--- title: As soon as the Queen had born him a son, the midwives took him away… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: As soon as the Queen had born him a son, the midwives took him away and told the King his wife had born a pup; and they put the new-born babe into a box and threw it into a big pond in the King’s garden. Who acts: midwives, sons. A sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. 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Afanas'ev, Opening, part 32. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (midwives, sons), 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:pg62509:32:59 # text = As soon as the Queen had born him a son, the midwives took him away and told the King his wife had born a pup; and they put the new-born babe into a box and threw it into a big pond in the King’s garden. 1 As as ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 14 advmod _ _ 3 as as SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj:pass _ _ 6 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 born bear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 advcl _ _ 8 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 midwives midwife NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 nsubj _ _ 14 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 15 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obj _ _ 16 away away ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 iobj _ _ 21 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj:pass _ _ 23 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 born bear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 ccomp _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 pup pup NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ; ; PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 29 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 put put VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 32 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 born bear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 35 amod _ _ 35 babe babe NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 36 into into ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 box box NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 threw throw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 conj _ _ 41 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 obj _ _ 42 into into ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 43 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 44 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 pond pond NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ _ 46 in in ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 50 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 49 ’s 's PART POS _ 48 case _ _ 50 garden garden NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bear** | past · perfect · passive | | the Queen | | | | a son *obl:unmarked*; King *obj* | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Beneficiary he=Patient | | 2 | **take away** | past | the midwives | King | | | | away, soon *property* | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | the midwives *not said here* | | the King | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent king=Recipient clause=Topic | | 4 | **bear** | past · perfect · passive | | King's wife | | | | a pup *obj* | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Beneficiary pup=Patient | | 5 | **put** | past | sons *= son* | the born babe | | a box | | | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent babe=Goal | | 6 | **bear** | participle | | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **throw** | past | sons *= son* *not said here* | midwife | | | | into a big pond *result*; in the King's garden | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Causer it=Theme into pond=Result | 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 58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/32/58/) - next →: [sentence 60](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/32/60/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/32/)