--- title: On the first night Dmítri Tsarévich went into the garden and sat und… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: On the first night Dmítri Tsarévich went into the garden and sat under the apple-tree from which the Bird of Light used to steal the apples; but he went to sleep, and he never heard when the Bird of Light flew up and again plucked off many apples. Who acts: Dmítri, LIGHT, Bird. 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Afanas'ev, Opening, part 10. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Dmítri, LIGHT, Bird), 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:pg62509:10:65 # text = On the first night Dmítri Tsarévich went into the garden and sat under the apple-tree from which the Bird of Light used to steal the apples; but he went to sleep, and he never heard when the Bird of Light flew up and again plucked off many apples. 1 On on ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 4 amod _ _ 4 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 5 Dmítri Dmítri PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 6 Tsarévich Tsarévich PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 flat _ _ 7 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 into into ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 garden garden NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 13 under under ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 15 apple apple NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 16 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 18 from from ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 21 obl _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 Bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 Light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod _ _ 24 used use VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 acl _ _ 25 to to PART TO _ 26 mark _ _ 26 steal steal VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 advcl _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 apples apple NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ; ; PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 30 but but CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 33 to to PART TO _ 34 mark _ _ 34 sleep sleep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 37 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 38 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 39 advmod _ _ 39 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 conj _ _ 40 when when SCONJ WRB _ 45 mark _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 Bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nsubj _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 Light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nmod _ _ 45 flew fly VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 ccomp _ _ 46 up up ADP RP _ 45 compound:prt _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 48 again again ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ _ 49 plucked pluck VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 45 conj _ _ 50 off off ADP RP _ 49 compound:prt _ _ 51 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 amod _ _ 52 apples apple NOUN NNS Number=Plur 49 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | Dmítri | | | the garden | night | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into garden=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **sit** | past | Dmítri *not said here* | | | the apple tree the Bird from the apple tree the Bird from the apple tree of Light of Light | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent under tree=Location | | 3 | **use** | participle | | the Bird from the apple tree the Bird from the apple tree the Bird of Light of Light *not said here* | | | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **steal** | to-infinitive | | the apples | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location apple=Theme | | 5 | **go** | past | LIGHT | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **sleep** | to-infinitive | LIGHT *not said here* | | | | | | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **not** **hear** | past | LIGHT | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 8 | **fly up** | past | the Bird of Light | | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **pluck off** | participle | the Bird of Light *not said here* | many apples | | | again | | vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent apple=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 64](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/10/64/) - next →: [sentence 66](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/10/66/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/10/)