--- title: One day the father called Iván to him, and said: “Now, our beloved s… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: One day the father called Iván to him, and said: “Now, our beloved son, we, it seems, shall soon die; but do you not weep for us, but rather pray God. Who acts: father, beloved son, Iván. A sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. Afanas'ev, Opening, part 21, with its dependency tree and the pragma --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/21/41/) [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 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/21/) / 41 # Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 21, sentence 41 One day the father called Iván to him, and said: “Now, our beloved son, we, it seems, shall soon die; but do you not weep for us, but rather pray God. **Who acts:** father, beloved son, Iván · **What happens:** call, say, seem, die, not weep, pray · **To what, where:** Iván, God · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. 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 (father, beloved son, 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:pg62509:21:41 # text = One day the father called Iván to him, and said: “Now, our beloved son, we, it seems, shall soon die; but do you not weep for us, but rather pray God. 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl:unmarked _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 called call VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 Iván Iván PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 : : PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 13 “ " PUNCT `` _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 23 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 16 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 17 beloved beloved ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 20 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 seems seem VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 26 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 27 advmod _ _ 27 die die VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ; ; PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 29 but but CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 30 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 31 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 32 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 33 advmod _ _ 33 weep weep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 34 for for ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 37 but but CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 38 rather rather ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 39 pray pray VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 conj _ _ 40 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **call** *speech: assert* | past | the father | Iván | Iván | | day | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent iván=Topic to he=Recipient | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the father *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **seem** *in a quote* | present | our beloved son | | | | now | we *nsubj*; it *nsubj* | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **die** *in a quote* | shall | our beloved son *not said here* | | | | | soon *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 5 | **not** **weep** *in a quote* | present · do-support | Iván | | | | | for us | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **pray** *in a quote* | infinitive | Iván *not said here* | God | | | | | tree rules | 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 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/21/40/) - next →: [sentence 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/21/42/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/21/)