--- title: One day he was going into foreign parts, and he bade his wife have a… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: One day he was going into foreign parts, and he bade his wife have a great heed to the hen: “Treasure her more than your eyes; should she be lost, you shall forfeit your own head.” Who acts: ZAMORÝSHEK, wife, you. A sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. 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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 (ZAMORÝSHEK, wife, 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:pg62509:7:99 # text = One day he was going into foreign parts, and he bade his wife have a great heed to the hen: “Treasure her more than your eyes; should she be lost, you shall forfeit your own head.” 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl:unmarked _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 acl:relcl _ _ 6 into into ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 foreign foreign ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 parts part NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 bade bade VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 15 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 ccomp _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 heed heed NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 19 to to ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 hen hen NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 : : PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 23 “ " PUNCT `` _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 Treasure treasure VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 conj _ _ 25 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ _ 26 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 24 obj _ _ 27 than than ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ; ; PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 31 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 32 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 33 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 34 aux:pass _ _ 34 lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 37 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 forfeit forfeit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 conj _ _ 39 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 40 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ” " PUNCT '' _ 38 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past · progressive | ZAMORÝSHEK *= zamorýshek* | One day *not said here* | | foreign parts | | | tree rules | | 2 | **bade** | past | ZAMORÝSHEK *= zamorýshek* | | | | day | | tree rules | | 3 | **have** | present | ZAMORÝSHEK's wife | a great heed | | | | to the hen | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heed=Patient | | 4 | **treasure** *in a quote* | infinitive | ZAMORÝSHEK *= zamorýshek* *not said here* | hen | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **lose** *in a quote* | should · passive | | hen | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | | 6 | **forfeit** *in a quote* | shall | you | your own head | | | | | vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent head=Theme | 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 98](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/7/98/) - next →: [sentence 100](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/7/100/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/7/)