--- title: Iván Tsarévich gave him a whole gallon of water: he drank it at a si… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Iván Tsarévich gave him a whole gallon of water: he drank it at a single gulp, and he still asked, “I am still thirsty: give me a gallon,” and Iván gave him a second gallon, and yet a third. Who acts: Iván. A sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. 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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), 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:pg62509:23:85 # text = Iván Tsarévich gave him a whole gallon of water: he drank it at a single gulp, and he still asked, “I am still thirsty: give me a gallon,” and Iván gave him a second gallon, and yet a third. 1 Iván Iván PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 Tsarévich Tsarévich PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 flat _ _ 3 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 iobj _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 gallon gallon NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 : : PUNCT : _ 12 punct _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 drank drink VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 13 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ _ 14 at at ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 single single ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 gulp gulp NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 21 still still ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 22 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 24 “ " PUNCT `` _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 26 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 cop _ _ 27 still still ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 28 thirsty thirsty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 29 : : PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ _ 30 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 parataxis _ _ 31 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 iobj _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 gallon gallon NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ” " PUNCT '' _ 28 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 37 Iván Iván PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 38 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 39 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 iobj _ _ 40 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 41 second second ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 42 amod _ _ 42 gallon gallon NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 45 yet yet ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ _ 46 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 third third NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | past | Iván | a whole gallon of water | throat | | | a third *obj* | tree rules | | 2 | **drink** | past | Iván | gallon | | a single gulp | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | | 3 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | Iván | | | | still | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is** *in a quote* | present | Iván | | | | still | thirsty *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **give** *in a quote* | infinitive | | a gallon | Iván | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient gallon=Theme | | 6 | **give** | past | Iván | a second gallon | throat | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient gallon=Theme | 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 84](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/23/84/) - next →: [sentence 86](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/23/86/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/23/)