--- title: So Iván went to the ship, and he told the old man all that had happe… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: So Iván went to the ship, and he told the old man all that had happened, and the old man said: “Ivánushka, fear nothing, take Olyóna Korólyevna[28] as your wife, only for the first three nights do not go to sleep until the cock has crowed three times, and then she will never more oppress you.” Who a --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/22/34/) [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/) / 34 # Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 22, sentence 34 So Iván went to the ship, and he told the old man all that had happened, and the old man said: “Ivánushka, fear nothing, take Olyóna Korólyevna\[28\] as your wife, only for the first three nights do not go to sleep until the cock has crowed three times, and then she will never more oppress you.” **Who acts:** Iván, that, old man, Ivánushka, first three nights · **What happens:** go, tell, happen, say, fear, take · **To what, where:** ship, old man, nothing, Olyóna, cock, you · **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 (Iván, that, old man, Ivánushka), 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:pg62509:22:34 # text = So Iván went to the ship, and he told the old man all that had happened, and the old man said: “Ivánushka, fear nothing, take Olyóna Korólyevna[28] as your wife, only for the first three nights do not go to sleep until the cock has crowed three times, and then she will never more oppress you.” 1 So so ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 Iván Iván PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 ship ship NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 14 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 17 det:predet _ _ 15 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 17 nsubj _ _ 16 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 happened happen VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 10 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 23 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 : : PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 25 “ " PUNCT `` _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 Ivánushka Ivánushka PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 28 fear fear VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 advcl _ _ 29 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 28 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 31 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 ccomp _ _ 32 Olyóna Olyóna PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 33 Korólyevna Korólyevna PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 34 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 28 28 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 32 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 35 punct _ _ 37 as as ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 41 only only ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ _ 42 for for SCONJ IN _ 49 mark _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 44 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 46 amod _ _ 45 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 46 nummod _ _ 46 nights night NOUN NNS Number=Plur 49 nsubj _ _ 47 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 48 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 49 advmod _ _ 49 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 conj _ _ 50 to to PART TO _ 51 mark _ _ 51 sleep sleep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 49 xcomp _ _ 52 until until SCONJ IN _ 56 mark _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 cock cock NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 nsubj:pass _ _ 55 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 56 aux _ _ 56 crowed crow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 51 advcl _ _ 57 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 58 nummod _ _ 58 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 56 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 59 , , PUNCT , _ 66 punct _ _ 60 and and CCONJ CC _ 66 cc _ _ 61 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 66 advmod _ _ 62 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 66 nsubj _ _ 63 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 66 aux _ _ 64 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 66 advmod _ _ 65 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 66 advmod _ _ 66 oppress oppress VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 67 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 66 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 68 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 69 ” " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | Iván | | | the ship | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to ship=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | Iván | | the old man | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent man=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **happen** | past · perfect | that | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the old man | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **fear** *in a quote* | present | Ivánushka | nothing | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer nothing=Stimulus | | 6 | **take** *in a quote* | infinitive | | Olyóna | | | | as your wife | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent olyóna=Theme as wife=Attribute | | 7 | **not** **go** *in a quote* | present · do-support | the first three nights | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 8 | **sleep** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | the first three nights *not said here* | | | | | | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **crow** *in a quote* | present · perfect · passive | | the cock | | | time | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic | | 10 | **not** **oppress** *in a quote* | future | Ivánushka | you | | | then | | 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 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/22/33/) - next →: [sentence 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/22/35/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/22/)