--- title: Their mother and father had died: when they were dying they bade the… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Their mother and father had died: when they were dying they bade the son, “Whoever come first as a suitor for your sisters’ hands, let them take them; do not keep them long with you.” Who acts: mother, Whoever. A sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. Afanas'ev, Opening, part 23, with its depende --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/23/40/) [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 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/23/) / 40 # Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 23, sentence 40 Their mother and father had died: when they were dying they bade the son, “Whoever come first as a suitor for your sisters’ hands, let them take them; do not keep them long with you.” **Who acts:** mother, Whoever · **What happens:** die, bade, come, let, take, not keep · **To what, where:** son, mother This is a sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. Afanas'ev, Opening, part 23. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (mother, Whoever), 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:pg62509:23:40 # text = Their mother and father had died: when they were dying they bade the son, “Whoever come first as a suitor for your sisters’ hands, let them take them; do not keep them long with you.” 1 Their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ 5 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 died die VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 : : PUNCT : _ 11 punct _ _ 8 when when SCONJ WRB _ 11 mark _ _ 9 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 10 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 dying die VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 obl _ _ 12 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 bade bade VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 ccomp _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 “ " PUNCT `` _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 Whoever whoever PRON WP PronType=Rel 19 nsubj _ _ 19 come come VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 acl _ _ 20 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 19 advmod _ _ 21 as as ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 suitor suitor NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 24 for for ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 25 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 sisters sister NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ’ 's PART POS _ 26 case _ _ 28 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 30 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 19 parataxis _ _ 31 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ _ 32 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 xcomp _ _ 33 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 ; ; PUNCT : _ 37 punct _ _ 35 do do AUX VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 36 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 37 advmod _ _ 37 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 advcl _ _ 38 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ _ 39 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 xcomp _ _ 40 with with ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ” " PUNCT '' _ 37 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **die** | past · perfect | chambers's mother and father | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 2 | **die** | past · progressive | mother | | | | | | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 3 | **bade** | past | mother | the son | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **come** *in a quote* | present | Whoever | | | | | as a suitor; for your sisters's hands; first *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **let** *in a quote* | infinitive | | mother | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **take** *in a quote* | infinitive | mother *not said here* | mother | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 7 | **not** **keep** *in a quote* | infinitive · do-support | chambers's mother and father *not said here* | mother | | | | long *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=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 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/23/39/) - next →: [sentence 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/23/41/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/23/)