--- title: Some time went by, not too much, not too little, and the Arab Prince… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Some time went by, not too much, not too little, and the Arab Prince again wrote to the King, “If you do not give me your youngest daughter’s hand I will burn up all your kingdom and will take her prisoner.” Who acts: time, Arab Prince, you, King. 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 (time, Arab Prince, you, King), 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:pg62509:28:125 # text = Some time went by, not too much, not too little, and the Arab Prince again wrote to the King, “If you do not give me your youngest daughter’s hand I will burn up all your kingdom and will take her prisoner.” 1 Some some DET DT PronType=Ind 2 det _ _ 2 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 by by ADP IN _ 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 6 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 8 advmod _ _ 7 too too ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 12 advmod _ _ 11 too too ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 12 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 Arab Arab ADJ NNP Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 18 again again ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 19 wrote write VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 20 to to ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 24 “ " PUNCT `` _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 If if SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 26 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 27 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 28 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 29 advmod _ _ 29 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 advcl _ _ 30 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 29 iobj _ _ 31 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 32 youngest young ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 33 amod _ _ 33 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 34 ’s 's PART POS _ 33 case _ _ 35 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 36 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 37 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 burn burn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 ccomp _ _ 39 up up ADP RP _ 38 compound:prt _ _ 40 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 42 det:predet _ _ 41 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 parataxis _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 44 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 45 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 46 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 47 prisoner prisoner NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 ” " PUNCT '' _ 45 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go by** | past | some time | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **write** | past | the Arab Prince | | the King | | again | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to king=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **not** **give** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present · do-support | you | your youngest daughter's hand | the King *= king* | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient hand=Theme | | 4 | **burn up** *in a quote* | future | the King *= king* | | | | | your kingdom *parataxis* | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location | | 5 | **take** *in a quote* | future | some time *not said here* | daughter's prisoner | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prisoner=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 124](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/28/124/) - next →: [sentence 126](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/28/126/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/28/)