to-infinitive | TSAR *not said here* | staffs's eyes | | | | open *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Theme | | 4 | **come** | past | the Tsar *not said here* | | | | | as a certain soldier; soon *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **give** | to-infinitive | the Tsar *not said here* | the honour | TSAR | | | due a general | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient honour=Theme | 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 95](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/19/95/) - next →: [sentence 97](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/19/97/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/19/)