--- title: And the witch said to Iván: “Now, Iván, the merchant’s son, if you h… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: And the witch said to Iván: “Now, Iván, the merchant’s son, if you have been able to pray to God and to bring me to life again, now learn how to master me, and I will never depart one step from you.” Who acts: witch, Iván. A sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. Afanas'ev, Opening, part 22, with --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/22/33/) [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 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/22/) / 33 # Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 22, sentence 33 And the witch said to Iván: “Now, Iván, the merchant’s son, if you have been able to pray to God and to bring me to life again, now learn how to master me, and I will never depart one step from you.” **Who acts:** witch, Iván · **What happens:** say, be, pray, bring, learn, master · **To what, where:** Iván, God, witch, life, one step · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. Afanas'ev, Opening, part 22. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (witch, 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:pg62509:22:33 # text = And the witch said to Iván: “Now, Iván, the merchant’s son, if you have been able to pray to God and to bring me to life again, now learn how to master me, and I will never depart one step from you.” 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 witch witch NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 Iván Iván PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 : : PUNCT : _ 11 punct _ _ 8 “ " PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 11 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 Iván Iván PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 merchant merchant NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ’s 's PART POS _ 14 case _ _ 16 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 18 if if SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 19 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 20 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 21 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 22 cop _ _ 22 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 ccomp _ _ 23 to to PART TO _ 24 mark _ _ 24 pray pray VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 xcomp _ _ 25 to to ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 conj _ _ 30 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ _ 31 to to ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 33 again again ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 36 advmod _ _ 36 learn learn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 conj _ _ 37 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 39 advmod _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 39 master master VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 xcomp _ _ 40 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 43 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 44 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 45 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 46 advmod _ _ 46 depart depart VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 ccomp _ _ 47 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 48 nummod _ _ 48 step step NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obj _ _ 49 from from ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 46 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 ” " PUNCT '' _ 46 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the witch | | Iván | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to iván=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present · perfect | Iván | | | | | able *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **pray** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | Iván *not said here* | | God | | | | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 4 | **bring** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | Iván *not said here* | the witch *= witch* | | life | again | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent i=Theme to life=Destination | | 5 | **learn** *in a quote* | infinitive | Iván *not said here* | | | | now | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **master** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | Iván *not said here* | the witch *= witch* | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **not** **depart** *in a quote* | future | the witch *= witch* | one step | | | | from Iván | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme step=Initial\_Location | 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 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/22/32/) - next →: [sentence 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/22/34/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/22/)