--- title: As long as the first burns, pray to God; when the second is burnt ou… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: As long as the first burns, pray to God; when the second is burnt out, light the third, and then enter by the right-hand side of the Holy Gates by the altar-screen and say nothing; only mutter a prayer all the time. Who acts: first burns. A sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. 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Afanas'ev, Opening, part 21. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (first burns), 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:pg62509:21:108 # text = As long as the first burns, pray to God; when the second is burnt out, light the third, and then enter by the right-hand side of the Holy Gates by the altar-screen and say nothing; only mutter a prayer all the time. 1 As as ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 6 advmod _ _ 3 as as ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 6 amod _ _ 6 burns burn NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 8 pray pray VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ; ; PUNCT : _ 16 punct _ _ 12 when when SCONJ WRB _ 16 mark _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 second second NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj:pass _ _ 15 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux:pass _ _ 16 burnt burnt VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 conj _ _ 17 out out ADP RP _ 16 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 19 light light VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 conj _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 third third ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 24 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 25 advmod _ _ 25 enter enter VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 16 parataxis _ _ 26 by by ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 28 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 compound _ _ 31 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 34 Holy Holy PROPN NNP _ 35 compound _ _ 35 Gates Gates PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 nmod _ _ 36 by by ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 38 altar altar NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 39 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 screen screen NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 conj _ _ 43 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ; ; PUNCT : _ 46 punct _ _ 45 only only ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 46 mutter mutter VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 conj _ _ 47 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 prayer prayer NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obj _ _ 49 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 51 det:predet _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pray** | present | the first burns | | God | | | | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 2 | **burnt out** | present · passive | | the second | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **light** | infinitive | | the third | | | | | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent third=Product | | 4 | **enter** | infinitive | | | | | then | by the hand side of the Holy Gates; by the altar screen | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | | nothing | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic | | 6 | **mutter** *speech: assert* | infinitive | the first burns *not said here* | a prayer | | | time | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prayer=Topic | 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 107](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/21/107/) - next →: [sentence 109](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/21/109/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/21/)