--- title: Just then the King, with the Princesses, was standing on the town wa… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Just then the King, with the Princesses, was standing on the town wall; and the youngest Princess saw that blood was flowing from the valiant champion’s hand, took a kerchief off her neck and bound up the wound herself; and the King summoned him as a guest. 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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 (King, youngest Princess, blood), 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:pg62509:29:9 # text = Just then the King, with the Princesses, was standing on the town wall; and the youngest Princess saw that blood was flowing from the valiant champion’s hand, took a kerchief off her neck and bound up the wound herself; and the King summoned him as a guest. 1 Just just ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 11 advmod _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 6 with with ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 Princesses Princess PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 10 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 standing stand VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 12 on on ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 town town NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 compound _ _ 15 wall wall NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ; ; PUNCT : _ 21 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 youngest young ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 20 amod _ _ 20 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 21 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 parataxis _ _ 22 that that SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 23 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 24 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 flowing flow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 21 xcomp _ _ 26 from from ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 valiant valiant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 champion champion NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ’s 's PART POS _ 29 case _ _ 31 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 33 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 kerchief kerchief NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 36 off off ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 neck neck NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 bound bind VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 33 conj _ _ 41 up up ADP RP _ 40 compound:prt _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 wound wound NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ _ 44 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ; ; PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 49 nsubj _ _ 49 summoned summon VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ _ 50 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 obj _ _ 51 as as ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 guest guest NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stand** | past · progressive | the King and the Princesses | | | the town wall | then | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on wall=Location | | 2 | **see** | past | the youngest Princess | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 3 | **flow** | past · progressive | blood | | | the valiant champion's hand | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **take** | past | the youngest Princess *not said here* | a kerchief | | third's neck | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent kerchief=Theme off neck=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **bind up** | participle | the youngest Princess *not said here* | the wound | | | | third *obl* | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wound=Patient | | 6 | **summon** | past | the King | | knight | | | as a guest | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | 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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