--- title: “With that key I will unlock the princely castle, the castle of Vlad… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: “With that key I will unlock the princely castle, the castle of Vladímir, I will gain the knightly gear, the trappings of the knights of Nóvgorod, of the youthful war-men; and in that gear the arquebus cannot fell me, the shots cannot hit me, the warriors and champions, the hosts of Tatary and Kazán --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/40/50/) [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 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/40/) / 50 # Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 40, sentence 50 “With that key I will unlock the princely castle, the castle of Vladímir, I will gain the knightly gear, the trappings of the knights of Nóvgorod, of the youthful war-men; and in that gear the arquebus cannot fell me, the shots cannot hit me, the warriors and champions, the hosts of Tatary and Kazán cannot hurt me. **Who acts:** soldier, arquebus, shots, warriors · **What happens:** unlock, gain, not fall, not hit, not hurt · **To what, where:** princely castle, gear, knightly gear, soldier This is a sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. Afanas'ev, Opening, part 40. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (soldier, arquebus, shots, warriors), 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:pg62509:40:50 # text = “With that key I will unlock the princely castle, the castle of Vladímir, I will gain the knightly gear, the trappings of the knights of Nóvgorod, of the youthful war-men; and in that gear the arquebus cannot fell me, the shots cannot hit me, the warriors and champions, the hosts of Tatary and Kazán cannot hurt me. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 With with ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 det _ _ 4 key key NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 5 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 unlock unlock VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 princely princely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 conj _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 Vladímir Vladímir PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 18 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 gain gain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 knightly knightly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 gear gear NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 trappings trapping NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 appos _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 knights knight NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 nmod _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 Nóvgorod Nóvgorod PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 34 youthful youthful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 35 war war NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 36 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ; ; PUNCT : _ 42 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 40 in in ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 42 det _ _ 42 gear gear NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 arquebus arquebus NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 appos _ _ 45 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 46 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 47 advmod _ _ 47 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 acl:relcl _ _ 48 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 47 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 shots shot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 54 nsubj _ _ 52 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 54 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 53 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 54 advmod _ _ 54 hit hit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 47 parataxis _ _ 55 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 54 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 56 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 57 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 58 warriors warrior NOUN NNS Number=Plur 70 nsubj _ _ 59 and and CCONJ CC _ 60 cc _ _ 60 champions champion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 58 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 61 , , PUNCT , _ 63 punct _ _ 62 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 63 det _ _ 63 hosts host NOUN NNS Number=Plur 58 conj _ _ 64 of of ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 65 Tatary Tatary PROPN NNP Number=Sing 63 nmod _ _ 66 and and CCONJ CC _ 67 cc _ _ 67 Kazán Kazán PROPN NNP Number=Sing 65 conj _ _ 68 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 70 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 69 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 70 advmod _ _ 70 hurt hurt VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 54 conj _ _ 71 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 70 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 72 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **unlock** *in a quote* | future | a soldier *= soldier* | the princely castle and the castle of Vladímir | | that gear | | with that key | vn disassemble-23.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent castle=Patient | | 2 | **gain** *in a quote* | future | a soldier *= soldier* | the knightly gear and the youthful war men | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gear=Theme | | 3 | **not** **fall** *in a quote* | can | the arquebus *not said here* | a soldier *= soldier* | | | | | vn become-109.1-1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient i=Result | | 4 | **not** **hit** *in a quote* | can | the shots | a soldier *= soldier* | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme i=Co-Theme | | 5 | **not** **hurt** *in a quote* | can | the warriors and champions and the hosts of Tatary and Kazán | a soldier *= soldier* | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer i=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 49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/40/49/) - next →: [sentence 51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/40/51/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/40/)