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title: First Iván Tsarévich sat down on it, then the witch on the other sid… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics
description: 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. Wh
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# Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 23, sentence 37

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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.

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**Who acts:** Iván, witch · **What happens:** sit down, put, hurl, fly, remain, bosom · **To what, where:** witch, other, foot, Tsarévich, house, bosom

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This is a sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. Afanas'ev, Opening, part 23. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Iván, witch), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg62509:23:37
# text = 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.
1	First	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	4	advmod	_	_
2	Iván	Iván	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	Tsarévich	Tsarévich	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	flat	_	_
4	sat	sit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	down	down	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	11	advmod	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	witch	witch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
12	on	on	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	32	punct	_	_
17	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	32	cc	_	_
18	as	as	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	_
19	soon	soon	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	32	advmod	_	_
20	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	24	mark	_	_
21	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	24	advmod	_	_
22	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	24	nsubj	_	_
23	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	24	aux	_	_
24	put	put	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	19	advcl	_	_
25	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	26	nmod:poss	_	_
26	foot	foot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	obj	_	_
27	into	into	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
28	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	24	obl	_	_
29	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	30	det	_	_
30	Tsarévich	Tsarévich	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	32	nsubj	_	_
31	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	32	aux:pass	_	_
32	hurled	hurl	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
33	with	with	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
34	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	35	amod	_	_
35	force	force	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	obl	_	_
36	into	into	ADP	IN	_	38	case	_	_
37	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	38	det	_	_
38	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	42	punct	_	_
40	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	42	mark	_	_
41	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	42	nsubj	_	_
42	flew	fly	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
43	right	right	ADV	RB	_	47	advmod	_	_
44	into	into	ADP	IN	_	47	case	_	_
45	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	47	det	_	_
46	very	very	ADV	RB	_	47	advmod	_	_
47	bosom	bosom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	42	obj	_	_
48	of	of	ADP	IN	_	50	case	_	_
49	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	50	det	_	_
50	sky	sky	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	47	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
51	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	54	punct	_	_
52	into	into	ADP	IN	_	54	case	_	_
53	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	54	det	_	_
54	chambers	chamber	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	42	obl	_	_
55	of	of	ADP	IN	_	57	case	_	_
56	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	57	det	_	_
57	Sun	Sun	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	54	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
58	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	61	punct	_	_
59	whilst	whilst	SCONJ	IN	_	61	case	_	_
60	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	61	det	_	_
61	witch	witch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	42	conj	_	_
62	remained	remain	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	61	acl	_	_
63	on	on	ADP	IN	_	65	case	_	_
64	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	65	det	_	_
65	earth	earth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	62	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
66	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sit down** | past | Iván | the witch on the other side |  | other |  | first *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on it=Location |
| 2 | **put** | past · perfect | witch | witch's foot |  | other | ever |  | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent foot=Goal |
| 3 | **hurl** | past · passive |  | the Tsarévich |  | the house |  | with such force; soon *property* | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: subject=Theme into house=Destination |
| 4 | **fly** | past | Iván | the bosom of the sky |  | the chambers of the Sun |  | the witch *conj* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent bosom=Theme into chamber=Trajectory |
| 5 | **remain** | participle |  | the witch *not said here* |  | the earth |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on earth=Location |
| 6 | **bosom** |  |  | the sky |  |  |  |  | nom bosom «state transitive»: of=patient |

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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.

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**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.

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