--- title: So Ilyá Múromets set out after the three Tsarévichi, and he pursued… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: 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. 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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, Tsarévichi, citizens), 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:pg62509:31:69 # text = 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. 1 So so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 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 after after ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 9 nummod _ _ 9 Tsarévichi Tsarévichi PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 pursued pursue VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 14 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obj _ _ 15 down down ADP RP _ 13 compound:prt _ _ 16 to to ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 seashore seashore NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 slew slay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 21 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 23 det:predet _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 rest rest NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 army army NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 but but CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 captured capture VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 Tsarévichi Tsarévichi PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 32 alive alive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 xcomp _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 returned return VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 32 conj _ _ 35 to to ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 Sébezh Sébezh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 citizens citizen NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 nsubj _ _ 44 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 45 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 obj _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 47 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 conj _ _ 48 news news NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obj _ _ 49 of of ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 48 nmod _ _ 51 to to ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 53 nmod:poss _ _ 53 Tsar Tsar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 47 obl _ 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 | | | | after the three Tsarévichi | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **pursue down** | past | Tsarévichi | MÚROMETS *= múromet* | | the seashore | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent they=Theme to seashore=Trajectory | | 3 | **slay** | past | Ilyá Múromets *not said here* | all rest of the army | | | | | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rest=Patient | | 4 | **capture** | past | Ilyá Múromets *not said here* | the Tsarévichi | | | | alive *property* | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tsarévichi=Theme | | 5 | **return** | participle | Ilyá Múromets *not said here* | | | | | to the city of Sébezh *result* | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to city=Result | | 6 | **see** | past | the citizens | Tsarévichi | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | | 7 | **give** | past | the citizens *not said here* | news of this | MÚROMETS's Tsar | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent news=Theme to tsar=Recipient | 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 68](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/31/68/) - next →: [sentence 70](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/31/70/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/31/)