--- title: Alyósha Popóvich was lying on the brick stove, and spake in this wis… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Alyósha Popóvich was lying on the brick stove, and spake in this wise to Túgarin Zmyéyevich: “My old father, León the pope, had a little cow which was a great glutton: it used to eat up all the beer vats with all the lees; and then the little cow, the glutton, came to the lake, and it drank and lapp --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/20/47/) [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 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/20/) / 47 # Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 20, sentence 47 Alyósha Popóvich was lying on the brick stove, and spake in this wise to Túgarin Zmyéyevich: “My old father, León the pope, had a little cow which was a great glutton: it used to eat up all the beer vats with all the lees; and then the little cow, the glutton, came to the lake, and it drank and lapped all the water out of the lake, took it all up and it burst, and so it would also have torn Túgarin to bits after his feed.” **Who acts:** Alyósha, old father, little cow, glutton, beer · **What happens:** lie, have, be, use, eat up, vat · **To what, where:** spake, brick stove, little cow, great glutton, lake, water · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. Afanas'ev, Opening, part 20. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Alyósha, old father, little cow, glutton), 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:pg62509:20:47 # text = Alyósha Popóvich was lying on the brick stove, and spake in this wise to Túgarin Zmyéyevich: “My old father, León the pope, had a little cow which was a great glutton: it used to eat up all the beer vats with all the lees; and then the little cow, the glutton, came to the lake, and it drank and lapped all the water out of the lake, took it all up and it burst, and so it would also have torn Túgarin to bits after his feed.” 1 Alyósha Alyósha PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 2 Popóvich Popóvich PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 flat _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 lying lie VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 brick brick NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 stove stove NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 spake speak NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 14 nsubj _ _ 14 wise wise ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 acl:relcl _ _ 15 to to ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 Túgarin Túgarin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 17 Zmyéyevich Zmyéyevich PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 18 : : PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 19 “ " PUNCT `` _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 21 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 24 León León PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 appos _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 pope pope NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 28 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 cow cow NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 32 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 36 nsubj _ _ 33 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 cop _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 glutton glutton NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 : : PUNCT : _ 39 punct _ _ 38 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 used use VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 conj _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 41 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 xcomp _ _ 42 up up ADP RP _ 41 compound:prt _ _ 43 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 45 det:predet _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 beer beer NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nsubj _ _ 46 vats vat VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 parataxis _ _ 47 with with ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 48 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 50 det:predet _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 lees lee NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 ; ; PUNCT , _ 61 punct _ _ 52 and and CCONJ CC _ 61 cc _ _ 53 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 61 advmod _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 55 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 56 amod _ _ 56 cow cow NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 57 , , PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 58 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 59 det _ _ 59 glutton glutton NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 60 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 61 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 conj _ _ 62 to to ADP IN _ 64 case _ _ 63 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 64 det _ _ 64 lake lake NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 65 , , PUNCT , _ 68 punct _ _ 66 and and CCONJ CC _ 68 cc _ _ 67 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 68 nsubj _ _ 68 drank drink VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 parataxis _ _ 69 and and CCONJ CC _ 70 cc _ _ 70 lapped lap VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 68 conj _ _ 71 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 73 det:predet _ _ 72 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 73 det _ _ 73 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 70 obj _ _ 74 out out ADP IN _ 77 case _ _ 75 of of ADP IN _ 77 case _ _ 76 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 77 det _ _ 77 lake lake NOUN NN Number=Sing 70 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 78 , , PUNCT , _ 79 punct _ _ 79 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 68 conj _ _ 80 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 79 obj _ _ 81 all all ADV RB _ 82 advmod _ _ 82 up up ADV RB _ 79 advmod _ _ 83 and and CCONJ CC _ 85 cc _ _ 84 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 85 nsubj _ _ 85 burst burst VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 79 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 86 , , PUNCT , _ 93 punct _ _ 87 and and CCONJ CC _ 93 cc _ _ 88 so so ADV RB _ 93 advmod _ _ 89 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 93 nsubj:pass _ _ 90 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 93 aux _ _ 91 also also ADV RB _ 93 advmod _ _ 92 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 93 aux _ _ 93 torn tear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 94 amod _ _ 94 Túgarin Túgarin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 85 obj _ _ 95 to to ADP IN _ 96 case _ _ 96 bits bit NOUN NNS Number=Plur 85 obl _ _ 97 after after ADP IN _ 99 case _ _ 98 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 99 nmod:poss _ _ 99 feed feed NOUN NN Number=Sing 85 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 100 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 101 ” " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lie** | past · progressive | Alyósha | spake | | the brick stove | | | tree rules | | 2 | **have** *in a quote* | past | My old father and the pope | a little cow | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cow=Patient | | 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | past | a little cow | a great glutton | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **use** *in a quote* | past | glutton | | | | | | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 5 | **eat up** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | glutton *not said here* | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **vat** *in a quote* | present | all beer | | | | | with all lees | tree rules | | 7 | **come** *in a quote* | past | the little cow and the glutton | | | the lake | then | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to lake=Initial\_Location | | 8 | **drink** *in a quote* | past | beer | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **lap** *in a quote* | past | beer *not said here* | all water | | the lake | | | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Patient | | 10 | **take** *in a quote* | past | beer *not said here* | water | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 11 | **burst** *in a quote* | past | beer | torn Túgarin | | | after Prince's feed | to bits | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location túgarin=Theme | | 12 | **tear** *in a quote* | would · perfect · passive | | beer | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: subject=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 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/20/46/) - next →: [sentence 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/20/48/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/20/)