--- title: The eldest asked for a new coat, and the next one also asked for a n… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The eldest asked for a new coat, and the next one also asked for a new coat; but the youngest one only took a sheet of paper and sketched a flower on it: “Bring me, _bátyushka_,[51] a flower like this!” Who acts: next one, youngest one. A sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. Afanas'ev, Opening, --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/33/125/) [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 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/33/) / 125 # Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 33, sentence 125 The eldest asked for a new coat, and the next one also asked for a new coat; but the youngest one only took a sheet of paper and sketched a flower on it: “Bring me, \_bátyushka\_,\[51\] a flower like this!” **Who acts:** next one, youngest one · **What happens:** ask, take, sketch, bring · **To what, where:** sheet, flower, bátyushka, merchant · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. Afanas'ev, Opening, part 33. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (next one, youngest one), 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:pg62509:33:125 # text = The eldest asked for a new coat, and the next one also asked for a new coat; but the youngest one only took a sheet of paper and sketched a flower on it: “Bring me, _bátyushka_,[51] a flower like this!” 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 eldest eld ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 3 amod _ _ 3 asked ask VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 coat coat NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 13 also also ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 14 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 15 for for ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 coat coat NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ; ; PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 20 but but CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 youngest young ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 23 amod _ _ 23 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 24 only only ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 25 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 sheet sheet NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 paper paper NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nmod _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 sketched sketch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 conj _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 flower flower NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 34 on on ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 : : PUNCT : _ 38 punct _ _ 37 “ " PUNCT `` _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 Bring bring VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 31 parataxis _ _ 39 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 bátyushka bátyushka X FW Foreign=Yes 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 46 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 51 51 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 46 punct _ _ 48 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 flower flower NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 50 like like ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 51 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 ! ! PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 53 ” " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | participle | | | | | | for a new coat | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | the next one | | | | | for a new coat | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **take** | past | the youngest one | a sheet of paper | | | | like this; 51 *obl*; a flower *obj* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument sheet=Theme flower=Destination | | 4 | **sketch** | past | the youngest one *not said here* | a flower | | flower | | | tree rules | | 5 | **bring** *in a quote* | infinitive | | bátyushka | merchant | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent i=Destination bátyushka=Theme | 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 124](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/33/124/) - next →: [sentence 126](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/33/126/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/33/)