--- title: Opening, part 36 — Russian Folk-Tales · full text with trees · page 2 description: Opening, part 36, «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. Afanas'ev: the whole chapter, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics. It begins: So the peasant went home. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/36/page/2/) [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 36 # Opening, part 36 · page 2 [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/36/) **2** “Oh, no, I won’t get drowned.[103](../../103/ "tree and pragmatics") I’ll go and catch you a fish: let me go!”[104](../../104/ "tree and pragmatics") So grandfather gave him a little white shirt to wear, with a big red sash, and off he went.[105](../../105/ "tree and pragmatics") Soon he was sitting in a boat and singing:[106](../../106/ "tree and pragmatics") Little boat, little boat, sail far away, O’er the blue water away and away.[107](../../107/ "tree and pragmatics") The little skiff sailed far and far away and Iváshechko started fishing.[108](../../108/ "tree and pragmatics") Soon, how long I don’t know, up came the mother to the shore and said:[109](../../109/ "tree and pragmatics") Iváshechko, Iváshechko, my little son, Up to the shore let your little boat run: Here is some drink and here is a bun\![110](../../110/ "tree and pragmatics") And Iváshechko said:[111](../../111/ "tree and pragmatics") Little boat, little boat, sail to the shore: My mother’s calling me.[112](../../112/ "tree and pragmatics") The little skiff sailed up to the shore; the woman took the fish and fed her little boy, changed his shirt and sash and sent him out again to catch fish.[113](../../113/ "tree and pragmatics") And there he sat on the boat and sang:[114](../../114/ "tree and pragmatics") Little boat, little boat, sail far away, O’er the blue water away and away.[115](../../115/ "tree and pragmatics") The little boat sailed out so far away, and Iváshechko started fishing.[116](../../116/ "tree and pragmatics") Soon the grandfather came to the shore and called his son:[117](../../117/ "tree and pragmatics") Iváshechko, Iváshechko, my little son, Up to the shore let your little boat run: Here is some drink and here is a bun\![118](../../118/ "tree and pragmatics") And Iváshechko said:[119](../../119/ "tree and pragmatics") Little boat, little boat, sail to the shore: For father’s calling me\![120](../../120/ "tree and pragmatics") The little skiff sailed up to the shore; the grandfather took the fish and fed his little boy, changed his shirt and sash and sent him out again to catch fish.[121](../../121/ "tree and pragmatics") And there he sat on the boat and sang:[122](../../122/ "tree and pragmatics") Little boat, little boat, sail far away, O’er the blue water away and away.[123](../../123/ "tree and pragmatics") Now the wise woman saw how his grandparents called Iváshechko, and wanted to get hold of the boy.[124](../../124/ "tree and pragmatics") So she came to the shore and called out:[125](../../125/ "tree and pragmatics") Iváshechko, Iváshechko, my little son, Up to the shore let your little boat run: Here is some drink and here is a bun\![126](../../126/ "tree and pragmatics") But Iváshechko knew the voice, and whose voice it was.[127](../../127/ "tree and pragmatics") So he sang:[128](../../128/ "tree and pragmatics") Little boat, little boat, sail far away, O’er the blue water away and away.[129](../../129/ "tree and pragmatics") The Evil Woman’s calling me[130](../../130/ "tree and pragmatics") So the wise woman saw she must act the mother’s voice, so she ran to the smith and asked him, “Smith, just forge me a thin little voice like the one Iváshechko’s mother has, or I’ll eat you up!”[131](../../131/ "tree and pragmatics") So the smith forged the voice just like the mother’s.[132](../../132/ "tree and pragmatics") So up she went to the shore and sang:[133](../../133/ "tree and pragmatics") Iváshechko, Iváshechko, my little son, Up to the shore let your little boat run: Here is some drink and here is a bun\![134](../../134/ "tree and pragmatics") Iváshechko sailed up; she took the fish and seized and took Iváshechko himself away.[135](../../135/ "tree and pragmatics") When she reached home, she told her daughter Alyónka: “Just make my stove nice and hot and cook Iváshechko all through.[136](../../136/ "tree and pragmatics") I’ll go assemble my guests.”[137](../../137/ "tree and pragmatics") And Alyónka heated the stove very hot and told Iváshechko: “Come and sit on the shovel.”[138](../../138/ "tree and pragmatics") \[55\][139](../../139/ "tree and pragmatics") “I’m too young and stupid,” Iváshechko answered; “show me how to sit on the shovel.”[140](../../140/ "tree and pragmatics") “Oh, that’s easy enough!” said Alyónka; and as soon as she was on Iváshechko shoved her into the stove, slammed the door to and went out of the hut, and climbed a great big tall oak-tree.[141](../../141/ "tree and pragmatics") The wise woman came with her guests and knocked at the hut; there was no reply, no one to open the door.[142](../../142/ "tree and pragmatics") “Oh, confound Alyónka; she must have gone out to play.”