--- title: I myself then should have liked to see the Prince and Princess; and… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: I myself then should have liked to see the Prince and Princess; and they were just poking their heads out of the door, but, whilst it was opening, I slipped and fell down flat. Who acts: Prince, door, I. 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 (Prince, door, I), 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:pg62509:5:2 # text = I myself then should have liked to see the Prince and Princess; and they were just poking their heads out of the door, but, whilst it was opening, I slipped and fell down flat. 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 obl _ _ 2 myself myself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Emp|Reflex=Yes 1 obl:unmarked _ _ 3 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 advmod _ _ 4 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 6 aux _ _ 6 liked like VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 xcomp _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ; ; PUNCT : _ 18 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 15 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 16 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 17 just just ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 18 poking poke VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 advcl _ _ 19 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 heads head NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obj _ _ 21 out out ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 26 but but CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 28 whilst whilst SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 29 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 30 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 opening open VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 34 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 33 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 slipped slip VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 conj _ _ 37 down down ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 38 flat flat ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **like** | should · perfect | | I | | | then | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **see** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | the Prince and Princess | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer prince=Stimulus | | 3 | **poke** | past · progressive | Prince | Prince's heads | | the door | | | vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent head=Theme | | 4 | **open** | past · progressive | door | | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **slip** | past | I | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 6 | **fall down** | past | I *not said here* | | | | | down, flat *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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: [Opening, part 4, 135](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/4/135/) - next →: [sentence 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/5/2/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/5/)