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title: But Ványa also very much wanted to look at Princess Eléna the Fair,… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics
description: But Ványa also very much wanted to look at Princess Eléna the Fair, and so he wept sorely, and he went to his father’s grave, and his father heard him in his last home, and he came up to him, shook off the grey earth from his forehead, and said, “Do not grieve, Vanyúshka; I will aid you in your sorr
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# Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 26, sentence 120

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But Ványa also very much wanted to look at Princess Eléna the Fair, and so he wept sorely, and he went to his father’s grave, and his father heard him in his last home, and he came up to him, shook off the grey earth from his forehead, and said, “Do not grieve, Vanyúshka; I will aid you in your sorrow.”

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**Who acts:** Ványa, father, I, your · **What happens:** want, look, weep, go, hear, come up · **To what, where:** grave, Ványa, last home, grey earth, Vanyúshka, you · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. Afanas'ev, Opening, part 26. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Ványa, father, I, your), 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:pg62509:26:120
# text = But Ványa also very much wanted to look at Princess Eléna the Fair, and so he wept sorely, and he went to his father’s grave, and his father heard him in his last home, and he came up to him, shook off the grey earth from his forehead, and said, “Do not grieve, Vanyúshka; I will aid you in your sorrow.”
1	But	but	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
2	Ványa	Ványa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	also	also	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
4	very	very	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	much	much	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	look	look	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	Princess	Princess	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	Eléna	Eléna	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	Fair	Fair	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
16	so	so	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
17	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	_
18	wept	weep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
19	sorely	sorely	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
21	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	23	cc	_	_
22	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	23	nsubj	_	_
23	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	18	conj	_	_
24	to	to	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
25	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	26	nmod:poss	_	_
26	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	’s	's	PART	POS	_	26	case	_	_
28	grave	grave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	33	punct	_	_
30	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	33	cc	_	_
31	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	32	nmod:poss	_	_
32	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	33	nsubj	_	_
33	heard	hear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	parataxis	_	_
34	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	33	obj	_	_
35	in	in	ADP	IN	_	38	case	_	_
36	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	38	nmod:poss	_	_
37	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	38	amod	_	_
38	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	33	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	42	punct	_	_
40	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	42	cc	_	_
41	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	42	nsubj	_	_
42	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	33	conj	_	_
43	up	up	ADV	RB	_	42	advmod	_	_
44	to	to	ADP	IN	_	45	case	_	_
45	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	42	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
46	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	47	punct	_	_
47	shook	shake	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	42	conj	_	_
48	off	off	ADP	IN	_	51	case	_	_
49	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	51	det	_	_
50	grey	grey	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	51	amod	_	_
51	earth	earth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	47	obl	_	_
52	from	from	ADP	IN	_	54	case	_	_
53	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	54	nmod:poss	_	_
54	forehead	forehead	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	51	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
55	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	57	punct	_	_
56	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	57	cc	_	_
57	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	47	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
58	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	62	punct	_	_
59	“	"	PUNCT	``	_	62	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
60	Do	do	AUX	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	62	aux	_	_
61	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	62	advmod	_	_
62	grieve	grieve	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	57	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
63	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	64	punct	_	_
64	Vanyúshka	Vanyúshka	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	62	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
65	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	68	punct	_	_
66	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	68	nsubj	_	_
67	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	68	aux	_	_
68	aid	aid	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	parataxis	_	_
69	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	68	obj	_	_
70	in	in	ADP	IN	_	72	case	_	_
71	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	72	nmod:poss	_	_
72	sorrow	sorrow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	68	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
73	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	68	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
74	”	"	PUNCT	''	_	68	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | Ványa |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **look** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Ványa *not said here* |  |  |  |  | at Princess Eléna | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at eléna=Theme |
| 3 | **weep** | past | Ványa |  |  |  |  | sorely *property* | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **go** | past | Ványa |  |  | Ványa's father's grave |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to grave=Initial\_Location |
| 5 | **hear** | past | Ványa's father | Ványa |  | Ványa's last home |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus |
| 6 | **come up** | past | Father |  | Ványa |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to he=Initial\_Location |
| 7 | **shake off** | past | Father *not said here* | the grey earth from Ványa's forehead |  |  |  |  | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent earth=Patient |
| 8 | **say** *speech: assert* | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 9 | **not** **grieve** *in a quote* | infinitive · do-support |  | Vanyúshka |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus vanyúshka=Experiencer |
| 10 | **aid** *in a quote* | future | I |  | you | your sorrow |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Beneficiary |
| 11 | **sorrow** *in a quote* |  | your |  |  |  |  |  | nom sorrow «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent |

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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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