[143](../../143/ "tree and pragmatics") The wise woman climbed up into the window, opened the door and admitted her guests, opened the oven door, took out Alyónka, who was well cooked, and they all sat down to table and ate and ate and drank, and at last went out to take a turn on the grass:[144](../../144/ "tree and pragmatics") “I am dancing, I am prancing, I have eaten Iváshechko’s flesh.”[145](../../145/ "tree and pragmatics") Then Iváshechko interrupted from the top of the tree: “Dance and prance! you have eaten Alyónka’s flesh.”[146](../../146/ "tree and pragmatics") “Did I hear anything?” said the wise woman; “it must have been the leaves rustling.”[147](../../147/ "tree and pragmatics") Again the wise woman said, “I am dancing, I am prancing, I have eaten Iváshechko’s flesh!”[148](../../148/ "tree and pragmatics") Iváshechko repeated: “Dance and prance! you have eaten Alyónka’s flesh!”[149](../../149/ "tree and pragmatics") So at last she looked up and saw Iváshechko, and began to gnaw at the oak-tree on which he was sitting, and gnawed and gnawed, broke two of her front teeth, and went to the smithy.[150](../../150/ "tree and pragmatics") She called the smith.[151](../../151/ "tree and pragmatics") “Smith, smith, make me some iron teeth, or I’ll eat you up.”[152](../../152/ "tree and pragmatics") The smith made her two iron teeth.[153](../../153/ "tree and pragmatics") So back she went and gnawed away at the tree, and as soon as she had gnawed it through Iváshechko just jumped on to the next oak-tree, whilst the one the witch had gnawed through fell down.[154](../../154/ "tree and pragmatics") Then the wise woman gnawed and gnawed at this tree, and gnawed and gnawed, broke the two front teeth, and went to the smithy.[155](../../155/ "tree and pragmatics") She called the smith: “Smith, smith, make me two more iron teeth, or I’ll eat you up.”[156](../../156/ "tree and pragmatics") The smith made her two more iron teeth.[157](../../157/ "tree and pragmatics") So she went back and gnawed away at the tree.[158](../../158/ "tree and pragmatics") So Iváshechko did not know what to do.[159](../../159/ "tree and pragmatics") He looked up and saw geese and swans flying; he asked them:[160](../../160/ "tree and pragmatics") Geese and swans, geese and swans, Waft me away on your pinions: Take me home to my mother and father; With my mother and my father There is plenty to eat And life is sweet\![161](../../161/ "tree and pragmatics") “The next covey may take you,” said the birds.[162](../../162/ "tree and pragmatics") So he waited.[163](../../163/ "tree and pragmatics") And another flock came, and he repeated:[164](../../164/ "tree and pragmatics") Geese and swans, geese and swans, Waft me away on your pinions: Take me home to my mother and father; With my mother and my father There is plenty to eat And life is sweet\![165](../../165/ "tree and pragmatics") “Perhaps the last may take you.”[166](../../166/ "tree and pragmatics") So he waited on, and as the third flock appeared he said:[167](../../167/ "tree and pragmatics") Geese and swans, geese and swans, Waft me away on your pinions: Take me home to my mother and father; With my mother and my father There is plenty to eat And life is sweet\![168](../../168/ "tree and pragmatics") They took him home on their wings up to the hut and placed Iváshechko in the loft.[169](../../169/ "tree and pragmatics") Early next day the woman cooked a pancake on the stove, and whilst cooking it thought of her poor little boy Iván, and said: “Where is my Iváshechko?[170](../../170/ "tree and pragmatics") I dreamed of him last night!”[171](../../171/ "tree and pragmatics") And gaffer said: “I dreamed last night the geese and swans were wafting our little Iván home.”[172](../../172/ "tree and pragmatics") She had finished the pancake by now, and said: “Now, gaffer, we’ll share it, this bit for you, this bit for me!”[173](../../173/ "tree and pragmatics") “And none for me!”[174](../../174/ "tree and pragmatics") Iváshechko chimed in.[175](../../175/ "tree and pragmatics") “This is for you, and this is for me!”[176](../../176/ "tree and pragmatics") “And none for me!”[177](../../177/ "tree and pragmatics") “What’s that noise, gaffer?” the woman asked.[178](../../178/ "tree and pragmatics") The grandfather clattered up into the loft and found Iváshechko.[179](../../179/ "tree and pragmatics") They were overjoyed, asked him all about everything, and lived a jolly life.[180](../../180/ "tree and pragmatics") NEVER-WASH[181](../../181/ "tree and pragmatics") Once upon a time there was a soldier who had served through three campaigns, but had never earned as much as an addled egg, and was then put on the retired list.[182](../../182/ "tree and pragmatics") Then, as he went on the road marching on and on, he became tired and sat down by a lake.[183](../../183/ "tree and pragmatics") And, as he rested, he began thinking things out: “Where shall I now betake myself, and how shall I feed myself, and how the devil shall I enter into any service?”[184](../../184/ "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/36/) **2** - ← previous: [page 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/36/) - next →: [Opening, part 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/37/) - ↑ back to [Russian Folk-Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/)