--- title: And once again the Tsarévich sat on the stone and wept and wept and… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: And once again the Tsarévich sat on the stone and wept and wept and went to sleep, and the sun began to rest on the woods when the lioness ran up and said, “Get up, Iván Tsarévich—all the mares have been collected.” Who acts: Tsarévich, sun, lioness. A sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. 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Afanas'ev, Opening, part 24. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Tsarévich, sun, lioness), 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:pg62509:24:65 # text = And once again the Tsarévich sat on the stone and wept and wept and went to sleep, and the sun began to rest on the woods when the lioness ran up and said, “Get up, Iván Tsarévich—all the mares have been collected.” 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 2 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 3 advmod _ _ 3 again again ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 Tsarévich Tsarévich PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 on on ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 stone stone NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 wept weep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 wept weep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 16 to to ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 sleep sleep NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 22 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 23 to to PART TO _ 24 mark _ _ 24 rest rest VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 xcomp _ _ 25 on on ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 woods wood NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obl _ _ 28 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 31 advmod _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 lioness lioness NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 31 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 advcl _ _ 32 up up ADP RP _ 31 compound:prt _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 “ " PUNCT `` _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 Get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 ccomp _ _ 38 up up ADP RP _ 37 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 Iván Iván PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 compound _ _ 41 Tsarévich Tsarévich PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 — - PUNCT : _ 48 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 45 det:predet _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 mares mare NOUN NNS Number=Plur 48 nsubj:pass _ _ 46 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 47 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 48 aux:pass _ _ 48 collected collect VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 37 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 ” " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sit** | past | the Tsarévich | | | the stone | again | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on stone=Location | | 2 | **weep** | past | the Tsarévich *not said here* | | | | | | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **weep** | past | the Tsarévich *not said here* | | | | | | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **go** | past | the Tsarévich *not said here* | | | sleep | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to sleep=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **begin** | past | the sun | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 6 | **rest** | to-infinitive | the sun *not said here* | | | the woods | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on wood=Location | | 7 | **run up** | past | the lioness | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the sun *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 9 | **get up** *in a quote* | infinitive | | Iván Tsarévich | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 10 | **collect** *in a quote* | present · perfect · passive | | all mares | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: subject=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 64](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/24/64/) - next →: [sentence 66](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/24/66/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/24/)