--- title: And Ilyá Múromets set out on the road; when he came under the walls… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: 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. 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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, Ilyá, three foreign parts, 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:pg62509:31:68 # text = 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. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 Ilyá Ilyá PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 Múromets múromet NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 set set VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 out out ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 6 on on ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 road road NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ; ; PUNCT : _ 12 punct _ _ 10 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 12 advmod _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 advcl _ _ 13 under under ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 walls wall NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obl _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 Sébezh Sébezh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 nmod _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 23 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 27 nummod _ _ 24 Tsarévichi Tsarévichi PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 25 from from ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 foreign foreign ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 parts part NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 30 nsubj _ _ 30 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 acl:relcl _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 host host NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 34 thirty thirty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 35 compound _ _ 35 thousand thousand NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 36 nummod _ _ 36 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ; ; PUNCT : _ 39 punct _ _ 38 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 wished wish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 41 capture capture VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 xcomp _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 Sébezh Sébezh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 nmod _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 47 to to PART TO _ 48 mark _ _ 48 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 conj _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 Tsar Tsar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 48 obj _ _ 51 of of ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 Sébezh Sébezh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 53 compound _ _ 53 prisoner prisoner NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **set out** | past | Ilyá Múromets | | | the road | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **come** | past | Ilyá | | | the walls of the city of Sébezh | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme under wall=Location | | 3 | **see** | past | Ilyá | three foreign parts Tsarévichi | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer part=Stimulus | | 4 | **have** | past | three foreign parts Tsarévichi | a host of thousand men | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent host=Patient | | 5 | **wish** | past | MÚROMETS *= múromet* | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 6 | **capture** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | MÚROMETS *= múromet* *not said here* | the city of Sébezh | | | | | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent city=Theme | | 7 | **take** | to-infinitive | MÚROMETS *= múromet* *not said here* | | the Tsar of Sébezh prisoner | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument tsar=Destination | 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 67](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/31/67/) - next →: [sentence 69](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/31/69/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/31/)