--- title: This Ivan is in our hands; let us send him to see why it is the sun… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: This Ivan is in our hands; let us send him to see why it is the sun grows so red when he sets."--"That's just the same as if you sent him to a place whence he can never return."--"All the better."--Then they sent for Ivan, and gave him this errand, and he returned home to his wife, weeping bitterly. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/19/181/) [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/) / [Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/) / [The Tsar and the Angel](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/19/) / 181 # Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales, The Tsar and the Angel, sentence 181 This Ivan is in our hands; let us send him to see why it is the sun grows so red when he sets."--"That's just the same as if you sent him to a place whence he can never return."--"All the better."--Then they sent for Ivan, and gave him this errand, and he returned home to his wife, weeping bitterly. **Who acts:** Ivan, us, long, overseer, That, you · **What happens:** be, let, send, see, set, not return · **To what, where:** hands, us, overseer, place, errand · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales», The Tsar and the Angel. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Ivan, us, long, overseer), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Parsed by Mova, not checked by a teacher.** This tree is Mova's own parse (the `en` model, on the CPU, when the site is built); it may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg29672:19:181 # text = This Ivan is in our hands; let us send him to see why it is the sun grows so red when he sets."--"That's just the same as if you sent him to a place whence he can never return."--"All the better."--Then they sent for Ivan, and gave him this errand, and he returned home to his wife, weeping bitterly. 1 This this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 2 det _ _ 2 Ivan Ivan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ; ; PUNCT : _ 8 punct _ _ 8 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 9 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ 10 send send VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 xcomp _ _ 11 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 advcl _ _ 14 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 19 advmod _ _ 15 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 16 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 cop _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 19 grows grow VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 advcl _ _ 20 so so ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 21 red red ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 xcomp _ _ 22 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 24 advmod _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 sets set VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 " " PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 -- -- PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 " " PUNCT `` _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 That that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 33 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 cop _ _ 31 just just ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 parataxis _ _ 34 as as SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 35 if if SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 36 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 advcl _ _ 38 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ _ 39 to to ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 42 whence whence ADV WRB PronType=Int 46 advmod _ _ 43 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 44 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 45 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 46 advmod _ _ 46 return return VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 " " PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 -- -- PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 " " PUNCT `` _ 53 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 All all DET PDT PronType=Tot 53 det:predet _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 8 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 55 " " PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 56 -- -- PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 57 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 59 advmod _ _ 58 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 59 nsubj _ _ 59 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 60 for for ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 61 Ivan Ivan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 59 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 62 , , PUNCT , _ 64 punct _ _ 63 and and CCONJ CC _ 64 cc _ _ 64 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 59 conj _ _ 65 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 64 iobj _ _ 66 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 67 det _ _ 67 errand errand NOUN NN Number=Sing 64 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 68 , , PUNCT , _ 71 punct _ _ 69 and and CCONJ CC _ 71 cc _ _ 70 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 71 nsubj _ _ 71 returned return VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 64 conj _ _ 72 home home ADV RB _ 71 advmod _ _ 73 to to ADP IN _ 75 case _ _ 74 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 75 nmod:poss _ _ 75 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 71 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 76 , , PUNCT , _ 77 punct _ _ 77 weeping weep VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 71 advcl _ _ 78 bitterly bitterly ADV RB _ 77 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 79 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | this Ivan | | | our hands | | | tree rules | | 2 | **let** | infinitive | | us | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **send** | infinitive | us *not said here* | overseer | | | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 4 | **see** | to-infinitive | us *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **is** | present | long | | | | | grow, red *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **set** | present | overseer | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 7 | **is** | present | That | | | | | same *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **send** | past | you | overseer | | a place | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to place=Destination | | 9 | **not** **return** | can | overseer | | | | | whence *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 10 | **send** *in a quote* | past | IVAN | | | | then | for Ivan | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 11 | **give** *in a quote* | past | IVAN *not said here* | this errand | overseer | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient errand=Theme | | 12 | **return** *in a quote* | past | overseer | | | | | to overseer's wife *result*; home *property* | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to wife=Result | | 13 | **weep** *in a quote* | gerund | overseer *not said here* | | | | | bitterly *property* | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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:** «Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales», Project Gutenberg book 29672 (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 180](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/19/180/) - next →: [sentence 182](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/19/182/) - ↑ back to [The Tsar and the Angel](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/19/)