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title: “Tsarévich,” Katomá replied, “you are of the age at which you ought… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics
description: “Tsarévich,” Katomá replied, “you are of the age at which you ought to look for a bride: go into the great hall, where you will see pictures of all the Korolévny[58] and Tsarévny in the world. Who acts: Tsarévich, you. A sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. Afanas'ev, Opening, part 38, with its
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# Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 38, sentence 9

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“Tsarévich,” Katomá replied, “you are of the age at which you ought to look for a bride: go into the great hall, where you will see pictures of all the Korolévny\[58\] and Tsarévny in the world.

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**Who acts:** Tsarévich, you · **What happens:** reply, be, look, go, see · **To what, where:** age, great hall, pictures, world · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. Afanas'ev, Opening, part 38. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Tsarévich, you), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg62509:38:9
# text = “Tsarévich,” Katomá replied, “you are of the age at which you ought to look for a bride: go into the great hall, where you will see pictures of all the Korolévny[58] and Tsarévny in the world.
1	“	"	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Tsarévich	Tsarévich	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	”	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
5	Katomá	Katomá	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	replied	reply	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
8	“	"	PUNCT	``	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
10	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	age	age	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	ccomp	_	_
14	at	at	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	19	obl	_	_
16	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj	_	_
17	ought	ought	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	19	aux	_	_
18	to	to	PART	TO	_	19	mark	_	_
19	look	look	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	parataxis	_	_
20	for	for	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	bride	bride	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	24	punct	_	_
24	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	19	conj	_	_
25	into	into	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
26	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	28	det	_	_
27	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	28	amod	_	_
28	hall	hall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	33	punct	_	_
30	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	33	advmod	_	_
31	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	33	nsubj	_	_
32	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	33	aux	_	_
33	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	24	conj	_	_
34	pictures	picture	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	33	obj	_	_
35	of	of	ADP	IN	_	38	case	_	_
36	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	38	det:predet	_	_
37	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	38	det	_	_
38	Korolévny	Korolévny	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	34	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	[	[	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	40	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
40	58	58	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	38	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	]	]	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	40	punct	_	_
42	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	43	cc	_	_
43	Tsarévny	Tsarévny	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	38	conj	_	_
44	in	in	ADP	IN	_	46	case	_	_
45	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	46	det	_	_
46	world	world	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	33	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
47	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | Tsarévich |  |  |  |  | Katomá *nsubj* | vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | you |  |  |  | of the age |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **look** *in a quote* | ought | you |  |  |  | at the age | for a bride | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent at which=Location for bride=Theme |
| 4 | **go** *in a quote* | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  | the great hall |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into hall=Initial\_Location |
| 5 | **see** *in a quote* | future | you | pictures of all Korolévny and Tsarévny |  | the world |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer picture=Stimulus |

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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.

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**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.

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