--- title: Opening, part 23 — Russian Folk-Tales · full text with trees description: Opening, part 23, «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. Afanas'ev: the whole chapter, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics. It begins: Again the Sister of the Sun met him: “Iván Tsarévich, why hast thou wept?” --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/23/) [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 23 # Opening, part 23 Opening, part 23 of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. Afanas'ev: the whole text, 130 sentences and 2525 words. The small number after every sentence leads to its own page with its syntax tree and pragmatics, parsed by Mova itself. **1** [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/23/page/2/) Again the Sister of the Sun met him: “Iván Tsarévich, why hast thou wept?”[1](1/ "tree and pragmatics") “It was the wind which was blowing something in my eye!”[2](2/ "tree and pragmatics") And the Sun was angry, and forbade the wind to blow.[3](3/ "tree and pragmatics") And he mounted the hill a third time, and this time he was forced to say why he was sad, and beg the Sister of the Sun for leave to go home to see what had been happening, like a doughty youth.[4](4/ "tree and pragmatics") So she gave him a brush and comb and two apples to take with him.[5](5/ "tree and pragmatics") And, however old a man might be, if he only ate one apple, he would be young once more.[6](6/ "tree and pragmatics") Iván ran away, and he found Vertogór, who had only one mountain left.[7](7/ "tree and pragmatics") So Iván Tsarévich took his brush, and threw it into the open field.[8](8/ "tree and pragmatics") And suddenly mountains grew up everywhere, and their summits and peaks pierced into the skies, and there were so many of them that no man could count them.[9](9/ "tree and pragmatics") Vertogór was then very happy and set about work gaily.[10](10/ "tree and pragmatics") Iván Tsarévich met Vertodúb once more, and there were only three oaks left.[11](11/ "tree and pragmatics") So he threw the comb into the field, and then there rustled out of the earth a thick oak forest, every tree thicker than the other.[12](12/ "tree and pragmatics") And Vertodúb was then very joyous and set to work gaily.[13](13/ "tree and pragmatics") And at last, after a journey long or short, Iván Tsarévich reached the old women, and he gave each of them an apple.[14](14/ "tree and pragmatics") They ate them, and they once more became young, and gave him a little handkerchief, which he need only shake, and a big lake would appear.[15](15/ "tree and pragmatics") When Iván Tsarévich came home, his sister ran to him and caressed him.[16](16/ "tree and pragmatics") “Sit down, brother mine; play on the harp whilst I go and prepare dinner.”[17](17/ "tree and pragmatics") Iván Tsarévich sat down and began to finger the strings when a mouselet crept out of the corner and spoke with a human voice: “Run away, Tsarévich, as fast as you can.[18](18/ "tree and pragmatics") Your sister is now whetting her teeth.”[19](19/ "tree and pragmatics") Iván Tsarévich then left the room, sat on his horse, and went all the way back to the Sun. The mouselet ran up and down on the strings of the harp, and the sister never noticed that the brother had gone away.[20](20/ "tree and pragmatics") When she had sharpened her teeth, she ran into the room, but there was not a single soul to be seen there, even the mouselet had crept back into its hole.[21](21/ "tree and pragmatics") And the witch became furious, gnashed her teeth and made ready to pursue Iván Tsarévich.[22](22/ "tree and pragmatics") Iván Tsarévich heard a noise behind him, looked, and saw his sister had almost caught him up, so he waved his handkerchief, and a deep lake rose behind him.[23](23/ "tree and pragmatics") Whilst the witch was swimming through the lake Iván Tsarévich flew a vast way, and she was swifter than he, and again came near.[24](24/ "tree and pragmatics") Vertodúb guessed Iván was fleeing from his sister, and piled oaks on the way, whirled a vast mass of them in her path and she could not get through; she had at first to clear the road.[25](25/ "tree and pragmatics") So she gnawed and gnawed away, and at last made herself a path.[26](26/ "tree and pragmatics") But Iván Tsarévich in the meantime had gained ground.[27](27/ "tree and pragmatics") So she followed him farther, and she had almost caught him up.[28](28/ "tree and pragmatics") When Vertogór saw what was happening, he seized hold of the highest mountain, piled it up on the road and stuck another on top of it.[29](29/ "tree and pragmatics") And the witch was very furious, and began climbing up, and in the meantime Iván Tsarévich got far and far away.[30](30/ "tree and pragmatics") But the witch soon got up and cried out: “This time you shall not escape me.”