--- title: And on the third night Iván Tsarévich went into the garden to watch,… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: And on the third night Iván Tsarévich went into the garden to watch, and sat under the same apple-tree; and he waited one hour, a second hour, and a third hour; and then the whole garden lit up as though it shone with many fires, and the Bird of Light flew in and sat on the apple-tree and began to p --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/10/71/) [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/) / [Russian Folk-Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/) / [Opening, part 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/10/) / 71 # Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 10, sentence 71 And on the third night Iván Tsarévich went into the garden to watch, and sat under the same apple-tree; and he waited one hour, a second hour, and a third hour; and then the whole garden lit up as though it shone with many fires, and the Bird of Light flew in and sat on the apple-tree and began to pluck the apples. **Who acts:** Iván, IVÁN, whole garden, garden, Bird · **What happens:** go, watch, sit, wait, lit up, shine · **To what, where:** garden, same apple tree, apple tree, apples This is a sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. 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 (Iván, IVÁN, whole garden, garden), 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:pg62509:10:71 # text = And on the third night Iván Tsarévich went into the garden to watch, and sat under the same apple-tree; and he waited one hour, a second hour, and a third hour; and then the whole garden lit up as though it shone with many fires, and the Bird of Light flew in and sat on the apple-tree and began to pluck the apples. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 2 on on ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 third third ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 5 amod _ _ 5 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 6 Iván Iván PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 7 Tsarévich Tsarévich PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 flat _ _ 8 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 into into ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 garden garden NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 watch watch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 17 under under ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 19 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 20 apple apple NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 21 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ; ; PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 waited wait VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 27 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 28 nummod _ _ 28 hour hour NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 31 second second ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 32 amod _ _ 32 hour hour NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 third third ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 37 amod _ _ 37 hour hour NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ; ; PUNCT : _ 44 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 40 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 44 advmod _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 42 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 garden garden NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nsubj _ _ 44 lit lit VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 parataxis _ _ 45 up up ADP RP _ 44 compound:prt _ _ 46 as as ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ _ 47 though though SCONJ IN _ 49 mark _ _ 48 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 49 shone shine VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 parataxis _ _ 50 with with ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 amod _ _ 52 fires fire NOUN NNS Number=Plur 49 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 54 and and CCONJ CC _ 59 cc _ _ 55 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 Bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 nsubj _ _ 57 of of ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 58 Light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 nmod _ _ 59 flew fly VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 parataxis _ _ 60 in in ADV RB _ 59 advmod _ _ 61 and and CCONJ CC _ 62 cc _ _ 62 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 59 conj _ _ 63 on on ADP IN _ 67 case _ _ 64 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 67 det _ _ 65 apple apple NOUN NN Number=Sing 67 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 66 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 65 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 67 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 obl _ _ 68 and and CCONJ CC _ 69 cc _ _ 69 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 59 conj _ _ 70 to to PART TO _ 71 mark _ _ 71 pluck pluck VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 69 xcomp _ _ 72 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 73 det _ _ 73 apples apple NOUN NNS Number=Plur 71 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 74 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | Iván | | | the garden | night | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into garden=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **watch** | to-infinitive | Iván *not said here* | | | | | | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **sit** | past | | | | the same apple tree | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent under tree=Location | | 4 | **wait** | past | IVÁN *= iván* | | | | hour | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **lit up** | participle | the whole garden | | | | then | | tree rules | | 6 | **shine** | past | garden | | | | | with many fires | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with fire=Theme | | 7 | **fly in** | past | the Bird of Light | | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **sit** | past | the Bird of Light *not said here* | | | the apple tree | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on tree=Location | | 9 | **begin** | past | the Bird of Light *not said here* | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 10 | **pluck** | to-infinitive | the Bird of Light *not said here* | the apples | | | | | 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 70](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/10/70/) - next →: [sentence 72](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/10/72/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/10/)