--- title: So they came down to the open courtyard, and the younger sister came… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: So they came down to the open courtyard, and the younger sister came and received her brother, and she seated him on an oaken stool, but she left the Tsar in the courtyard, and she released the fleet hounds on him. Who acts: King, younger sister, sister. 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 (King, younger sister, sister), 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:pg62509:29:81 # text = So they came down to the open courtyard, and the younger sister came and received her brother, and she seated him on an oaken stool, but she left the Tsar in the courtyard, and she released the fleet hounds on him. 1 So so ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 down down ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 open open ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 courtyard courtyard NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 younger young ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 13 amod _ _ 13 sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 14 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 received receive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 17 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 21 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 seated seat VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 23 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obj _ _ 24 on on ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 25 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 oaken oaken ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 stool stool NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 but but CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 30 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 Tsar Tsar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 34 in in ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 courtyard courtyard NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 39 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 released release VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 42 fleet fleet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 hounds hound NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 obj _ _ 44 on on ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come down** | past | King | | | the open courtyard | | down *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to courtyard=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **come** | past | the younger sister | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **receive** | past | the younger sister *not said here* | sister's brother | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent brother=Theme | | 4 | **seat** | past | sister | house | | a oaken stool | | | vn fit-54.3 «NP.location V NP»: agent=Location he=Value | | 5 | **leave** | past | sister | the Tsar | | the courtyard | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent tsar=Theme in courtyard=Location | | 6 | **release** | past | sister | the fleet hounds | | | | on house | vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Causer hound=Source | 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. 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