--- title: So the Tsars and Tsarévichi, the Kings and Korolévichi, were turning… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: So the Tsars and Tsarévichi, the Kings and Korolévichi, were turning back, when the master came to meet them and said: “Oh ye good folk, one of my ducks has gone: has any one of you taken it?” Who acts: Tsars, master, ye, one. A sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. Afanas'ev, Opening, part 33, --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/33/90/) [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/) / 90 # Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 33, sentence 90 So the Tsars and Tsarévichi, the Kings and Korolévichi, were turning back, when the master came to meet them and said: “Oh ye good folk, one of my ducks has gone: has any one of you taken it?” **Who acts:** Tsars, master, ye, one · **What happens:** turn back, come, meet, say, folk, go · **To what, where:** guests, good folk · **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 (Tsars, master, ye, 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:pg62509:33:90 # text = So the Tsars and Tsarévichi, the Kings and Korolévichi, were turning back, when the master came to meet them and said: “Oh ye good folk, one of my ducks has gone: has any one of you taken it?” 1 So so ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Tsars Tsar PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 13 nsubj _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 Tsarévichi Tsarévichi PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 Kings King PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 5 appos _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 Korolévichi Korolévichi PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 12 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 turning turn VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 14 back back ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 16 when when SCONJ WRB _ 19 mark _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 19 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 parataxis _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 meet meet VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 xcomp _ _ 22 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 : : PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ _ 26 “ " PUNCT `` _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 Oh oh INTJ UH _ 30 discourse _ _ 28 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 30 nsubj _ _ 29 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 folk folk NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 32 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 37 nsubj _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 ducks duck NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 nmod _ _ 36 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 30 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 : : PUNCT : _ 39 punct _ _ 39 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 40 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 41 det _ _ 41 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 41 nmod _ _ 44 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 24 ccomp _ _ 45 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ? ? PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 ” " PUNCT '' _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn back** | past · progressive | the Tsars and Tsarévichi and Korolévichi | | | | | | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **come** | past | the master | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **meet** | to-infinitive | the master *not said here* | guests *= guest* | | | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Co-Agent | | 4 | **say** *speech: ask* | past | the master *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **folk** *in a quote* | | ye | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **go** *in a quote* | present · perfect | one of my ducks | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **take** *in a quote* | present · perfect · passive | | good folk | | | | counsel *obj* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme it=Destination | 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. 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