--- title: So Iván Tsarévich passed that night; and next day Bába Yagá said to… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: So Iván Tsarévich passed that night; and next day Bába Yagá said to him, “Look, Iván Tsarévich, if you do not keep the mares well, if you lose one, then your false head shall nod up and down on the stake.” Who acts: Iván, next day, Bába, false head. A sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Iván, next day, Bába, false head), 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:pg62509:24:63 # text = So Iván Tsarévich passed that night; and next day Bába Yagá said to him, “Look, Iván Tsarévich, if you do not keep the mares well, if you lose one, then your false head shall nod up and down on the stake.” 1 So so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 Iván Iván PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 Tsarévich Tsarévich PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 flat _ _ 4 passed pass VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 6 det _ _ 6 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ; ; PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 9 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 11 Bába Bába PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 appos _ _ 12 Yagá Yagá PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 flat _ _ 13 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 14 to to ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 “ " PUNCT `` _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 Look look VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 13 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 20 Iván Iván PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 21 Tsarévich Tsarévich PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 23 if if SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 24 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 25 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 26 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 27 advmod _ _ 27 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 conj _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 mares mare NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obj _ _ 30 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 27 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 if if SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 33 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 lose lose VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 advcl _ _ 35 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 34 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 37 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 42 advmod _ _ 38 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 39 false false ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nsubj _ _ 41 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 nod nod VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 conj _ _ 43 up up ADP RP _ 42 compound:prt _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 45 down down ADV RB _ 43 conj _ _ 46 on on ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 stake stake NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 ” " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pass** | past | Iván | | | | night | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | next day | | Bába | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **look** *in a quote* | infinitive | | Iván | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 4 | **not** **keep** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present · do-support | Bába | the mares | | | | well *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mare=Theme | | 5 | **lose** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | Bába | one | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Eventuality | | 6 | **nod up** *in a quote* | shall | your false head | | | the stake | then | | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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 62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/24/62/) - next →: [sentence 64](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/24/64/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/24/)