[31](31/ "tree and pragmatics") He had got into the palace of the Sister of the Sun, and cried out, “Sun, Sun! open your big windows.”[32](32/ "tree and pragmatics") The Sun opened his window and Iván Tsarévich leaped in on his horse.[33](33/ "tree and pragmatics") The witch asked him to give her her brother, but the Sun would not.[34](34/ "tree and pragmatics") Then the witch said, “Iván Tsarévich must put himself on one balance and I will put myself on the other, and if I am the heavier I will eat him up; and, if he is the heavier he shall lay me low.”[35](35/ "tree and pragmatics") So they went and set up the scales.[36](36/ "tree and pragmatics") First Iván Tsarévich sat down on it, then the witch on the other side; but as soon as ever she had put her foot into it the Tsarévich was hurled with such force into the house, that he flew right into the very bosom of the sky, into the chambers of the Sun, whilst the witch remained on the earth.[37](37/ "tree and pragmatics") MÁRYA MORYÉVNA[38](38/ "tree and pragmatics") In a certain kingdom, in a certain state, there once lived Iván Tsarévich, who had three sisters: one was called Márya Tsarévna, the second Ólga Tsarévna, and the third Ánna Tsarévna.[39](39/ "tree and pragmatics") Their mother and father had died: when they were dying they bade the son, “Whoever come first as a suitor for your sisters’ hands, let them take them; do not keep them long with you.”[40](40/ "tree and pragmatics") The Tsarévich buried his parents; and, in his grief, went with his sisters to walk in a green garden.[41](41/ "tree and pragmatics") Then a dark cloud appeared in the sky, and a fearful clap of thunder was heard.[42](42/ "tree and pragmatics") “Let us go home, sisters,” said Iván Tsarévich.[43](43/ "tree and pragmatics") Soon they reached the palace: the thunder rattled and the ceiling fell down, and the ceiling divided into two.[44](44/ "tree and pragmatics") And a clear-eyed Hawk came into the room, struck the ground, and turned himself into a fair, doughty youth: “Hail, Iván Tsarévich! before, I came to you as a guest, now I am coming to ask for your sister’s hand: I wish to marry Márya Tsarévna.”[45](45/ "tree and pragmatics") “If you wish my sister, I will not say you nay: take her with God’s blessing.”[46](46/ "tree and pragmatics") Márya Tsarévna agreed, and the Hawk married her and took her away to his own kingdom.[47](47/ "tree and pragmatics") Then day followed day and hour followed hour.[48](48/ "tree and pragmatics") One whole year went by unheeded.[49](49/ "tree and pragmatics") Iván Tsarévich stayed with his sisters in the green garden.[50](50/ "tree and pragmatics") Then there came a cloud and there was thunder and lightning.[51](51/ "tree and pragmatics") “Let us go home, sisters,” said the Tsarévich.[52](52/ "tree and pragmatics") When they came to the palace there was a thunderclap, and the roof fell in and the ceiling was cleft in two, and an Eagle flew in, struck the ground and turned himself into a doughty youth, and said, “Hail, Iván Tsarévich! formerly I came to you as a guest, now I come to you as a suitor.”[53](53/ "tree and pragmatics") And he asked for the hand of Ólga.[54](54/ "tree and pragmatics") And Iván Tsarévich answered, “If Ólga Tsarévna pleases you, she may go to you—I will not withstand your will.”[55](55/ "tree and pragmatics") Ólga Tsarévna was willing, and married the Eagle: the Eagle laid hold of her and took her to his own kingdom.[56](56/ "tree and pragmatics") One year further went by, and Iván Tsarévich said to his youngest sister, “Let us go and have a walk in the green garden,” and they went for a little walk.[57](57/ "tree and pragmatics") And a cloud came over the sky with thunder and lightning.[58](58/ "tree and pragmatics") “Let us turn back, sister, home!”[59](59/ "tree and pragmatics") So they turned back home, and they had hardly sat down when the thunder clapped and the ceiling was divided into two, and a Crow flew in.[60](60/ "tree and pragmatics") And the Crow struck the ground and turned himself into a doughty youth.[61](61/ "tree and pragmatics") The former suitors were fair enough in themselves, but he was fairer still.[62](62/ "tree and pragmatics") “Formerly I came to you as a guest, but now I come to you as a suitor: give me your sister Ánna.”[63](63/ "tree and pragmatics") “I will not withstand my sister’s will; if you are in love with her she may have you.”[64](64/ "tree and pragmatics") **1** [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/23/page/2/) - ← previous: [Opening, part 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/22/) - next →: [page 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/23/page/2/) - ↑ back to [Russian Folk-Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/)