--- title: So Iván Tsarévich went and lay down, and Vasilísa the Wise went to a… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: So Iván Tsarévich went and lay down, and Vasilísa the Wise went to a little window and cried in a thunderous voice, “Hail, my faithful servants, go and level the deep ravines, take away the sharp stones, sow the ground with full-eared rye, so that in the morning it shall grow so high that a jackdaw --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/30/34/) [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/) / 34 # Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 30, sentence 34 So Iván Tsarévich went and lay down, and Vasilísa the Wise went to a little window and cried in a thunderous voice, “Hail, my faithful servants, go and level the deep ravines, take away the sharp stones, sow the ground with full-eared rye, so that in the morning it shall grow so high that a jackdaw might hide in it.” **Who acts:** Iván, Vasilísa, ground, jackdaw · **What happens:** go, lay down, cry, level, take away, sow · **To what, where:** little window, Hail, thunderous voice, deep ravines, sharp stones, ground · **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 (Iván, Vasilísa, ground, jackdaw), 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:pg62509:30:34 # text = So Iván Tsarévich went and lay down, and Vasilísa the Wise went to a little window and cried in a thunderous voice, “Hail, my faithful servants, go and level the deep ravines, take away the sharp stones, sow the ground with full-eared rye, so that in the morning it shall grow so high that a jackdaw might hide in it.” 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 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 lay lay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 7 down down ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 10 Vasilísa Vasilísa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 Wise wise ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 appos _ _ 13 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 14 to to ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 window window NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 20 in in ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 thunderous thunderous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 “ " PUNCT `` _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 Hail hail NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 29 faithful faithful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 servants servant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 32 go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 19 parataxis _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 level level VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 32 conj _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 deep deep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 ravines ravine NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 39 take take VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 32 conj _ _ 40 away away ADP RP _ 39 compound:prt _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 42 sharp sharp ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 stones stone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 45 sow sow VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 advcl _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ _ 48 with with ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 49 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 51 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 50 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 49 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 eared eared ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 amod _ _ 52 rye rye NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 61 punct _ _ 54 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 61 mark _ _ 55 that that SCONJ IN _ 54 fixed _ _ 56 in in ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 57 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 58 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 obl _ _ 59 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 61 nsubj _ _ 60 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 61 aux _ _ 61 grow grow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 conj _ _ 62 so so ADV RB _ 63 advmod _ _ 63 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 61 xcomp _ _ 64 that that SCONJ IN _ 68 mark _ _ 65 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 66 det _ _ 66 jackdaw jackdaw NOUN NN Number=Sing 68 nsubj _ _ 67 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 68 aux _ _ 68 hide hide VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 63 advcl _ _ 69 in in ADP IN _ 70 case _ _ 70 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 68 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 71 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 72 ” " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | Iván | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **lay down** | infinitive | Iván *not said here* | | | | | down *property* | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **go** | past | Vasilísa | | | a little window | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to window=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | Iván *not said here* | Hail and my faithful servants | | a thunderous voice | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **go** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **level** *in a quote* | infinitive | | the deep ravines | | | | | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ravine=Patient | | 7 | **take away** *in a quote* | infinitive | | the sharp stones | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stone=Theme | | 8 | **sow** *in a quote* | present | | the ground | | | | with eared rye | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent ground=Destination with rye=Theme | | 9 | **grow** *in a quote* | shall | ground | | | | morning | high *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 10 | **hide** *in a quote* | might | a jackdaw | | | ground | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in it=Location | 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 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/30/33/) - next →: [sentence 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/30/35/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/30/)