--- title: Very soon the son of the King of the Arabs began asking for the hand… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Very soon the son of the King of the Arabs began asking for the hand of the youngest daughter, and he wrote to the King with threats such as this, “If you do not give her to me of your good will, I will take her by force.” Who acts: son, King, you. 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 (son, King, you), 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:pg62509:28:104 # text = Very soon the son of the King of the Arabs began asking for the hand of the youngest daughter, and he wrote to the King with threats such as this, “If you do not give her to me of your good will, I will take her by force.” 1 Very very ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 11 advmod _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 Arabs Arab PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 7 nmod _ _ 11 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 asking ask VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 11 xcomp _ _ 13 for for ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 youngest young ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 19 amod _ _ 19 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 wrote write VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 parataxis _ _ 24 to to ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 27 with with ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 threats threat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obl _ _ 29 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP 31 case _ _ 30 as as ADP IN _ 29 fixed _ _ 31 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 28 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 33 “ " PUNCT `` _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 If if SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 35 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 36 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 37 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 38 advmod _ _ 38 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 conj _ _ 39 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 iobj _ _ 40 to to ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 38 obl _ _ 42 of of SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 43 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 obl _ _ 45 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 47 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 48 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 49 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 parataxis _ _ 50 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 obj _ _ 51 by by ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 52 force force NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 49 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 54 ” " PUNCT '' _ 49 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **begin** | past | the son of the King of the Arabs | | | | | soon *property* | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | gerund | the son of the King of the Arabs *not said here* | | | | | for the hand of the youngest daughter | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **write** | past | King | | the King | | | with threats such this | vn lecture-37.11-1 «NP V PP.recipient PP.topic»: agent=Agent to king=Recipient | | 4 | **not** **give** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present · do-support | you | | daughter | | | to the son of the King of the Arabs *= son* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Theme to i=Recipient | | 5 | **take** *in a quote* | future | the son of the King of the Arabs *= son* | | daughter | | | by force | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument she=Destination | 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 103](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/28/103/) - next →: [sentence 105](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/28/105/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/28/)