--- title: And he went one whole day and grew very, very tired; and when he wan… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: And he went one whole day and grew very, very tired; and when he wanted to sit down and to rest, suddenly the grey Wolf came up to him and said: “I have pity for you, Iván Tsarévich, that you are tiring yourself going on foot. Who acts: horse, grey Wolf, you. 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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 (horse, grey Wolf, you), 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:pg62509:10:92 # text = And he went one whole day and grew very, very tired; and when he wanted to sit down and to rest, suddenly the grey Wolf came up to him and said: “I have pity for you, Iván Tsarévich, that you are tiring yourself going on foot. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 6 nummod _ _ 5 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl:unmarked _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 9 very very ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 very very ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 12 tired tired ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ; ; PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 15 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 17 advmod _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 18 to to PART TO _ 19 mark _ _ 19 sit sit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 xcomp _ _ 20 down down ADP RP _ 19 compound:prt _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 23 rest rest VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 25 suddenly suddenly ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 grey grey ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 Wolf Wolf PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 29 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 parataxis _ _ 30 up up ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 31 to to ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obl _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 : : PUNCT : _ 38 punct _ _ 36 “ " PUNCT `` _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 ccomp _ _ 39 pity pity NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 40 for for ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 43 Iván Iván PROPN NNP Number=Sing 44 compound _ _ 44 Tsarévich Tsarévich PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 46 that that SCONJ IN _ 49 mark _ _ 47 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 48 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 49 tiring tire VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 38 advcl _ _ 50 yourself yourself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 49 obj _ _ 51 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 49 advcl _ _ 52 on on ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 53 foot foot NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | horse | | | | day | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **grow** | past | horse *not said here* | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **want** | past | horse | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 4 | **sit down** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | horse *not said here* | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **rest** | to-infinitive | horse *not said here* | | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **come up** | past | the grey Wolf | | horse | | | suddenly *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to he=Initial\_Location | | 7 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the grey Wolf *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 8 | **have** *in a quote* | present | the grey Wolf *= wolf* | pity | | | | for you; Iván Tsarévich *obl* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pity=Patient | | 9 | **tire** *in a quote* | present · progressive | you | yourself | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus yourself=Experiencer | | 10 | **go** *in a quote* | gerund | you *not said here* | | | foot | | | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on foot=Location | 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 91](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/10/91/) - next →: [sentence 93](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/10/93/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/10/)