--- title: “Oh, Swan, fair maiden, I have a double task: Prince Vladímir has bi… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: “Oh, Swan, fair maiden, I have a double task: Prince Vladímir has bidden me sew a _shúba_, and the sables are not prepared, the buttons are not moulded, and the buttonholes are not sewn.” Who acts: Vladímir. 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 (Vladímir), 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:pg62509:4:51 # text = “Oh, Swan, fair maiden, I have a double task: Prince Vladímir has bidden me sew a _shúba_, and the sables are not prepared, the buttons are not moulded, and the buttonholes are not sewn.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Oh oh INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 Swan Swan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 fair fair ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 maiden maiden NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 double double ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 task task NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 : : PUNCT : _ 18 punct _ _ 15 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 nmod:desc _ _ 16 Vladímir Vladímir PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 17 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 bidden bid VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 19 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 18 obj _ _ 20 sew sew VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 xcomp _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 shúba shúba NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 sables sable NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 nsubj:pass _ _ 29 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux:pass _ _ 30 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 31 advmod _ _ 31 prepared prepare VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 buttons button NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 nsubj:pass _ _ 35 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux:pass _ _ 36 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 37 advmod _ _ 37 moulded mould VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 buttonholes buttonhole NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 nsubj:pass _ _ 42 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 44 aux:pass _ _ 43 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 44 advmod _ _ 44 sewn sew VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ” " PUNCT '' _ 18 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bid** *in a quote* | present · perfect | Vladímir Prince | Swan | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **sew** *in a quote* | infinitive | Vladímir Prince *not said here* | a shúba | | | | | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shúba=Product | | 3 | **not** **prepare** *in a quote* | present · passive | | the sables | | | | | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 4 | **not** **mould** *in a quote* | present · passive | | the buttons | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **not** **sew** *in a quote* | present · passive | | the buttonholes | | | | | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Product | 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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