--- title: So he went on one day and a second day, and at the dawning of the th… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: So he went on one day and a second day, and at the dawning of the third day he saw a palace fairer than the first, and in front of the palace there was an oak, and an eagle sat on the oak: the Eagle flew down from the tree, struck the earth, turned into a doughty youth and cried: “Rise, Ólga Tsarévn --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/23/97/) [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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/23/) / 97 # Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 23, sentence 97 So he went on one day and a second day, and at the dawning of the third day he saw a palace fairer than the first, and in front of the palace there was an oak, and an eagle sat on the oak: the Eagle flew down from the tree, struck the earth, turned into a doughty youth and cried: “Rise, Ólga Tsarévna, our dear brother has arrived.” **Who acts:** Iván, oak, eagle, dear brother · **What happens:** go, see, be, sit, fly down, strike · **To what, where:** dawning, front, oak, tree, earth, doughty youth · **Speech:** someone speaks here 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, oak, eagle, dear brother), 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:pg62509:23:97 # text = So he went on one day and a second day, and at the dawning of the third day he saw a palace fairer than the first, and in front of the palace there was an oak, and an eagle sat on the oak: the Eagle flew down from the tree, struck the earth, turned into a doughty youth and cried: “Rise, Ólga Tsarévna, our dear brother has arrived.” 1 So so ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 on on ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 6 nummod _ _ 6 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 second second ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 10 amod _ _ 10 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 13 at at ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 dawning dawning NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 third third ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 19 amod _ _ 19 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl:unmarked _ _ 24 fairer fair ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 21 xcomp _ _ 25 than than ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 30 in in ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 front front NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod _ _ 35 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 36 expl _ _ 36 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 37 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 oak oak NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 41 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 eagle eagle NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nsubj _ _ 43 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 44 on on ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 oak oak NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 : : PUNCT : _ 50 punct _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 Eagle Eagle PROPN NNP Number=Sing 50 nsubj _ _ 50 flew fly VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 51 down down ADV RB _ 50 advmod _ _ 52 from from ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 56 struck strike VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 50 conj _ _ 57 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 58 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 59 , , PUNCT , _ 60 punct _ _ 60 turned turn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 58 acl _ _ 61 into into ADP IN _ 64 case _ _ 62 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 64 det _ _ 63 doughty doughty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 64 amod _ _ 64 youth youth NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 obl _ _ 65 and and CCONJ CC _ 66 cc _ _ 66 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 56 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 67 : : PUNCT : _ 69 punct _ _ 68 “ " PUNCT `` _ 69 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 69 Rise rise VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 66 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 70 , , PUNCT , _ 71 punct _ _ 71 Ólga Ólga PROPN NNP Number=Sing 69 obj _ _ 72 Tsarévna Tsarévna PROPN NNP Number=Sing 71 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 73 , , PUNCT , _ 78 punct _ _ 74 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 76 nmod:poss _ _ 75 dear dear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 76 amod _ _ 76 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 78 nsubj _ _ 77 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 78 aux _ _ 78 arrived arrive VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 69 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 79 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 80 ” " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | Iván | | | | day | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **see** | past | Iván | | | the dawning of the third day | | fair *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **be** | past | a oak | | | front of the palace; there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in front=Location | | 4 | **sit** | past | a eagle | | | the oak | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on oak=Location | | 5 | **fly down** | past | the Eagle | | | the tree | | down *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from tree=Trajectory | | 6 | **strike** | past | the Eagle *not said here* | the earth | | | | | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent earth=Patient | | 7 | **turn** | participle | | the earth *not said here* | | a doughty youth | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into youth=Trajectory | | 8 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | the Eagle *not said here* | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 9 | **rise** *in a quote* | infinitive | the Eagle *not said here* | Ólga | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location ólga=Theme | | 10 | **arrive** *in a quote* | present · perfect | our dear brother | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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 96](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/23/96/) - next →: [sentence 98](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/23/98/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/23/)