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title: Iván Tsarévich sat on the grey Wolf, and the Wolf ran with him into… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics
description: Iván Tsarévich sat on the grey Wolf, and the Wolf ran with him into the kingdom of Tsar Výslav Andrónovich, and, whether it be long or whether it be far or whether it be near, they reached the town. Who acts: Iván, Wolf, kingdom, brothers. A sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. Afanas'ev, Openi
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# Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 11, sentence 75

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Iván Tsarévich sat on the grey Wolf, and the Wolf ran with him into the kingdom of Tsar Výslav Andrónovich, and, whether it be long or whether it be far or whether it be near, they reached the town.

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**Who acts:** Iván, Wolf, kingdom, brothers · **What happens:** sit, run, be, reach · **To what, where:** grey Wolf, kingdom, town

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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, Wolf, kingdom, brothers), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg62509:11:75
# text = Iván Tsarévich sat on the grey Wolf, and the Wolf ran with him into the kingdom of Tsar Výslav Andrónovich, and, whether it be long or whether it be far or whether it be near, they reached the town.
1	Iván	Iván	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	Tsarévich	Tsarévich	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	_
3	sat	sit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	grey	grey	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	Wolf	Wolf	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	Wolf	Wolf	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	ran	run	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
13	with	with	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obl	_	_
15	into	into	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	kingdom	kingdom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
18	of	of	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	Tsar	Tsar	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	20	compound	_	_
20	Výslav	Výslav	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	nmod	_	_
21	Andrónovich	Andrónovich	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	20	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	41	punct	_	_
23	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	41	cc	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
25	whether	whether	SCONJ	IN	_	28	mark	_	_
26	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	28	nsubj	_	_
27	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	28	cop	_	_
28	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	41	advcl	_	_
29	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	33	cc	_	_
30	whether	whether	SCONJ	IN	_	33	mark	_	_
31	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	33	nsubj	_	_
32	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	33	cop	_	_
33	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	28	conj	_	_
34	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	38	cc	_	_
35	whether	whether	SCONJ	IN	_	38	mark	_	_
36	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	38	nsubj	_	_
37	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	38	cop	_	_
38	near	near	ADV	RB	_	33	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	28	punct	_	_
40	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	41	nsubj	_	_
41	reached	reach	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
42	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	43	det	_	_
43	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	41	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
44	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sit** | past | Iván |  |  | the grey Wolf |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on wolf=Location |
| 2 | **run** | past | the Wolf |  |  |  |  | into the kingdom of Tsar Výslav *result*; with Iván | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into kingdom=Result |
| 3 | **is** | infinitive | kingdom |  |  |  |  | long *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **is** | infinitive | kingdom |  |  |  |  | far *property* | tree rules |
| 5 | **is** | infinitive | kingdom |  |  |  |  | near *property* | tree rules |
| 6 | **reach** | past | brothers *= brother* | the town |  |  |  |  | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent town=Theme |

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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.

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**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.

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