--- title: Soon the grey Wolf took Iván Tsarévich to the place where he had cle… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Soon the grey Wolf took Iván Tsarévich to the place where he had cleft his horse in two, and said: “Now, Iván Tsarévich, I have served you well, faithfully and truly: on this spot I cleft your horse in two, and up to this spot I have brought you again: slip off me, off the grey Wolf; now you have yo --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/11/44/) [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/) / 44 # Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 11, sentence 44 Soon the grey Wolf took Iván Tsarévich to the place where he had cleft his horse in two, and said: “Now, Iván Tsarévich, I have served you well, faithfully and truly: on this spot I cleft your horse in two, and up to this spot I have brought you again: slip off me, off the grey Wolf; now you have your golden-maned horse, I can serve you no more.” **Who acts:** grey Wolf, Iván, I, you · **What happens:** take, have, say, serve, cleft, bring · **To what, where:** Iván, cleft, two, horse, spot, you · **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 (grey Wolf, Iván, I, 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:pg62509:11:44 # text = Soon the grey Wolf took Iván Tsarévich to the place where he had cleft his horse in two, and said: “Now, Iván Tsarévich, I have served you well, faithfully and truly: on this spot I cleft your horse in two, and up to this spot I have brought you again: slip off me, off the grey Wolf; now you have your golden-maned horse, I can serve you no more.” 1 Soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 5 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 grey grey ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 Wolf Wolf PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 Iván Iván PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 7 Tsarévich Tsarévich PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 flat _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 11 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 13 advmod _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 acl:relcl _ _ 14 cleft cleft NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 15 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 17 in in ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 22 : : PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 23 “ " PUNCT `` _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 26 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 26 Iván Iván PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 nsubj:pass _ _ 27 Tsarévich Tsarévich PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 29 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 30 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 served serve VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 ccomp _ _ 32 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ _ 33 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 31 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 35 faithfully faithfully ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 truly truly ADV RB _ 35 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 : : PUNCT : _ 43 punct _ _ 39 on on ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 41 det _ _ 41 spot spot NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ _ 42 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 cleft cleft VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ _ 44 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 45 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ _ 46 in in ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 56 cc _ _ 50 up up ADV RB _ 56 advmod _ _ 51 to to ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 53 det _ _ 53 spot spot NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 obl _ _ 54 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 56 nsubj _ _ 55 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 56 aux _ _ 56 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 conj _ _ 57 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 56 obj _ _ 58 again again ADV RB _ 56 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 59 : : PUNCT : _ 60 punct _ _ 60 slip slip VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 61 off off ADP RP _ 62 case _ _ 62 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 60 obl _ 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 60 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 68 ; ; PUNCT : _ 71 punct _ _ 69 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 71 advmod _ _ 70 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 71 nsubj _ _ 71 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 80 advcl _ _ 72 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 76 nmod:poss _ _ 73 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 76 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 74 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 73 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 75 maned maned ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 76 amod _ _ 76 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 71 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 77 , , PUNCT , _ 71 punct _ _ 78 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 80 nsubj _ _ 79 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 80 aux _ _ 80 serve serve VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 60 parataxis _ _ 81 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 80 obj _ _ 82 no no ADV RB _ 83 advmod _ _ 83 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 80 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 84 . . PUNCT . _ 60 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 85 ” " PUNCT '' _ 60 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | past | the grey Wolf | Iván | | | | to the place; soon *property* | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent iván=Theme to place=be' clause=Attribute | | 2 | **have** | past | Iván | cleft Iván's horse | | two | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cleft=Patient | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **serve** *in a quote* | present · perfect · passive | | Iván | | | | I *nsubj*; you *obj*; faithfully, well *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **cleft** *in a quote* | present | I | your horse | | this spot | | in two | tree rules | | 6 | **bring** *in a quote* | present · perfect | I | you | | this spot | again | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent you=Theme to spot=Destination | | 7 | **slip off** *in a quote* | infinitive | | me | | | | off the grey Wolf | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent i=Patient off wolf=Co-Patient | | 8 | **have** *in a quote* | present | you | your golden maned horse | | | now | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Patient | | 9 | **serve** *in a quote* | can | I | you | | | | | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Attribute | 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 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/11/43/) - next →: [sentence 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/11/45/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/11/)