--- title: So they rode on, and Katomá saw a purse lying on the road and said:… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: So they rode on, and Katomá saw a purse lying on the road and said: “Iván Tsarévich, there is your riddle for the Tsarévna; give her this riddle to solve: ‘Good lies on the road: we took the good with good, and set it down to our good.’ Who acts: realms, Katomá, purse, Iván. 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N. Afanas'ev, Opening, part 38. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (realms, Katomá, purse, Iván), 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:pg62509:38:26 # text = So they rode on, and Katomá saw a purse lying on the road and said: “Iván Tsarévich, there is your riddle for the Tsarévna; give her this riddle to solve: ‘Good lies on the road: we took the good with good, and set it down to our good.’ 1 So so ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 rode ride VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 on on ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 7 Katomá Katomá PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 purse purse NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 lying lie VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 10 acl _ _ 12 on on ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 road road NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 : : PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 18 “ " PUNCT `` _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 Iván Iván PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 20 Tsarévich Tsarévich PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 23 expl _ _ 23 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 cop _ _ 24 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 riddle riddle NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 ccomp _ _ 26 for for ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 Tsarévna Tsarévna PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ; ; PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ _ 30 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 31 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 iobj _ _ 32 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 33 det _ _ 33 riddle riddle NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 35 solve solve VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 : : PUNCT : _ 39 punct _ _ 37 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 Good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 lies lie NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 40 on on ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 road road NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 : : PUNCT : _ 45 punct _ _ 44 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 45 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 obj _ _ 48 with with ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 51 and and CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 52 set set VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 45 advcl _ _ 53 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 obj _ _ 54 down down ADP RP _ 52 compound:prt _ _ 55 to to ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 56 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 57 nmod:poss _ _ 57 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 58 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 59 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ride on** | past | realms *= realm* | Good lies on the road | | | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **see** | past | Katomá | a purse | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer purse=Stimulus | | 3 | **lie** | gerund | a purse *not said here* | | | the road | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on road=Location | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Katomá *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | Iván | your riddle | | | | for the Tsarévna; your *nmod:poss* | tree rules | | 6 | **give** *in a quote* | infinitive | realms *= realm* *not said here* | this riddle | Anna | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient riddle=Theme | | 7 | **solve** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | realms *= realm* *not said here* | this riddle *not said here* | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **take** *in a quote* | past | we | the good | | | | with good | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent good=Theme | | 9 | **set down** *in a quote* | infinitive | we *not said here* | riddle | | | | to our good | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient it=Result | 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 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/38/24/) - next →: [sentence 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/38/26/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/38/)