--- title: Vasilísa the Wise was left by herself, and she looked round and said… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Vasilísa the Wise was left by herself, and she looked round and said: “Whoever he be who now has my shirt, let him come here: if he be an old man, he shall be as my own father; if he be a middle-aged man, he shall be as my beloved brother; if he be of my age, he shall be my lover.” Who acts: Vasilís --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/30/15/) [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 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/30/) / 15 # Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 30, sentence 15 Vasilísa the Wise was left by herself, and she looked round and said: “Whoever he be who now has my shirt, let him come here: if he be an old man, he shall be as my own father; if he be a middle-aged man, he shall be as my beloved brother; if he be of my age, he shall be my lover.” **Who acts:** Vasilísa, Tsarévich · **What happens:** leave, look round, say, be, have, let · **To what, where:** Vasilísa, shirt, Tsarévich, old man, aged man, lover · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. Afanas'ev, Opening, part 30. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Vasilísa, Tsarévich), 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:pg62509:30:15 # text = Vasilísa the Wise was left by herself, and she looked round and said: “Whoever he be who now has my shirt, let him come here: if he be an old man, he shall be as my own father; if he be a middle-aged man, he shall be as my beloved brother; if he be of my age, he shall be my lover.” 1 Vasilísa Vasilísa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Wise Wise PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 flat _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 by by ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 10 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 12 round round ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 : : PUNCT : _ 17 punct _ _ 16 “ " PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 Whoever whoever PRON WP PronType=Rel 14 ccomp _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 19 be be VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 conj _ _ 20 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 22 nsubj _ _ 21 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 22 advmod _ _ 22 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 ccomp _ _ 23 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 shirt shirt NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 26 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 conj _ _ 27 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ _ 28 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 xcomp _ _ 29 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 28 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 : : PUNCT : _ 36 punct _ _ 31 if if SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 33 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 36 cop _ _ 34 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 38 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 39 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 40 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 44 cop _ _ 41 as as ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 42 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 43 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ; ; PUNCT : _ 53 punct _ _ 46 if if SCONJ IN _ 53 mark _ _ 47 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj _ _ 48 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 53 cop _ _ 49 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 50 middle middle ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 51 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 50 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 aged aged ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 53 amod _ _ 53 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 54 , , PUNCT , _ 61 punct _ _ 55 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 61 nsubj _ _ 56 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 61 aux _ _ 57 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 61 cop _ _ 58 as as ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 59 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 61 nmod:poss _ _ 60 beloved beloved ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 61 amod _ _ 61 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 62 ; ; PUNCT : _ 74 punct _ _ 63 if if SCONJ IN _ 68 mark _ _ 64 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 68 nsubj _ _ 65 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 68 cop _ _ 66 of of ADP IN _ 68 case _ _ 67 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 68 nmod:poss _ _ 68 age age NOUN NN Number=Sing 74 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 69 , , PUNCT , _ 68 punct _ _ 70 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 74 nsubj _ _ 71 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 74 aux _ _ 72 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 74 cop _ _ 73 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 74 nmod:poss _ _ 74 lover lover NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 75 . . PUNCT . _ 74 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 76 ” " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **leave** | past · passive | Vasilísa | Vasilísa | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **look round** | past | Vasilísa | | | | | round *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Vasilísa *not said here* | | | | | Whoever Tsarévich *ccomp* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **be** *in a quote* | infinitive | Vasilísa *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **have** *in a quote* | present | | my shirt | | | now | who *nsubj* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shirt=Patient | | 6 | **let** *in a quote* | infinitive | | Tsarévich | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **come** *in a quote* | infinitive | Tsarévich *not said here* | | | here | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **is a** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | infinitive | Tsarévich | a old man and my own father and a aged man and my beloved brother | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **is** *in a quote* | shall | Tsarévich | | | | | as my own father; my *nmod:poss* | tree rules | | 10 | **is a** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | infinitive | Tsarévich | a aged man and my beloved brother | | | | | tree rules | | 11 | **is** *in a quote* | shall | Tsarévich | | | | | as my beloved brother; my *nmod:poss* | tree rules | | 12 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | infinitive | Tsarévich | | | | of my age | my *nmod:poss* | tree rules | | 13 | **is a** *in a quote* | shall | Tsarévich | my lover | | | | my *nmod:poss* | tree rules | 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 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/30/14/) - next →: [sentence 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/30/16/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/30/)