--- title: And then Vasíli said with tears, “The Nightingale is foretelling tha… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: And then Vasíli said with tears, “The Nightingale is foretelling that a time and season is coming when you will be my servants, when father will draw me water and mother will give me the towel to wipe my face and hands.” Who acts: Vasíli, Nightingale, time, 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 (Vasíli, Nightingale, time, 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:pg62509:6:82 # text = And then Vasíli said with tears, “The Nightingale is foretelling that a time and season is coming when you will be my servants, when father will draw me water and mother will give me the towel to wipe my face and hands.” 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 3 Vasíli Vasíli PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 tears tear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 8 “ " PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 Nightingale Nightingale PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 11 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 foretelling foretell VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 13 that that SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 season season NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 conj _ _ 18 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 coming come VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 12 advcl _ _ 20 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 25 advmod _ _ 21 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 22 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 23 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 25 cop _ _ 24 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 servants servant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 27 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 30 advmod _ _ 28 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 29 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 draw draw VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 ccomp _ _ 31 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ _ 32 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 conj _ _ 35 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 conj _ _ 37 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 36 iobj _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 towel towel NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 41 wipe wipe VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 acl _ _ 42 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 45 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 ” " PUNCT '' _ 30 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Vasíli | | | | then | with tears | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **foretell** *in a quote* | present · progressive | the Nightingale | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **come** *in a quote* | present · progressive | a time and season | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **is a** *in a quote* | future | you | my servants | | | | my *nmod:poss* | tree rules | | 5 | **draw** *in a quote* | future | father | Vasíli | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | | 6 | **give** *in a quote* | future | water and mother | the towel | Vasíli | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient towel=Theme | | 7 | **wipe** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | water and mother *not said here* | my face and hands | | | | | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent face=Source | 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 81](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/6/81/) - next →: [sentence 83](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/6/83/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/6/)