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title: Just about then the Princess had an idea that she would go abroad in… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics
description: Just about then the Princess had an idea that she would go abroad in the streets, and she went with her attendants and maids of honour, and for the sake of the holy festival went to give alms to the poor; she gave to them all but forgot the poor peasant. Who acts: Princess. A sentence of «Russian Fo
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# Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 33, sentence 19

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Just about then the Princess had an idea that she would go abroad in the streets, and she went with her attendants and maids of honour, and for the sake of the holy festival went to give alms to the poor; she gave to them all but forgot the poor peasant.

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**Who acts:** Princess · **What happens:** have, go, give, forget · **To what, where:** idea, streets, alms, poor, poor peasant

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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 (Princess), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg62509:33:19
# text = Just about then the Princess had an idea that she would go abroad in the streets, and she went with her attendants and maids of honour, and for the sake of the holy festival went to give alms to the poor; she gave to them all but forgot the poor peasant.
1	Just	just	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	about	about	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	6	advmod	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Princess	Princess	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	idea	idea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
10	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
11	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
12	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	acl	_	_
13	abroad	abroad	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	streets	street	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
19	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	20	nsubj	_	_
20	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
21	with	with	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
22	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	23	nmod:poss	_	_
23	attendants	attendant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	20	obl	_	_
24	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	25	cc	_	_
25	maids	maid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	23	conj	_	_
26	of	of	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
27	honour	honour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	37	punct	_	_
29	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	37	cc	_	_
30	for	for	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
31	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	32	det	_	_
32	sake	sake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	37	obl	_	_
33	of	of	ADP	IN	_	36	case	_	_
34	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	36	det	_	_
35	holy	holy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	36	amod	_	_
36	festival	festival	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	nmod	_	_
37	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
38	to	to	PART	TO	_	39	mark	_	_
39	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	37	xcomp	_	_
40	alms	alm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	39	obj	_	_
41	to	to	ADP	IN	_	43	case	_	_
42	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	43	det	_	_
43	poor	poor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	39	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
44	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	46	punct	_	_
45	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	46	nsubj	_	_
46	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	parataxis	_	_
47	to	to	ADP	IN	_	48	case	_	_
48	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	46	iobj	_	_
49	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	48	nmod:unmarked	_	_
50	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	51	cc	_	_
51	forgot	forget	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	46	conj	_	_
52	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	54	det	_	_
53	poor	poor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	54	amod	_	_
54	peasant	peasant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	51	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
55	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | the Princess | a idea |  |  | then |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent idea=Patient |
| 2 | **go** | would | Princess | a idea *not said here* |  | the streets |  | abroad *property* | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location idea=Theme |
| 3 | **go** | past | Princess |  |  |  |  | with Princess's attendants and maids of honour | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with attendant=Beneficiary |
| 4 | **go** | past | the Princess *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for the sake of the holy festival | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 5 | **give** | to-infinitive | the Princess *not said here* | alms | the poor |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent alm=Theme to poor=Recipient |
| 6 | **give** | past | Princess |  | alms *= alm* |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |
| 7 | **forget** | past | Princess *not said here* | the poor peasant |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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.

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**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.

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