--- title: Now the day was ebbing away, and the fair maiden made ready to go ba… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Now the day was ebbing away, and the fair maiden made ready to go back, and was bidding farewell to her father and her sisters, saying, “This is the time I must go back: I was bidden keep to my term.” Who acts: fair maiden, This, my. A sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (fair maiden, This, my), 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:pg62509:34:36 # text = Now the day was ebbing away, and the fair maiden made ready to go back, and was bidding farewell to her father and her sisters, saying, “This is the time I must go back: I was bidden keep to my term.” 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl:unmarked _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 ebbing ebb VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 12 advcl _ _ 6 away away ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 fair fair ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 maiden maiden NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 12 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 ready ready ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 xcomp _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 15 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 xcomp _ _ 16 back back ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 19 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 bidding bid VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 12 advcl _ _ 21 farewell farewell NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 22 to to ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 26 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 sisters sister NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 29 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 20 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 31 “ " PUNCT `` _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 This this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 35 nsubj _ _ 33 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 cop _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 36 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 37 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 acl:relcl _ _ 39 back back ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 : : PUNCT : _ 43 punct _ _ 41 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 42 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 aux:pass _ _ 43 bidden bid VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 parataxis _ _ 44 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 xcomp _ _ 45 to to ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 47 term term NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 ” " PUNCT '' _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ebb away** | past · progressive | the fair maiden *not said here* | | | | now; day | away *property* | vn entity\_specific\_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **make** | past | the fair maiden | | | | | ready *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **go back** | to-infinitive | the fair maiden *not said here* | | | | | | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **bid** | past · progressive | the fair maiden *not said here* | farewell | | | | to serpent's father and serpent's sisters | tree rules | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | the fair maiden *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | This | the time | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **go back** *in a quote* | must | the fair maiden *= maiden* | the time *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **bid** *in a quote* | past · passive | | the fair maiden *= maiden* | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **keep** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | to my term | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **term** *in a quote* | | my | | | | | | nom term «communication transitive»: poss=agent | 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 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/34/35/) - next →: [sentence 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/34/37/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/34/)