--- title: On the second day, very early, an embassy came from the Sea Tsar to… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: On the second day, very early, an embassy came from the Sea Tsar to catch the young couple and to summon them into the palace, and they knocked on the door: “Wake up, get up from your sleep; your father is calling you.” Who acts: embassy, doors, father, your. 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N. Afanas'ev, Opening, part 30. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (embassy, doors, father, your), 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:pg62509:30:84 # text = On the second day, very early, an embassy came from the Sea Tsar to catch the young couple and to summon them into the palace, and they knocked on the door: “Wake up, get up from your sleep; your father is calling you.” 1 On on ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 second second ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 4 amod _ _ 4 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 very very ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 early early ADV RB Degree=Pos 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 9 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 embassy embassy NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 from from ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 Sea Sea PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 compound _ _ 15 Tsar Tsar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 16 to to PART TO _ 17 mark _ _ 17 catch catch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 advcl _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 couple couple NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 23 summon summon VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 conj _ _ 24 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obj _ _ 25 into into ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 30 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 knocked knock VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 parataxis _ _ 32 on on ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 : : PUNCT : _ 37 punct _ _ 36 “ " PUNCT `` _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 Wake wake VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 conj _ _ 38 up up ADP RP _ 37 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 40 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 conj _ _ 41 up up ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 42 from from ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 sleep sleep NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ; ; PUNCT : _ 49 punct _ _ 46 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 47 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 nsubj _ _ 48 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 49 calling call VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 advcl _ _ 50 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 49 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 49 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 ” " PUNCT '' _ 49 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | a embassy | | | the Sea Tsar | day | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from tsar=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **catch** | to-infinitive | a embassy *not said here* | the young couple | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent couple=Theme | | 3 | **summon** | to-infinitive | a embassy *not said here* | doors *= door* | | the palace | | | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient | | 4 | **knock** | past | doors *= door* | | | the door | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on door=Location | | 5 | **wake up** *in a quote* | infinitive | doors *= door* *not said here* | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 6 | **get up** *in a quote* | infinitive | doors *= door* *not said here* | | | your sleep | | | vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme from sleep=Destination | | 7 | **call** *in a quote* | present · progressive | your father | | you | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient | | 8 | **sleep** *in a quote* | | your | | | | | | nom sleep «state intransitive»: poss=agent | 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 83](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/30/83/) - next →: [sentence 85](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/30/85/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/30/)