--- title: He then listened to what the birds were saying, and told the King, “… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: He then listened to what the birds were saying, and told the King, “Your Majesty, you see that there are three flying here, the Crow, Madam Crow, and Master Crow: the Crow is disputing with his wife as to which of them the son belongs, whether to the father or to the mother; and they are asking for --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/6/107/) [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 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/6/) / 107 # Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 6, sentence 107 He then listened to what the birds were saying, and told the King, “Your Majesty, you see that there are three flying here, the Crow, Madam Crow, and Master Crow: the Crow is disputing with his wife as to which of them the son belongs, whether to the father or to the mother; and they are asking for a decision. **Who acts:** Crow, birds, King, three · **What happens:** listen, say, tell, see, be, fly · **To what, where:** King, Master Crow, Crow · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. Afanas'ev, Opening, part 6. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Crow, birds, King, three), 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:pg62509:6:107 # text = He then listened to what the birds were saying, and told the King, “Your Majesty, you see that there are three flying here, the Crow, Madam Crow, and Master Crow: the Crow is disputing with his wife as to which of them the son belongs, whether to the father or to the mother; and they are asking for a decision. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 3 listened listen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 3 obl _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 birds bird NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj _ _ 8 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 “ " PUNCT `` _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 Your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 Majesty majesty NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 see see VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 22 that that SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 23 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 24 expl _ _ 24 are be VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 ccomp _ _ 25 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 24 nsubj _ _ 26 flying fly VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 25 acl _ _ 27 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 26 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 Crow crow NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 Madam Madam PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 compound _ _ 33 Crow crow NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 36 Master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 compound _ _ 37 Crow crow NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 : : PUNCT : _ 42 punct _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 Crow crow NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nsubj _ _ 41 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 disputing dispute VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 37 conj _ _ 43 with with ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 45 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ _ 46 as as SCONJ IN _ 53 mark _ _ 47 to to ADP IN _ 46 fixed _ _ 48 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 53 nsubj _ _ 49 of of ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 obl _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 nsubj _ _ 53 belongs belong VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 55 whether whether SCONJ IN _ 58 mark _ _ 56 to to ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 57 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 58 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 advcl _ _ 59 or or CCONJ CC _ 62 cc _ _ 60 to to ADP IN _ 62 case _ _ 61 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 62 det _ _ 62 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 63 ; ; PUNCT : _ 67 punct _ _ 64 and and CCONJ CC _ 67 cc _ _ 65 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 67 nsubj _ _ 66 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 67 aux _ _ 67 asking ask VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 68 for for ADP IN _ 70 case _ _ 69 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 70 det _ _ 70 decision decision NOUN NN Number=Sing 67 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 71 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **listen** | past | Crow | | | | then | what *obl* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to what=Theme | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · progressive | the birds | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | | | the King | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent king=Recipient | | 4 | **see** *in a quote* | present | the King *= king* | Master Crow | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 5 | **be** *in a quote* | present | three | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **fly** *in a quote* | gerund | | the Crow and Madam Crow | | here | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **dispute** *in a quote* | present · progressive | the Crow | | | | | with Crow's wife; the father or the mother *advcl* | vn battle-36.4 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with wife=Co-Agent | | 8 | **belong** *in a quote* | present | | | | | | of King; which *nsubj*; the son *nsubj* | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **ask** *speech: ask* *in a quote* | present · progressive | King | | | | | for a decision | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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 106](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/6/106/) - next →: [sentence 108](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/6/108/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/6/)