--- title: So the guests were fed and bethought themselves of going home, but b… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: So the guests were fed and bethought themselves of going home, but before ever they had got to the haven, swift hunters precursed them, saying, “Our master bids you turn back again; he wishes to hold secret counsel with you.” Who acts: guests, swift hunters, master, you. A sentence of «Russian Folk- --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/33/89/) [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/) / 89 # Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 33, sentence 89 So the guests were fed and bethought themselves of going home, but before ever they had got to the haven, swift hunters precursed them, saying, “Our master bids you turn back again; he wishes to hold secret counsel with you.” **Who acts:** guests, swift hunters, master, you · **What happens:** feed, bethink, go, get, precurs, say · **To what, where:** guests, secret counsel · **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 (guests, swift hunters, master, you), 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:pg62509:33:89 # text = So the guests were fed and bethought themselves of going home, but before ever they had got to the haven, swift hunters precursed them, saying, “Our master bids you turn back again; he wishes to hold secret counsel with you.” 1 So so ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 guests guest NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 fed feed VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 bethought bethink VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 8 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 7 obj _ _ 9 of of SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 10 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 advcl _ _ 11 home home ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 13 but but CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 14 before before ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 18 obl _ _ 16 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 17 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 got get VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 7 parataxis _ _ 19 to to ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 haven haven NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 swift swift NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 compound _ _ 24 hunters hunter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 nsubj _ _ 25 precursed precurs VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 acl:relcl _ _ 26 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 28 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 25 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 30 “ " PUNCT `` _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 Our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nsubj _ _ 33 bids bid VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 advcl:relcl _ _ 34 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 turn turn VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 ccomp _ _ 36 back back ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 37 again again ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ; ; PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 wishes wish VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 41 to to PART TO _ 42 mark _ _ 42 hold hold VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 ccomp _ _ 43 secret secret ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 counsel counsel NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ _ 45 with with ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ” " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **feed** | past · passive | | the guests | | | | | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: subject=Recipient | | 2 | **bethink** | past | | guests *= guest* | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **go** | gerund | | | | | | home *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **get** | past · perfect | guests *= guest* | | | | | to the haven *result* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to haven=Result | | 5 | **precurs** | past | swift hunters | guests *= guest* | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | swift hunters *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **bid** *in a quote* | present | Our master | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **turn back** *in a quote* | present | you | | | | again | | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **wish** *in a quote* | present | master | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 10 | **hold** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | | secret counsel | | | | with you | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent counsel=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 88](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/33/88/) - next →: [sentence 90](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/33/90/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/33/)