--- title: Ilyá Múromets put the Prince and Princess into a sable _shúba_, seiz… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Ilyá Múromets put the Prince and Princess into a sable _shúba_, seized them under the arm, called in the Nightingale Robber and bade him whistle like a nightingale with only half his whistle; but the Nightingale Robber whistled with all his robber’s whistle, and he deafened all of the knights, so th --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/31/104/) [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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/31/) / 104 # Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 31, sentence 104 Ilyá Múromets put the Prince and Princess into a sable \_shúba\_, seized them under the arm, called in the Nightingale Robber and bade him whistle like a nightingale with only half his whistle; but the Nightingale Robber whistled with all his robber’s whistle, and he deafened all of the knights, so that they fell to the ground, and as a punishment for this was slain by Ilyá Múromets. **Who acts:** Ilyá Múromets, prince, Nightingale Robber, MÚROMETS, robber · **What happens:** put, seize, call, whistle, deafen, fall · **To what, where:** Prince, sable \_ shúba, MÚROMETS, arm, all, this · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. Afanas'ev, Opening, part 31. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Ilyá Múromets, prince, Nightingale Robber, MÚROMETS), 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:pg62509:31:104 # text = Ilyá Múromets put the Prince and Princess into a sable _shúba_, seized them under the arm, called in the Nightingale Robber and bade him whistle like a nightingale with only half his whistle; but the Nightingale Robber whistled with all his robber’s whistle, and he deafened all of the knights, so that they fell to the ground, and as a punishment for this was slain by Ilyá Múromets. 1 Ilyá Ilyá PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 Múromets múromet NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 put put VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 conj _ _ 8 into into ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 10 sable sable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 11 _ _ NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 12 shúba shúba NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 15 seized seize VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 16 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ _ 17 under under ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 arm arm NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 21 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 conj _ _ 22 in in ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 Nightingale Nightingale PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 compound _ _ 25 Robber Robber PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 bade bade NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 conj _ _ 28 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 whistle whistle VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 parataxis _ _ 30 like like ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 nightingale nightingale NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 33 with with ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 34 only only ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 35 half half DET PDT NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac|PronType=Ind 37 det:predet _ _ 36 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 whistle whistle NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ; ; PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 39 but but CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 41 Nightingale Nightingale PROPN NNP Number=Sing 42 compound _ _ 42 Robber Robber PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 nsubj _ _ 43 whistled whistle VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 44 with with ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 45 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 47 det:predet _ _ 46 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 47 robber robber NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ’s 's PART POS _ 47 case _ _ 49 whistle whistle NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 51 and and CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 52 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj _ _ 53 deafened deafen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 54 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 53 obj _ _ 55 of of ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 56 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 57 knights knight NOUN NNS Number=Plur 54 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 58 , , PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 59 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 62 mark _ _ 60 that that SCONJ IN _ 59 fixed _ _ 61 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 62 nsubj _ _ 62 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 53 conj _ _ 63 to to ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 64 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 65 det _ _ 65 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 66 , , PUNCT , _ 70 punct _ _ 67 and and CCONJ CC _ 70 cc _ _ 68 as as ADP IN _ 70 case _ _ 69 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 70 det _ _ 70 punishment punishment NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 parataxis _ _ 71 for for SCONJ IN _ 74 mark _ _ 72 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 74 nsubj:pass _ _ 73 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 74 aux:pass _ _ 74 slain slay VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 70 acl _ _ 75 by by ADP IN _ 77 case _ _ 76 Ilyá Ilyá PROPN NNP Number=Sing 77 compound _ _ 77 Múromets múromet NOUN NNS Number=Plur 74 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 78 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **put** | past | Ilyá Múromets | | the Prince and Princess | a sable \_ shúba | | a punishment *parataxis* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent prince=Goal | | 2 | **seize** | past | | MÚROMETS *= múromet* | | the arm | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 3 | **call** *speech: assert* | participle | | | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **whistle** | present | prince | | | | | like a nightingale with prince's whistle; in the Nightingale Robber and bade | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in robber=Theme | | 5 | **whistle** | past | the Nightingale Robber | | | | | with prince's robber's whistle | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with whistle=Theme | | 6 | **deafen** | past | prince | all of the knights | | | | | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent all=Patient | | 7 | **fall** | past | MÚROMETS *= múromet* | | | | | to the ground | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to ground=Theme | | 8 | **slay** | past · passive | Ilyá Múromets | this | | | | | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient | | 9 | **whistle** | | prince | | | | | | nom whistle «event intransitive»: poss=agent | | 10 | **whistle** | | prince's robber | | | | | | nom whistle «event intransitive»: poss=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 103](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/31/103/) - next →: [sentence 105](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/31/105/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/31/)