--- title: So they waited until the morning, and then when dinner-time came rou… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: So they waited until the morning, and then when dinner-time came round the old man said: “Well, master, get as many tubs as you can, and stand them round the well and fill them all full of beer, and then call every one in to drink, and you shall have a really riotous feast.” Who acts: things, dinner --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/35/52/) [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 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/35/) / 52 # Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 35, sentence 52 So they waited until the morning, and then when dinner-time came round the old man said: “Well, master, get as many tubs as you can, and stand them round the well and fill them all full of beer, and then call every one in to drink, and you shall have a really riotous feast.” **Who acts:** things, dinner time, old man, you · **What happens:** wait, come round, say, get, stand, fill · **To what, where:** master, tubs, one, riotous feast · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. Afanas'ev, Opening, part 35. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (things, dinner time, old man, 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:pg62509:35:52 # text = So they waited until the morning, and then when dinner-time came round the old man said: “Well, master, get as many tubs as you can, and stand them round the well and fill them all full of beer, and then call every one in to drink, and you shall have a really riotous feast.” 1 So so ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 waited wait VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 until until ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 9 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 14 advmod _ _ 10 when when SCONJ WRB _ 14 mark _ _ 11 dinner dinner NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 12 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 14 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 15 round round ADP IN _ 19 mark _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 19 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 : : PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ _ 21 “ " PUNCT `` _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 Well well INTJ UH _ 24 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 24 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 26 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 ccomp _ _ 27 as as ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 28 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 tubs tub NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obj _ _ 30 as as SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 31 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 stand stand VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 conj _ _ 36 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 obj _ _ 37 round round ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 well well NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 fill fill VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 conj _ _ 42 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obj _ _ 43 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 44 det _ _ 44 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 advcl _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 beer beer NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 49 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 50 advmod _ _ 50 call call VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 51 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 52 det _ _ 52 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obj _ _ 53 in in SCONJ IN _ 55 mark _ _ 54 to to PART TO _ 55 mark _ _ 55 drink drink VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 50 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 56 , , PUNCT , _ 60 punct _ _ 57 and and CCONJ CC _ 60 cc _ _ 58 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 60 nsubj _ _ 59 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 60 aux _ _ 60 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 61 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 64 det _ _ 62 really really ADV RB _ 63 advmod _ _ 63 riotous riotous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 64 amod _ _ 64 feast feast NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 65 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 66 ” " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wait** | past | things *= thing* | | | | morning | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **come round** | past | dinner time | | | | then | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the old man | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **get** *in a quote* | infinitive | | master | | | | many tubs *obj* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer tub=Stimulus | | 5 | **stand** *in a quote* | infinitive | | tubs *= tub* | | | | round the well | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus | | 6 | **fill** *in a quote* | present | | tubs *= tub* | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent they=Patient | | 7 | **call** *in a quote* | infinitive | things *= thing* *not said here* | every one | | | then | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent one=Recipient | | 8 | **drink** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | things *= thing* *not said here* | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **have** *in a quote* | shall | you | a riotous feast | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent feast=Patient | 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 51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/35/51/) - next →: [sentence 53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/35/53/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/35/)