--- title: And seeing this, the robbers were afraid, and collected in a circle,… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: And seeing this, the robbers were afraid, and collected in a circle, fell on their knees and prayed him, “Master, our father, youth mighty of prowess, we are guilty in thine eyes; and, for this our guilt, as it pleaseth thee, inflict on us a fine as much as is fit, whether it be coloured clothes or --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/31/65/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Russian Folk-Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/) / [Opening, part 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/31/) / 65 # Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 31, sentence 65 And seeing this, the robbers were afraid, and collected in a circle, fell on their knees and prayed him, “Master, our father, youth mighty of prowess, we are guilty in thine eyes; and, for this our guilt, as it pleaseth thee, inflict on us a fine as much as is fit, whether it be coloured clothes or droves of horses.” **Who acts:** robbers, we, dart · **What happens:** see, be, collect, fall, pray, please · **To what, where:** this, circle, knees, ROBBER, eyes, thee This is a sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. Afanas'ev, Opening, part 31. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (robbers, we, dart), 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:pg62509:31:65 # text = And seeing this, the robbers were afraid, and collected in a circle, fell on their knees and prayed him, “Master, our father, youth mighty of prowess, we are guilty in thine eyes; and, for this our guilt, as it pleaseth thee, inflict on us a fine as much as is fit, whether it be coloured clothes or droves of horses.” 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 2 cc _ _ 2 seeing see VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 8 csubj _ _ 3 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 robbers robber NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ _ 7 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 8 afraid afraid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 collected collect VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 acl _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 circle circle NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 16 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 17 on on ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 knees knee NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obl _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 prayed pray VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 22 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 “ " PUNCT `` _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 Master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 30 youth youth NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 appos _ _ 31 mighty mighty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 prowess prowess NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 35 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 36 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 cop _ _ 37 guilty guilty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 conj _ _ 38 in in ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 thine thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ; ; PUNCT : _ 54 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 44 for for ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 45 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 47 det _ _ 46 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 47 guilt guilt NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 49 as as SCONJ IN _ 51 mark _ _ 50 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 51 pleaseth please VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 54 advcl _ _ 52 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 51 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 54 inflict inflict VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 conj _ _ 55 on on ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 56 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 54 obl _ _ 57 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 69 det _ _ 58 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 69 amod _ _ 59 as as ADV RB _ 60 advmod _ _ 60 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 58 conj _ _ 61 as as SCONJ IN _ 63 mark _ _ 62 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 63 cop _ _ 63 fit fit ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 60 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 64 , , PUNCT , _ 69 punct _ _ 65 whether whether SCONJ IN _ 69 mark _ _ 66 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 69 nsubj _ _ 67 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 69 cop _ _ 68 coloured coloured ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 69 amod _ _ 69 clothes clothes NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 54 obj _ _ 70 or or CCONJ CC _ 71 cc _ _ 71 droves drove NOUN NNS Number=Plur 69 conj _ _ 72 of of ADP IN _ 73 case _ _ 73 horses horse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 71 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 74 . . PUNCT . _ 69 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 75 ” " PUNCT '' _ 69 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | gerund | | this | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer this=Stimulus | | 2 | **is** | past | the robbers | | | | | afraid *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **collect** | participle | | | | a circle | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **fall** | past | | | | feet's knees | | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on knee=Location | | 5 | **pray** | past | | ROBBER | | | | Master and our father *obl* | tree rules | | 6 | **is** *in a quote* | present | we | | | thine eyes | | guilty *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **please** *in a quote* | present | dart | thee | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus thou=Experiencer | | 8 | **inflict** *in a quote* | infinitive | the robbers *not said here* | | | | | for our guilt; on us | tree rules | | 9 | **is** *in a quote* | present | dart *not said here* | | | | | fit *property* | tree rules | | 10 | **is a** *in a quote* | infinitive | dart | a fine coloured clothes or droves of horses | | | | droves of horses *conj* | tree rules | 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 64](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/31/64/) - next →: [sentence 66](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/31/66/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/31/)