--- title: When he arrived at the city of Chernígov, under the walls of the cit… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: When he arrived at the city of Chernígov, under the walls of the city of Chernígov there was a Saracen host too many to count besieging the city of Chernígov: they were going to sack it and to set God’s churches aflame, and to take captive the Prince, the Duke of Chernígov. Who acts: Tsarévichi, Sar --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/31/70/) [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/) / 70 # Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 31, sentence 70 When he arrived at the city of Chernígov, under the walls of the city of Chernígov there was a Saracen host too many to count besieging the city of Chernígov: they were going to sack it and to set God’s churches aflame, and to take captive the Prince, the Duke of Chernígov. **Who acts:** Tsarévichi, Saracen host, walls · **What happens:** arrive, be, count, besiege, go, sack · **To what, where:** city, churches, captive 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 (Tsarévichi, Saracen host, walls), 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:pg62509:31:70 # text = When he arrived at the city of Chernígov, under the walls of the city of Chernígov there was a Saracen host too many to count besieging the city of Chernígov: they were going to sack it and to set God’s churches aflame, and to take captive the Prince, the Duke of Chernígov. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 arrived arrive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 advcl _ _ 4 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 Chernígov Chernígov PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 under under ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 walls wall NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 conj _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 Chernígov Chernígov PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nmod _ _ 18 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 19 expl _ _ 19 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 Saracen Saracen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 compound _ _ 22 host host NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 23 too too ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 24 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 25 to to PART TO _ 26 mark _ _ 26 count count VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 advcl _ _ 27 besieging besiege VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 26 obj _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 Chernígov Chernígov PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 : : PUNCT : _ 35 punct _ _ 33 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 34 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 27 conj _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 sack sack VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 xcomp _ _ 38 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 41 set set VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 conj _ _ 42 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 44 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ’s 's PART POS _ 42 case _ _ 44 churches church NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 obj _ _ 45 aflame aflame ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 48 to to PART TO _ 49 mark _ _ 49 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 conj _ _ 50 captive captive NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obj _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 49 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 Duke Duke PROPN NNP Number=Sing 52 conj _ _ 56 of of ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 57 Chernígov Chernígov PROPN NNP Number=Sing 55 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 58 . . PUNCT . _ 19 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **arrive** | past | Tsarévichi | | | the city of Chernígov | | the walls of the city of Chernígov *conj* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **be** | past | a Saracen host | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **count** | to-infinitive | a Saracen host *not said here* | | | | | | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus | | 4 | **besiege** | gerund | | the city of Chernígov | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **go** | past · progressive | walls *= wall* | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **sack** | to-infinitive | walls *= wall* *not said here* | city | | | | | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 7 | **set** | to-infinitive | walls *= wall* *not said here* | God's churches | | | | aflame *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient church=Result | | 8 | **take** | to-infinitive | a Saracen host *not said here* | captive | | | | the Prince and the Duke of Chernígov *obj* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument captive=Theme prince=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 69](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/31/69/) - next →: [sentence 71](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/31/71/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/31/)