--- title: Vasilísa the Wise learned of this, chose her opportunity, and said t… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Vasilísa the Wise learned of this, chose her opportunity, and said to the Tsarévich, “The first time I will wave my dress, the second time I will smooth my dress, and the third time there shall be a fly buzzing round my head.” Who acts: Vasilísa, I, third time, fly. 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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, I, third time, fly), 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:pg62509:30:73 # text = Vasilísa the Wise learned of this, chose her opportunity, and said to the Tsarévich, “The first time I will wave my dress, the second time I will smooth my dress, and the third time there shall be a fly buzzing round my head.” 1 Vasilísa Vasilísa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Wise Wise PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 flat _ _ 4 learned learn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 chose choose VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 9 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 opportunity opportunity NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 14 to to ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 Tsarévich Tsarévich PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 18 “ " PUNCT `` _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 21 amod _ _ 21 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl:unmarked _ _ 22 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 23 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 wave wave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 conj _ _ 25 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 dress dress NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 second second ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 30 amod _ _ 30 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl:unmarked _ _ 31 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 32 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 smooth smooth VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 conj _ _ 34 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 dress dress NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 third third ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 40 amod _ _ 40 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nsubj _ _ 41 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 43 expl _ _ 42 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 43 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 45 cop _ _ 44 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 fly fly NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 parataxis _ _ 46 buzzing buzz VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 45 acl _ _ 47 round round ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 49 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 ” " PUNCT '' _ 45 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **learn** | past | Vasilísa | | | | | of this | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **choose** | past | Vasilísa *not said here* | Vasilísa's opportunity | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent opportunity=Theme | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | | the Tsarévich | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to tsarévich=Recipient | | 4 | **wave** *in a quote* | future | I | my dress | | | time | | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dress=Patient | | 5 | **smooth** *in a quote* | future | I | my dress | | | time | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent dress=Patient | | 6 | **is a** *in a quote* | infinitive | the third time | a fly | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **buzz** *in a quote* | gerund | a fly *not said here* | | | | | round my head | vn animal\_sounds-38 «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 72](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/30/72/) - next →: [sentence 74](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/30/74/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/30/)