--- title: Iván Tsarévich lay down dead on that spot for thirty days, and in th… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Iván Tsarévich lay down dead on that spot for thirty days, and in that time the grey Wolf ran up to him and he recognised Iván Tsarévich by his breath, and he wished to help him and revive him, but he did not know how. Who acts: Iván, grey Wolf. A sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. Afanas'ev, --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/11/60/) [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/) / 60 # Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 11, sentence 60 Iván Tsarévich lay down dead on that spot for thirty days, and in that time the grey Wolf ran up to him and he recognised Iván Tsarévich by his breath, and he wished to help him and revive him, but he did not know how. **Who acts:** Iván, grey Wolf · **What happens:** lie down, run up, recognise, wish, help, revive · **To what, where:** spot, Iván 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), 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:pg62509:11:60 # text = Iván Tsarévich lay down dead on that spot for thirty days, and in that time the grey Wolf ran up to him and he recognised Iván Tsarévich by his breath, and he wished to help him and revive him, but he did not know how. 1 Iván Iván PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 Tsarévich Tsarévich PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 flat _ _ 3 lay lie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 down down ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 advcl _ _ 6 on on ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 8 det _ _ 8 spot spot NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 9 for for ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 thirty thirty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 11 nummod _ _ 11 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 14 in in ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 16 det _ _ 16 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 grey grey ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 Wolf Wolf PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 20 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 21 up up ADP RP _ 20 compound:prt _ _ 22 to to ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obl _ _ 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 recognised recognise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 27 Iván Iván PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 28 Tsarévich Tsarévich PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 flat _ _ 29 by by ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 breath breath NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 wished wish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 xcomp _ _ 38 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 revive revive VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 conj _ _ 41 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 43 but but CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 44 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 45 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 46 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 47 advmod _ _ 47 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 conj _ _ 48 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 47 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lie down** | past | Iván | | | that spot | day | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on spot=Location | | 2 | **run up** | past | the grey Wolf | | Iván | | time | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to he=Result | | 3 | **recognise** | past | Iván | Iván | | | | by Iván's breath | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer iván=Stimulus | | 4 | **wish** | past | Iván | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 5 | **help** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Iván *not said here* | | Iván | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary | | 6 | **revive** | infinitive | Iván *not said here* | Iván | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent he=Patient | | 7 | **not** **know** | past · do-support | Iván | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | 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 59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/11/59/) - next →: [sentence 61](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/11/61/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/11/)