--- title: The sister went to sleep, and Márya Tsarévna stood up, went to her d… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The sister went to sleep, and Márya Tsarévna stood up, went to her dear dun cow, bowed down to the right foot, and ate, and drank, and went about all day long like a princess. Who acts: sister, Márya. A sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. Afanas'ev, Opening, part 2, with its dependency tree an --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/2/4/) [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 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/2/) / 4 # Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 2, sentence 4 The sister went to sleep, and Márya Tsarévna stood up, went to her dear dun cow, bowed down to the right foot, and ate, and drank, and went about all day long like a princess. **Who acts:** sister, Márya · **What happens:** go, sleep, stand up, bow down, eat, drink This is a sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. Afanas'ev, Opening, part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (sister, Márya), 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:pg62509:2:4 # text = The sister went to sleep, and Márya Tsarévna stood up, went to her dear dun cow, bowed down to the right foot, and ate, and drank, and went about all day long like a princess. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 sleep sleep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 8 Márya Márya PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 9 Tsarévna Tsarévna PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 flat _ _ 10 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 11 up up ADP RP _ 10 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 14 to to ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 15 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 16 dear dear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 17 dun dun NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 compound _ _ 18 cow cow NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 20 bowed bow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 21 down down ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 22 to to ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 foot foot NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 ate eat VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 drank drink VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 35 about about ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 36 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 37 det _ _ 37 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 38 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 34 advmod _ _ 39 like like ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | the sister | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **sleep** | to-infinitive | the sister *not said here* | | | | | | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **stand up** | past | Márya | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **go** | past | Márya *not said here* | | | | | to Márya's dear dun cow | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to cow=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **bow down** | past | Márya *not said here* | | | | | to the right foot; down *property* | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to foot=Theme | | 6 | **eat** | past | | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **drink** | past | | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **go about** | past | the sister *not said here* | | | | day | like a princess; long *property* | vn confront-98 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | 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. 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