--- title: And the grey Wolf said to him, “Yes, Iván Tsarévich, you might have… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: And the grey Wolf said to him, “Yes, Iván Tsarévich, you might have slept for ever if I had not been here: for your brothers have plundered you, and they have taken Princess Eléna the Fair and the golden-maned horse and the Bird of Light with them. Who acts: grey Wolf, death, brothers. 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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, brothers), 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:pg62509:11:71 # text = And the grey Wolf said to him, “Yes, Iván Tsarévich, you might have slept for ever if I had not been here: for your brothers have plundered you, and they have taken Princess Eléna the Fair and the golden-maned horse and the Bird of Light with them. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 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 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 9 “ " PUNCT `` _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 18 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 12 Iván Iván PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 vocative _ _ 13 Tsarévich Tsarévich PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 15 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 16 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 17 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 18 aux _ _ 18 slept sleep VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 conj _ _ 19 for for ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 18 obl _ _ 21 if if SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 22 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 23 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 24 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 26 advmod _ _ 25 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 26 cop _ _ 26 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 18 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 : : PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 28 for for ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 brothers brother NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obl _ _ 31 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 plundered plunder VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 conj _ _ 33 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 32 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 36 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 37 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 parataxis _ _ 39 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 compound _ _ 40 Eléna Eléna PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 Fair Fair PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 45 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 maned maned ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 48 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 conj _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 Bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 conj _ _ 52 of of ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 53 Light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 nmod _ _ 54 with with ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 55 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 56 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the grey Wolf | | death | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **sleep** *in a quote* | might · perfect | death | | | | | | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **not** **is** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | past · perfect | the grey Wolf *= wolf* | | | | | here *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **plunder** *in a quote* | present · perfect | the grey Wolf *not said here* | death | | | | for your brothers | vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent you=Theme for brother=Beneficiary | | 5 | **take** *in a quote* | present · perfect | brothers *= brother* | Princess Eléna | | | | the Fair *obj*; the golden maned horse and the Bird of Light with waters *conj* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument eléna=Theme fair=Destination | 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 70](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/11/70/) - next →: [sentence 72](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/11/72/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/11/)