--- title: And he gave these to the grey Wolf; and the grey Wolf took the phial… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: And he gave these to the grey Wolf; and the grey Wolf took the phials, cut the nestling into two, sprinkled him with the dead water, and the nestling grew together; then he sprinkled him with the water of Life, and the nestling shook himself and flew away. Who acts: Vóron, grey Wolf, nestling. 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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 (Vóron, grey Wolf, nestling), 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:pg62509:11:69 # text = And he gave these to the grey Wolf; and the grey Wolf took the phials, cut the nestling into two, sprinkled him with the dead water, and the nestling grew together; then he sprinkled him with the water of Life, and the nestling shook himself and flew away. 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 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 these this PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 3 obj _ _ 5 to to 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 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ; ; PUNCT : _ 14 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 grey grey ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 Wolf Wolf PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 14 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 phials phial NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 18 cut cut VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 advcl _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 nestling nestling NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 21 into into ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 24 sprinkled sprinkle VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 25 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ _ 26 with with ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 nestling nestling NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ _ 34 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 35 together together ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ; ; PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 37 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 39 advmod _ _ 38 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 sprinkled sprinkle VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 40 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obj _ _ 41 with with ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 Life Life PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 nmod _ 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 nestling nestling NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 nsubj _ _ 50 shook shake VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 51 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 50 obj _ _ 52 and and CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 53 flew fly VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 50 conj _ _ 54 away away ADV RB _ 53 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | past | Vóron | these | the grey Wolf | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent this=Theme to wolf=Recipient | | 2 | **take** | past | the grey Wolf | the phials | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent phial=Theme | | 3 | **cut** | infinitive | the grey Wolf *not said here* | the nestling | | two | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: agent=Agent nestling=Material into two=Product | | 4 | **sprinkle** | past | the grey Wolf *not said here* | | Vóron | | | with the dead water | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent he=Destination with water=Theme | | 5 | **grow** | past | the nestling | | | | | together *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **sprinkle** | past | Vóron | | death | | then | with the water of Life | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent he=Destination with water=Theme | | 7 | **shake** | past | the nestling | death | | | | | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent himself=Patient | | 8 | **fly away** | past | the nestling *not said here* | | | | | away *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=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 68](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/11/68/) - next →: [sentence 70](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/11/70/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/11/)