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title: But she was very grudging, and she announced in all countries that s… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics
description: But she was very grudging, and she announced in all countries that she would only marry the man who could feed her army for three whole years; yet every one had to try his luck. Who acts: princess, man, one. A sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. Afanas'ev, Opening, part 8, with its dependency 
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# Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 8, sentence 2

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But she was very grudging, and she announced in all countries that she would only marry the man who could feed her army for three whole years; yet every one had to try his luck.

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**Who acts:** princess, man, one · **What happens:** be, announce, marry, feed, have, try · **To what, where:** grudging, countries, man, army, luck

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This is a sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. Afanas'ev, Opening, part 8. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (princess, man, one), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg62509:8:2
# text = But she was very grudging, and she announced in all countries that she would only marry the man who could feed her army for three whole years; yet every one had to try his luck.
1	But	but	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
2	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	very	very	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	grudging	grudging	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	announced	announce	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	12	det	_	_
12	countries	country	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
13	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	17	mark	_	_
14	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
15	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	17	aux	_	_
16	only	only	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
17	marry	marry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	advcl	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obj	_	_
20	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	22	nsubj	_	_
21	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	22	aux	_	_
22	feed	feed	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	19	acl:relcl	_	_
23	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	24	nmod:poss	_	_
24	army	army	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	obj	_	_
25	for	for	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
26	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	28	nummod	_	_
27	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	28	amod	_	_
28	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	22	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	33	punct	_	_
30	yet	yet	CCONJ	CC	_	33	cc	_	_
31	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	32	det	_	_
32	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	33	nsubj	_	_
33	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	conj	_	_
34	to	to	PART	TO	_	35	mark	_	_
35	try	try	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	33	xcomp	_	_
36	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	37	nmod:poss	_	_
37	luck	luck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | princess | grudging |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **announce** *speech: other* | past | princess |  |  | all countries |  |  | vn order-58.3 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **marry** | would | princess | the man |  |  |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Patient |
| 4 | **feed** | could | the man | princess's army |  |  | year |  | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent army=Recipient |
| 5 | **have** | past | every one |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 6 | **try** | to-infinitive | every one *not said here* | man's luck |  |  |  |  | vn try-61.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent luck=Eventuality |

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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.

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**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.

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