--- title: As soon as he had spoken a rich palace appeared; faithful henchmen r… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: As soon as he had spoken a rich palace appeared; faithful henchmen ran out of it and carried them in their hands, led them into the white stone rooms, and they sat down at the oaken tables with chequered linen on them. Who acts: man, rich palace, faithful henchmen, henchmen. 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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 (man, rich palace, faithful henchmen, henchmen), 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:pg62509:33:53 # text = As soon as he had spoken a rich palace appeared; faithful henchmen ran out of it and carried them in their hands, led them into the white stone rooms, and they sat down at the oaken tables with chequered linen on them. 1 As as ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 6 advmod _ _ 3 as as SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 spoken speak VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 rich rich ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 appeared appear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ; ; PUNCT : _ 14 punct _ _ 12 faithful faithful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 henchmen henchman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 nsubj _ _ 14 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 15 out out ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obl _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 carried carry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 20 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ _ 21 in in ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 25 led lead VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 26 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obj _ _ 27 into into ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 29 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 30 stone stone NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 compound _ _ 31 rooms room NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 34 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 36 down down ADP RP _ 35 compound:prt _ _ 37 at at ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 oaken oaken ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 tables table NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 obl _ _ 41 with with ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 chequered chequer VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 43 amod _ _ 43 linen linen NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 44 on on ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | past · perfect | man | | | | | soon *property* | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **appear** | past | a rich palace | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **run** | past | faithful henchmen | | | palace | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme out it=Trajectory | | 4 | **carry** | past | faithful henchmen *not said here* | henchmen *= henchman* | | henchmen's hands | | | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent they=Value in hand=Location | | 5 | **lead** | past | faithful henchmen *not said here* | henchmen *= henchman* | | the white stone rooms | | | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme into room=Destination | | 6 | **sit down** | past | henchmen *= henchman* | | | the oaken tables | | with chequered linen; on rooms *= room* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at table=Location | | 7 | **chequer** | participle | | | | | | | 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 52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/33/52/) - next →: [sentence 54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/33/54/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/33/)