--- title: Opening, part 31 — Russian Folk-Tales · full text with trees description: Opening, part 31, «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. Afanas'ev: the whole chapter, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics. It begins: Then the Pig said, “I do not mind any frost whatsoever: I will burrow into the ground and do without any _izbá_.” --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/31/) [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 31 # Opening, part 31 Opening, part 31 of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. Afanas'ev: the whole text, 116 sentences and 2594 words. The small number after every sentence leads to its own page with its syntax tree and pragmatics, parsed by Mova itself. **1** [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/31/page/2/) Then the Pig said, “I do not mind any frost whatsoever: I will burrow into the ground and do without any \_izbá\_.”[1](1/ "tree and pragmatics") \[43\][2](2/ "tree and pragmatics") Then the Goose said, “I will sit in the middle of this spruce, lie on one wing, and cover myself over with the other, and the cold cannot touch me.[3](3/ "tree and pragmatics") That is how I shall pass the winter.”[4](4/ "tree and pragmatics") Then the Cock said, “I shall do the same.”[5](5/ "tree and pragmatics") Then the Ox saw he could not do any good: every man must do as he likes.[6](6/ "tree and pragmatics") “Well,” he said, “as you wish.[7](7/ "tree and pragmatics") \_I\_ am going to build an \_izbá\_.”[8](8/ "tree and pragmatics") \[43\][9](9/ "tree and pragmatics") So he built himself an \_izbá\_,\[43\] and he lived in it.[10](10/ "tree and pragmatics") Then the cold time came, and earth began to feel the frosts.[11](11/ "tree and pragmatics") And the Ram, who could not help himself, came to the Bull and said, “Brother, let me in.”[12](12/ "tree and pragmatics") “No, Ram, you have a warm \_shúba\_; that is how you are going to pass the winter\![13](13/ "tree and pragmatics") I shall not let you in.”[14](14/ "tree and pragmatics") “But if you do not let me in, I shall run up and will dislodge the joists of the \_izbá\_,\[43\] and you will feel much colder.”[15](15/ "tree and pragmatics") So the Bull thought, and on second thoughts said, “Very well, I will let you in.[16](16/ "tree and pragmatics") Otherwise I might freeze.”[17](17/ "tree and pragmatics") And he let the Ram in.[18](18/ "tree and pragmatics") Soon the Pig felt frozen, and came to the Bull and said, “Brother, let me in.”[19](19/ "tree and pragmatics") “No, Pig, I will not let you in.[20](20/ "tree and pragmatics") You need only burrow down in the ground: that is how you are going to pass the winter!”[21](21/ "tree and pragmatics") “But if you will not let me in, with my snout I will drill all of your uprights and will knock your \_izbá\_\[43\] down.”[22](22/ "tree and pragmatics") Well, there was no help for it, and the Bull had to let Piggy in.[23](23/ "tree and pragmatics") Then the Goose and the Cock came to the Bull and said, “Brother, we want to come in and warm ourselves.”[24](24/ "tree and pragmatics") “No, I will not let you in: both of you have two wings.[25](25/ "tree and pragmatics") One of them you put under you, and the other you put over you: that is how you pass the winter.”[26](26/ "tree and pragmatics") “But if you do not let us in,” said the Goose, “I will pluck away all the moss from the walls, and you will be much colder!”[27](27/ "tree and pragmatics") “What! won’t you let me in?” said the Cock.[28](28/ "tree and pragmatics") “I will fly on to the garret and I will scatter all the earth from the roof, and you will be much colder.”[29](29/ "tree and pragmatics") Well, the Bull was beaten, and he was forced to admit the Goose and the Cock.[30](30/ "tree and pragmatics") In the warm hut the Cock crowed and began singing merry songs.[31](31/ "tree and pragmatics") Now the Fox heard the Cock singing merry songs, and thought he would like to make such a dainty acquaintance, only he did not know how to.[32](32/ "tree and pragmatics") So the Fox bethought himself of his wiles, and ran up to the Bear and the Wolf and said, “Now, my dear kinsmen, I have found food for all of us: a Bull for you, Mr. Bear, a Ram for you, Mr. Wolf, and a Cock for myself.”[33](33/ "tree and pragmatics") “What a capital fellow you are, Mr. Fox!” said the Bear and the Wolf.[34](34/ "tree and pragmatics") “We shall never be oblivious of your services: let us kill and eat them.”[35](35/ "tree and pragmatics") So the Fox led them up to the little \_izbá\_.[36](36/ "tree and pragmatics") \[44\] When they reached the hut, the Bear said to the Wolf: “You go first.”[37](37/ "tree and pragmatics") But the Wolf said, “That would be altogether wrong—you must go first.”[38](38/ "tree and pragmatics") So then the Bear and the Wolf said to the Fox, “You must go first.”