--- title: Ilyá Múromets swore blood brotherhood with Dobrýnya Nikítich, then t… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Ilyá Múromets swore blood brotherhood with Dobrýnya Nikítich, then they saddled their good horses and rode forth on the open fields; and they journeyed on for about three months and found no opponent worthy of their steel: they had only gone in the open field. Who acts: Ilyá Múromets, MÚROMETS. 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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, 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:pg62509:31:105 # text = Ilyá Múromets swore blood brotherhood with Dobrýnya Nikítich, then they saddled their good horses and rode forth on the open fields; and they journeyed on for about three months and found no opponent worthy of their steel: they had only gone in the open field. 1 Ilyá Ilyá PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 Múromets múromet NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 swore swear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 brotherhood brotherhood NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 Dobrýnya Dobrýnya PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 8 Nikítich Nikítich PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 12 advmod _ _ 11 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 saddled saddle VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 13 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 14 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 horses horse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obj _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 rode ride VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 18 forth forth ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 19 on on ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 open open ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 fields field NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ; ; PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 25 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 journeyed journey VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 27 on on ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 28 for for ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 29 about about ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 30 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 31 nummod _ _ 31 months month NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obl _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 conj _ _ 34 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 36 det _ _ 35 opponent opponent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 worthy worthy NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 steel steel NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 : : PUNCT : _ 44 punct _ _ 41 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 42 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 43 only only ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 44 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 26 conj _ _ 45 in in ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 47 open open ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 48 field field NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **swear** | past | Ilyá Múromets | blood brotherhood | | | | with Dobrýnya | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent brotherhood=Eventuality | | 2 | **saddle** | past | MÚROMETS *= múromet* | | MÚROMETS's good horses | | then | | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent horse=Destination | | 3 | **ride** | past | MÚROMETS *= múromet* *not said here* | | | the open fields | | forth *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **journey** | past | MÚROMETS *= múromet* | | | | month | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **find** | past | MÚROMETS *= múromet* *not said here* | no opponent worthy of MÚROMETS's steel | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent worthy=Topic | | 6 | **go** | past · perfect | MÚROMETS *= múromet* | | | the open field | | | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in field=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 104](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/31/104/) - next →: [sentence 106](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/31/106/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/31/)