--- title: The Tsar looked round, was amazed, took the fair maiden by the hand,… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The Tsar looked round, was amazed, took the fair maiden by the hand, said to her in a kindly voice, “I must for your goodness love your beauty: will you be my wife and the Tsarítsa of my fair realm?” Who acts: Tsar. A sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. Afanas'ev, Opening, part 6, with its dep --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/6/37/) [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/) / 37 # Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 6, sentence 37 The Tsar looked round, was amazed, took the fair maiden by the hand, said to her in a kindly voice, “I must for your goodness love your beauty: will you be my wife and the Tsarítsa of my fair realm?” **Who acts:** Tsar · **What happens:** look, be, take, say, love · **To what, where:** fair maiden, Tsar, voice, beauty, wife · **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 (Tsar), 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:pg62509:6:37 # text = The Tsar looked round, was amazed, took the fair maiden by the hand, said to her in a kindly voice, “I must for your goodness love your beauty: will you be my wife and the Tsarítsa of my fair realm?” 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Tsar Tsar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 round round ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 7 amazed amazed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 fair fair ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 maiden maiden NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 13 by by ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 17 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 18 to to ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obl _ _ 20 in in ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 kindly kindly ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 23 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 25 “ " PUNCT `` _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 28 for for ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 goodness goodness NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 31 love love VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 parataxis _ _ 32 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 beauty beauty NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 : : PUNCT : _ 39 punct _ _ 35 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 36 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 37 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 39 cop _ _ 38 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 parataxis _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 Tsarítsa Tsarítsa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 conj _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 44 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 45 fair fair ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 realm realm NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 ? ? PUNCT . _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ” " PUNCT '' _ 39 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look** | past | the Tsar | | | | | round *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | past | the Tsar *not said here* | | | | | amazed *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **take** | past | | the fair maiden | | | | by the hand | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent maiden=Theme | | 4 | **say** *speech: ask* | past | | | Tsar | a voice | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to she=Recipient clause=Topic | | 5 | **love** *in a quote* | must | | your beauty | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer beauty=Stimulus | | 6 | **is a** *in a quote* | future | Tsar | my wife and the Tsarítsa of my fair realm | | | | my *nmod:poss*; the Tsarítsa of my fair realm *conj* | tree rules | 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 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/6/36/) - next →: [sentence 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/6/38/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/6/)