--- title: But the fair maiden was lost in tears and fell down at the Tsar’s fe… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: But the fair maiden was lost in tears and fell down at the Tsar’s feet and begged for mercy, saying, “Tsar, your Majesty,” she said, “take my silver saucer and crystal apple if you will only forgive my sisters, and do not destroy them for my sake.” Who acts: Tsar, you. 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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 (Tsar, you), 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:pg62509:6:34 # text = But the fair maiden was lost in tears and fell down at the Tsar’s feet and begged for mercy, saying, “Tsar, your Majesty,” she said, “take my silver saucer and crystal apple if you will only forgive my sisters, and do not destroy them for my sake.” 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 fair fair ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 maiden maiden NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux:pass _ _ 6 lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 tears tear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 11 down down ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 12 at at ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 Tsar Tsar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ’s 's PART POS _ 14 case _ _ 16 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obl _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 begged beg VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 conj _ _ 19 for for ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 mercy mercy NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 22 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 “ " PUNCT `` _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 Tsar tsar NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 Majesty majesty NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ” " PUNCT '' _ 32 punct _ _ 31 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 “ " PUNCT `` _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 ccomp _ _ 36 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 37 silver silver NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 compound _ _ 38 saucer saucer NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 40 crystal crystal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 apple apple NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 conj _ _ 42 if if SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 43 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 44 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 45 only only ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 46 forgive forgive VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 advcl _ _ 47 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 48 nmod:poss _ _ 48 sisters sister NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 50 and and CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 51 do do AUX VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 53 aux _ _ 52 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 53 advmod _ _ 53 destroy destroy VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 advcl _ _ 54 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 obj _ _ 55 for for ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 56 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 57 nmod:poss _ _ 57 sake sake NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 58 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 59 ” " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lose** | past · passive | | the fair maiden | | tears | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | | 2 | **fall down** | past | | | | the Tsar's feet | | down *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at foot=Location | | 3 | **beg** *speech: request* | participle | | | | | | for mercy | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V PP.Topic»: agent=Agent for mercy=Topic | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | | Tsar | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent tsar=Topic | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Tsar | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **take** *in a quote* | infinitive | | my silver saucer and crystal apple | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent saucer=Theme | | 7 | **forgive** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | future | you | my sisters | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sister=Theme | | 8 | **not** **destroy** *in a quote* | infinitive · do-support | | saucer | | | | for my sake | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=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 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/6/33/) - next →: [sentence 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/6/35/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/6/)