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description: And, in course of time, it came upon him to stand in the church at the Divine Service at the reading of the sacred Gospel by the priest, when the priest was reading those verses in the Gospel in which it is said: _He hath put down the mighty from their seat, and hath exalted the humble and meek_. Wh
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# Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 25, sentence 42

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And, in course of time, it came upon him to stand in the church at the Divine Service at the reading of the sacred Gospel by the priest, when the priest was reading those verses in the Gospel in which it is said: \_He hath put down the mighty from their seat, and hath exalted the humble and meek\_.

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**Who acts:** course, priest, Tsar · **What happens:** come, stand, read, say, have, put down · **To what, where:** course, church, verses, Gospel, priest, humble · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. Afanas'ev, Opening, part 25. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (course, priest, Tsar), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg62509:25:43
# text = And, in course of time, it came upon him to stand in the church at the Divine Service at the reading of the sacred Gospel by the priest, when the priest was reading those verses in the Gospel in which it is said: _He hath put down the mighty from their seat, and hath exalted the humble and meek_.
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	course	course	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obl	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	stand	stand	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	advcl	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
17	at	at	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
19	Divine	Divine	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	20	compound	_	_
20	Service	Service	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
21	at	at	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	reading	reading	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
24	of	of	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
25	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
26	sacred	sacred	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	27	amod	_	_
27	Gospel	Gospel	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	23	nmod	_	_
28	by	by	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
29	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	30	det	_	_
30	priest	priest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	36	punct	_	_
32	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	36	advmod	_	_
33	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	34	det	_	_
34	priest	priest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	nsubj	_	_
35	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	36	aux	_	_
36	reading	read	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	advcl	_	_
37	those	that	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	38	det	_	_
38	verses	verse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	36	obj	_	_
39	in	in	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
40	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	41	det	_	_
41	Gospel	Gospel	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	38	nmod	_	_
42	in	in	ADP	IN	_	43	case	_	_
43	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	46	obl	_	_
44	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	46	nsubj	_	_
45	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	46	aux:pass	_	_
46	said	say	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	38	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
47	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	50	punct	_	_
48	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	50	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
49	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	50	nsubj	_	_
50	hath	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	36	conj	_	_
51	put	put	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	50	xcomp	_	_
52	down	down	ADP	RP	_	51	compound:prt	_	_
53	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	54	det	_	_
54	mighty	mighty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	51	conj	_	_
55	from	from	ADP	IN	_	57	case	_	_
56	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	57	nmod:poss	_	_
57	seat	seat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	54	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
58	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	60	punct	_	_
59	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	60	cc	_	_
60	hath	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	50	conj	_	_
61	exalted	exalt	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	60	ccomp	_	_
62	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	63	det	_	_
63	humble	humble	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	61	obj	_	_
64	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	65	cc	_	_
65	meek	meek	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	63	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
66	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	61	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
67	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | past | course |  |  | course | time | upon Tsar | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in course=Location |
| 2 | **stand** | to-infinitive | course *not said here* |  |  | the church |  | at the Divine Service; at the reading of the sacred Gospel; by the priest | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in church=Location |
| 3 | **read** | past · progressive | the priest | that verses |  | the Gospel |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent verse=Topic |
| 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | present · passive |  | priest |  | that verses |  |  | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: subject=Theme in which=Manner |
| 5 | **have** | present | Tsar |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 6 | **put down** | participle | Tsar *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent |
| 7 | **have** | present | Tsar *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 8 | **exalt** | past | Tsar *not said here* | the humble |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer humble=Stimulus |
| 9 | **read** |  |  | the sacred Gospel |  |  |  |  | nom reading «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

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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.

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**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.

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