--- title: Then the grey Wolf sprinkled Iván Tsarévich with the water of Death,… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Then the grey Wolf sprinkled Iván Tsarévich with the water of Death, and his body clove together; and he sprinkled him then with the water of Life, and Iván Tsarévich stood up alive and said: “Oh, what a long sleep I have had!” Who acts: grey Wolf, death, Iván. 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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 (grey Wolf, death, Iván), 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:pg62509:11:70 # text = Then the grey Wolf sprinkled Iván Tsarévich with the water of Death, and his body clove together; and he sprinkled him then with the water of Life, and Iván Tsarévich stood up alive and said: “Oh, what a long sleep I have had!” 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 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 sprinkled sprinkle 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 with with ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 Death Death PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 15 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 16 body body NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 compound _ _ 17 clove clove NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ _ 18 together together ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ; ; PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 sprinkled sprinkle VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 23 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obj _ _ 24 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 22 advmod _ _ 25 with with ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 Life Life PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 32 Iván Iván PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ _ 33 Tsarévich Tsarévich PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 flat _ _ 34 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 35 up up ADP RP _ 34 compound:prt _ _ 36 alive alive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 xcomp _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 : : PUNCT : _ 43 punct _ _ 40 “ " PUNCT `` _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 Oh oh INTJ UH _ 43 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 43 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 38 ccomp _ _ 44 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 45 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 sleep sleep NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obj _ _ 47 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 48 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 49 had have VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 43 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 ! ! PUNCT . _ 49 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 ” " PUNCT '' _ 43 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sprinkle** | past | the grey Wolf | | Iván | | then | with the water of Death; death's body clove *conj* | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent iván=Destination with water=Theme | | 2 | **sprinkle** | past | death | | Iván | | then | with the water of Life | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent he=Destination with water=Theme | | 3 | **stand up** | past | Iván | | | | | alive *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **say** *speech: express* | past | Iván *not said here* | | | | | what *ccomp* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **have** *in a quote* | present · perfect | Iván | a long sleep | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sleep=Patient | 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 69](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/11/69/) - next →: [sentence 71](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/11/71/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/11/)