[39](39/ "tree and pragmatics") As the Fox went in, the Bull gored him with his horns to the wall, and the Ram sat on his flanks, and the Pig tore him to atoms, whilst the Goose flew on to him and picked out his eyes.[40](40/ "tree and pragmatics") But the Cock went and flew up to the girder and crowed, “Do come in, oh do, do, do!”[41](41/ "tree and pragmatics") “Why is the Fox such a long time at work with the Cock?” said the Wolf: “Unlock the door, Mikháylo Ivánovich,\[45\] and I will come in.”[42](42/ "tree and pragmatics") “Very well, come in!”[43](43/ "tree and pragmatics") So the Bull opened the door and the Wolf leapt into the \_izbá\_.[44](44/ "tree and pragmatics") \[46\][45](45/ "tree and pragmatics") As the Wolf went in the Bull gored him to the wall with his horns, the Ram sat on his sides and the Pig tore him to atoms, while the Goose flew on to him and picked out his eyes.[46](46/ "tree and pragmatics") The Cock flew up to the girders and began shouting, “Come along here, come along here!”[47](47/ "tree and pragmatics") But the Bear got tired of waiting so long: “What a long job he is making of that Ram!” he thought.[48](48/ "tree and pragmatics") “I must go in.”[49](49/ "tree and pragmatics") So he also went into the hut, and the Bull gave him the same royal welcome.[50](50/ "tree and pragmatics") He burst out by sheer force and galloped away at full speed, and never once looked round.[51](51/ "tree and pragmatics") THE STORY OF THE BRAVE AND DOUGHTY KNIGHT ILYÁ MÚROMETS AND THE NIGHTINGALE ROBBER[52](52/ "tree and pragmatics") Once in the famous city of Múrom\[47\] in the village of Karachárovo, a peasant lived who was called Iván Timoféyevich; he had one beloved son, Ilyá Múromets.[53](53/ "tree and pragmatics") And he sat down in a house as a stay-at-home for thirty years, and after the thirty years had gone by he began to walk on his feet mightily, and he gained great strength.[54](54/ "tree and pragmatics") Then he made himself the trappings of war and a lance of steel, and got himself a good steed, a knightly horse; he then went up to his mother and father and asked their blessing.[55](55/ "tree and pragmatics") “Ye, my masters, my mother and father, let me go into the famous city of Kíev, to pray to God and to do homage to our prince at Kíev.”[56](56/ "tree and pragmatics") The mother and father gave him their blessing, and made him swear a mighty oath, and they enjoined a mighty service upon him.[57](57/ "tree and pragmatics") And they spake in this wise: “Do you go straight to the city of Kíev, straight to the city of Chernígov, and on your journeying do no one any hurt, spill no Christian blood vainly.”[58](58/ "tree and pragmatics") Ilyá Múromets took the blessing of his father and mother, prayed to God, bade farewell to his father and mother, and set forth on his way and road.[59](59/ "tree and pragmatics") And he journeyed far in the dark woods, and lighted on a camp of robbers.[60](60/ "tree and pragmatics") Those robbers saw Ilyá Múromets, and were envious in their robber-like hearts for his knightly horse, and began to speak amongst themselves how they might take that horse; for steeds so fine were not seen in those parts, and now some unknown man was passing by on one.[61](61/ "tree and pragmatics") So they set on Ilyá Múromets, ten at once and then by twenties.[62](62/ "tree and pragmatics") And Ilyá Múromets stopped his knightly horse, took a tempered dart and set it on his strong bow.[63](63/ "tree and pragmatics") He let the tempered dart fall on the earth, and it tore into the earth fifty feet.[64](64/ "tree and pragmatics") And seeing this, the robbers were afraid, and collected in a circle, fell on their knees and prayed him, “Master, our father, youth mighty of prowess, we are guilty in thine eyes; and, for this our guilt, as it pleaseth thee, inflict on us a fine as much as is fit, whether it be coloured clothes or droves of horses.”[65](65/ "tree and pragmatics") Ilyá smiled at them and said: “I need no garments, but, if ye wish to enjoy your life, henceforth take no more hazards.”[66](66/ "tree and pragmatics") And he went on his road to the famous city of Kíev.[67](67/ "tree and pragmatics") And Ilyá Múromets set out on the road; when he came under the walls of the city of Sébezh he saw three Tsarévichi from foreign parts, who had a host of thirty thousand men; they wished to capture the city of Sébezh and to take the Tsar of Sébezh prisoner.[68](68/ "tree and pragmatics") So Ilyá Múromets set out after the three Tsarévichi, and he pursued them down to the seashore and slew all the rest of the army, but captured the Tsarévichi alive and returned to the city of Sébezh, and the citizens saw him and gave news of this to their Tsar.[69](69/ "tree and pragmatics") **1** [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/31/page/2/) - ← previous: [Opening, part 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/30/) - next →: [page 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/31/page/2/) - ↑ back to [Russian Folk-Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/)