--- title: “Well, our king has just died, and the _boyárs_ have sent the town-c… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: “Well, our king has just died, and the _boyárs_ have sent the town-crier out to announce that old and young are to assemble, and each of them is to have a candle, and with the candles they are to go into the cathedral, and whosesoever’s candle lights of itself is to be king.” Who acts: king, old, ea --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/7/137/) [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 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/7/) / 137 # Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 7, sentence 137 “Well, our king has just died, and the \_boyárs\_ have sent the town-crier out to announce that old and young are to assemble, and each of them is to have a candle, and with the candles they are to go into the cathedral, and whosesoever’s candle lights of itself is to be king.” **Who acts:** king, old, each · **What happens:** die, send, announce, be, go, light · **To what, where:** boyárs \_, cathedral, king, candle This is a sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. Afanas'ev, Opening, part 7. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (king, old, each), 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:pg62509:7:137 # text = “Well, our king has just died, and the _boyárs_ have sent the town-crier out to announce that old and young are to assemble, and each of them is to have a candle, and with the candles they are to go into the cathedral, and whosesoever’s candle lights of itself is to be king.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Well well INTJ UH _ 8 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 6 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 7 just just ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 died die VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 64 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 boyárs boyár NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 14 _ _ NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 nsubj:pass _ _ 15 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 sent send VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 conj _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 18 town town NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 19 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 crier crier NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 21 out out ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 23 announce announce VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 advcl _ _ 24 that that SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 25 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 nsubj _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 conj _ _ 28 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 cop _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 assemble assemble VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 33 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 38 nsubj _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nmod _ _ 36 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 cop _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 38 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 advcl _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 candle candle NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 64 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 64 cc _ _ 43 with with ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 candles candle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 64 obl _ _ 46 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 47 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 45 acl:relcl _ _ 48 to to PART TO _ 49 mark _ _ 49 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 47 xcomp _ _ 50 into into ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 cathedral cathedral NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 54 and and CCONJ CC _ 56 cc _ _ 55 whosesoever whosesoever ADV RB _ 56 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 56 ’s be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 45 conj _ _ 57 candle candle NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 compound _ _ 58 lights light NOUN NNS Number=Plur 56 obj _ _ 59 of of ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 60 itself itself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Emp|Reflex=Yes 58 nmod _ _ 61 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 64 cop _ _ 62 to to PART TO _ 64 mark _ _ 63 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 64 cop _ _ 64 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 65 . . PUNCT . _ 64 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 66 ” " PUNCT '' _ 64 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **die** *in a quote* | present · perfect | our king | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 2 | **send** *in a quote* | present · perfect · passive | | boyárs \_ | | | | the town crier *obj*; out *property* | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Destination crier=Theme | | 3 | **announce** *speech: other* *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn order-58.3 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is** *in a quote* | present | old | | | | | assemble *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **is** *in a quote* | present | each of \_ | | | | | a candle *obj*; have *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **go** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | | | the cathedral | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into cathedral=Initial\_Location | | 7 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | | king | | | | with the candles | tree rules | | 8 | **light** *in a quote* | | | candle | | | | | nom light «phenomenon transitive»: of=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 136](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/7/136/) - next →: [sentence 138](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/7/138/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/7/)