--- title: Iván Tsarévich, seated on the grey Wolf’s back with Princess Eléna t… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Iván Tsarévich, seated on the grey Wolf’s back with Princess Eléna the Fair, fell in love with her and she with him: and when the grey Wolf arrived at the garden of Tsar Afrón, the Tsarévich grew very sad and began to weep tears. Who acts: Princess Eléna, grey Wolf, Tsarévich. 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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 (Princess Eléna, grey Wolf, Tsarévich), 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:pg62509:11:21 # text = Iván Tsarévich, seated on the grey Wolf’s back with Princess Eléna the Fair, fell in love with her and she with him: and when the grey Wolf arrived at the garden of Tsar Afrón, the Tsarévich grew very sad and began to weep tears. 1 Iván Iván PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 2 Tsarévich Tsarévich PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 seated seat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 acl _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 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 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ’s be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 back back ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 11 with with ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 compound _ _ 13 Eléna Eléna PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 Fair Fair PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 17 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 acl:relcl _ _ 18 in in ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 love love NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 20 with with ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obl _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 23 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 24 with with ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 : : PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 28 when when SCONJ WRB _ 32 mark _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 grey grey ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 Wolf Wolf PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ _ 32 arrived arrive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 33 at at ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 garden garden NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 Tsar Tsar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 nmod _ _ 38 Afrón Afrón PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 Tsarévich Tsarévich PROPN NNP Number=Sing 42 nsubj _ _ 42 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 acl:relcl _ _ 43 very very ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 44 sad sad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 xcomp _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 46 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 conj _ _ 47 to to PART TO _ 48 mark _ _ 48 weep weep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 46 xcomp _ _ 49 tears tear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 48 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **seat** | participle | | Iván *not said here* | | the grey Wolf | | | vn fit-54.3 «NP.location V NP»: agent=Location | | 2 | **fall** | past | Princess Eléna *not said here* | | | love | | with Fair; Iván *conj* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in love=Location | | 3 | **arrive** | past | the grey Wolf | | | the garden of Tsar | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **grow** | past | the Tsarévich | Tsar *not said here* | | | | sad *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location tsar=Theme | | 5 | **begin** | past | the Tsarévich *not said here* | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 6 | **weep** | to-infinitive | the Tsarévich *not said here* | tears | | | | | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent tear=Theme | 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 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/11/20/) - next →: [sentence 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/11/22/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/11/)