--- title: Many years went by: one day the Tsar wanted to take a walk, and he w… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Many years went by: one day the Tsar wanted to take a walk, and he went to the river; and just then that same man peered up out of the water and said: “You are a very forgetful person, Tsar my master: you should recollect your debts.” Who acts: Many years, Tsar, garden, same man. 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N. Afanas'ev, Opening, part 29. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Many years, Tsar, garden, same man), 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:pg62509:29:110 # text = Many years went by: one day the Tsar wanted to take a walk, and he went to the river; and just then that same man peered up out of the water and said: “You are a very forgetful person, Tsar my master: you should recollect your debts.” 1 Many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 by by ADP IN _ 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 : : PUNCT : _ 10 punct _ _ 6 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 7 nummod _ _ 7 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl:unmarked _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 Tsar Tsar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 xcomp _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 walk walk NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 19 to to ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ; ; PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 24 just just ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 25 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 29 advmod _ _ 26 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 28 det _ _ 27 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 29 peered peer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 30 up up ADP RP _ 29 compound:prt _ _ 31 out out ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 : : PUNCT : _ 44 punct _ _ 38 “ " PUNCT `` _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 40 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 44 cop _ _ 41 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 42 very very ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 43 forgetful forgetful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 46 Tsar Tsar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 44 appos _ _ 47 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 48 nmod:poss _ _ 48 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 49 : : PUNCT : _ 52 punct _ _ 50 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj _ _ 51 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 52 aux _ _ 52 recollect recollect VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 ccomp _ _ 53 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 54 nmod:poss _ _ 54 debts debt NOUN NNS Number=Plur 52 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 52 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 56 ” " PUNCT '' _ 52 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go by** | past | Many years | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **want** | past | the Tsar | | | | day | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 3 | **take** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the Tsar *not said here* | a walk | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent walk=Theme | | 4 | **go** | past | garden | | | the river | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to river=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **peer up** | past | that same man | | | | then | out the water | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent out water=Theme | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Many years *not said here* | | | | | my master *ccomp* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | You | a forgetful person | | | | Tsar *appos* | tree rules | | 8 | **recollect** *in a quote* | should | you | your debts | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent debt=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 109](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/29/109/) - next →: [sentence 111](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/29/111/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/29/)