--- title: So he brought the image into the _izbá_[27] and he poured water into… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: So he brought the image into the _izbá_[27] and he poured water into a vessel, washed it out, cleaned it in front of the image, and soon after went to market, bought a little lamp, and lighted it in front of the image. Who acts: Iván. A sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. Afanas'ev, Opening, p --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/21/51/) [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/) / 51 # Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 21, sentence 51 So he brought the image into the \_izbá\_\[27\] and he poured water into a vessel, washed it out, cleaned it in front of the image, and soon after went to market, bought a little lamp, and lighted it in front of the image. **Who acts:** Iván · **What happens:** bring, pour, wash out, clean, go, buy · **To what, where:** image, izbá, water, vessel, front, market 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 (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:pg62509:21:51 # text = So he brought the image into the _izbá_[27] and he poured water into a vessel, washed it out, cleaned it in front of the image, and soon after went to market, bought a little lamp, and lighted it in front of the image. 1 So so ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 image image NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 into into ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 izbá izbá NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 27 27 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 12 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 poured pour VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 17 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 18 into into ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 vessel vessel NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 22 washed wash VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 23 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obj _ _ 24 out out ADP RP _ 22 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 26 cleaned clean VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ _ 27 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ _ 28 in in ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 front front NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 image image NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 35 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 37 advmod _ _ 36 after after SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 37 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 38 to to ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 market market NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 41 bought buy VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 42 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 43 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 lamp lamp NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 47 lighted light VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 41 conj _ _ 48 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 obj _ _ 49 in in ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 front front NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ _ 51 of of ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 image image NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bring** | past | Iván | the image | | the izbá | | 27 *parataxis* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent image=Theme into izbá=Destination | | 2 | **pour** | past | Iván | water | | a vessel | | | vn pour-9.5 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent water=Theme into vessel=Destination | | 3 | **wash out** | past | Iván *not said here* | image | | | | | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | | 4 | **clean** | past | Iván *not said here* | image | | front of the image | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent it=Patient | | 5 | **go** | past | Iván *not said here* | | | market | | soon *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to market=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **buy** | past | | a little lamp | | | | | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lamp=Theme | | 7 | **light** | participle | | image | | front of the image | | | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Product | 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 50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/21/50/) - next →: [sentence 52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/21/52/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/21/)