Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 25, sentence 73

He then wrote a letter with his own hand to the Tsarítsa, that he had secret things and thoughts to speak of with her; and he bade a woman take this letter to the queen.

Who acts: Tsar, woman · What happens: write, have, speak, bade, take · To what, where: letter, secret things, queen · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. Afanas'ev, Opening, part 25. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Tsar, woman), 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 wrote	nsubj
2	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	3 wrote	advmod
3	wrote	write	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 letter	det
5	letter	letter	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wrote	obj
6	with	with	ADP	_	9 hand	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 hand	nmod:poss
8	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 hand	amod
9	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 letter	nmod
10	to	to	ADP	_	12 Tsarítsa	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Tsarítsa	det
12	Tsarítsa	Tsarítsa	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 hand	nmod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 had	punct
14	that	that	SCONJ	_	16 had	mark
15	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 had	nsubj
16	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 wrote	conj
17	secret	secret	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 things	amod
18	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 had	obj
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 thoughts	cc
20	thoughts	thought	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 things	conj
21	to	to	PART	_	22 speak	mark
22	speak	speak	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	18 things	acl
23	of	of	ADP	_	25 her	case
24	with	with	ADP	_	25 her	case
25	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 speak	obl
26	;	;	PUNCT	_	29 bade	punct
27	and	and	CCONJ	_	29 bade	cc
28	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	29 bade	nsubj
29	bade	bade	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 wrote	conj
30	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	31 woman	det
31	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 take	nsubj
32	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	29 bade	ccomp
33	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	34 letter	det
34	letter	letter	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 take	obj
35	to	to	ADP	_	37 queen	case
36	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	37 queen	det
37	queen	queen	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 take	obl
38	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 wrote	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	write	past	Tsar	a letter		then	with Tsar's own hand to the Tsarítsa	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent letter=Theme
2	have	past	Tsar	secret things and thoughts				vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Patient
3	speak speech: other	to-infinitive	Tsar not said here	secret things and thoughts not said here			of widow	vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	bade	past	Tsar					tree rules
5	take	infinitive	a woman	this letter	the queen			vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent letter=Theme to queen=Destination

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.

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🌲 Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 25, sentence 73

The tree

Pragmatics

Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 25, sentence 73