--- title: So Iván Tsarévich sat on the grey Wolf’s back, and the grey Wolf sco… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: So Iván Tsarévich sat on the grey Wolf’s back, and the grey Wolf scoured as fast as a dart, and at last he arrived at the kingdom of Princess Eléna the Fair, to the golden palisade which surrounded the wonderful garden; and the Wolf said to the Tsarévich: “Iván Tsarévich, slip off my back, off the g --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/11/14/) [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 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/11/) / 14 # Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 11, sentence 14 So Iván Tsarévich sat on the grey Wolf’s back, and the grey Wolf scoured as fast as a dart, and at last he arrived at the kingdom of Princess Eléna the Fair, to the golden palisade which surrounded the wonderful garden; and the Wolf said to the Tsarévich: “Iván Tsarévich, slip off my back, off the grey Wolf, and go behind on that road and wait for me in the open field under the green oak.” **Who acts:** Iván, grey Wolf, Wolf · **What happens:** sit, scour, arrive, surround, say, slip off · **To what, where:** last, golden palisade, Iván Tsarévich, Tsarévich, back, road · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. Afanas'ev, Opening, part 11. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Iván, grey Wolf, Wolf), 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:pg62509:11:14 # text = So Iván Tsarévich sat on the grey Wolf’s back, and the grey Wolf scoured as fast as a dart, and at last he arrived at the kingdom of Princess Eléna the Fair, to the golden palisade which surrounded the wonderful garden; and the Wolf said to the Tsarévich: “Iván Tsarévich, slip off my back, off the grey Wolf, and go behind on that road and wait for me in the open field under the green oak.” 1 So so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 Iván Iván PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 Tsarévich Tsarévich PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 flat _ _ 4 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 on on SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 grey grey ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 Wolf Wolf PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ’s be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 10 back back ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 grey grey ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 Wolf Wolf PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 16 scoured scour VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 17 as as ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 18 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 16 advmod _ _ 19 as as ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 dart dart NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 24 at at ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 last last NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 arrived arrive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 28 at at ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 compound _ _ 33 Eléna Eléna PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 nmod _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 Fair Fair PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 37 to to ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 palisade palisade NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 41 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 42 nsubj:pass _ _ 42 surrounded surround VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 40 acl _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 44 wonderful wonderful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 garden garden NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ; ; PUNCT : _ 50 punct _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 Wolf Wolf PROPN NNP Number=Sing 50 nsubj _ _ 50 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 51 to to ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 Tsarévich Tsarévich PROPN NNP Number=Sing 50 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 : : PUNCT : _ 57 punct _ _ 55 “ " PUNCT `` _ 57 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 56 Iván Iván PROPN NNP Number=Sing 57 compound _ _ 57 Tsarévich Tsarévich PROPN NNP Number=Sing 50 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 58 , , PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 59 slip slip VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 50 conj _ _ 60 off off ADP RP _ 59 compound:prt _ _ 61 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 62 nmod:poss _ _ 62 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 63 , , PUNCT , _ 67 punct _ _ 64 off off ADP IN _ 67 case _ _ 65 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 67 det _ _ 66 grey grey ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 67 amod _ _ 67 Wolf Wolf PROPN NNP Number=Sing 59 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 68 , , PUNCT , _ 70 punct _ _ 69 and and CCONJ CC _ 70 cc _ _ 70 go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 59 parataxis _ _ 71 behind behind ADV RB _ 70 advmod _ _ 72 on on ADP IN _ 74 case _ _ 73 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 74 det _ _ 74 road road NOUN NN Number=Sing 70 obl _ _ 75 and and CCONJ CC _ 76 cc _ _ 76 wait wait VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 70 conj _ _ 77 for for ADP IN _ 78 case _ _ 78 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 76 obl _ _ 79 in in ADP IN _ 82 case _ _ 80 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 82 det _ _ 81 open open ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 82 amod _ _ 82 field field NOUN NN Number=Sing 76 obl _ _ 83 under under ADP IN _ 86 case _ _ 84 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 86 det _ _ 85 green green ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 86 amod _ _ 86 oak oak NOUN NN Number=Sing 76 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 87 . . PUNCT . _ 50 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 88 ” " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sit** | past | Iván | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **scour** | past | the grey Wolf | | | | | as a dart; fast *property* | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **arrive** | past | Iván | | | last | | at the kingdom of Princess Eléna; to the golden palisade | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to palisade=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **surround** | participle · passive | | the golden palisade | | | | the wonderful garden *obj* | tree rules | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the Wolf | Iván Tsarévich | the Tsarévich | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to tsarévich=Recipient | | 6 | **slip off** *in a quote* | present | the Wolf *not said here* | my back | | | | off the grey Wolf | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent back=Patient off wolf=Co-Patient | | 7 | **go** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | that road | | behind *property* | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on road=Location | | 8 | **wait** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | the open field | | for the Wolf *= wolf*; under the green oak | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in field=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 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/11/13/) - next →: [sentence 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/11/15/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/11/)