--- title: So they called Iván Tsarévich, and said to him: “If we die, always f… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: So they called Iván Tsarévich, and said to him: “If we die, always follow Katomá’s advice, and do well by him, then you will live happily; but if you do not, you will falter and fail like a fly.” Who acts: Tsar, we, you. A sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. Afanas'ev, Opening, part 38, with i --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/38/4/) [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 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/38/) / 4 # Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 38, sentence 4 So they called Iván Tsarévich, and said to him: “If we die, always follow Katomá’s advice, and do well by him, then you will live happily; but if you do not, you will falter and fail like a fly.” **Who acts:** Tsar, we, you · **What happens:** call, say, die, follow, do, live · **To what, where:** Iván Tsarévich, Tsarévich, advice · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. 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 (Tsar, we, you), 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:pg62509:38:4 # text = So they called Iván Tsarévich, and said to him: “If we die, always follow Katomá’s advice, and do well by him, then you will live happily; but if you do not, you will falter and fail like a fly.” 1 So so ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 called call VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 Iván Iván PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 Tsarévich Tsarévich PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 : : PUNCT : _ 18 punct _ _ 12 “ " PUNCT `` _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 If if SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 14 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 die die VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 17 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 18 advmod _ _ 18 follow follow VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 19 Katomá Katomá PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ’s 's PART POS _ 19 case _ _ 21 advice advice NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 do do VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 25 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 24 advmod _ _ 26 by by ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 29 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 32 advmod _ _ 30 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 31 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 live live VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 conj _ _ 33 happily happily ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 ; ; PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 35 but but CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 36 if if SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 37 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 do do VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 43 advcl _ _ 39 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 38 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 41 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 42 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 43 falter falter VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 parataxis _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 45 fail fail VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 conj _ _ 46 like like ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 fly fly NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 ” " PUNCT '' _ 43 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **call** *speech: assert* | past | Tsar | Iván Tsarévich | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Tsar *not said here* | | Tsarévich | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **die** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | we | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 4 | **follow** *in a quote* | infinitive | | Katomá's advice | | | | always *property* | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent advice=Theme | | 5 | **do** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | by Tsarévich; well *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **live** *in a quote* | future | you | | | | then | happily *property* | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **not** **do** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | you | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **falter** *in a quote* | future | you | | | | | | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **fail** *in a quote* | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | like a fly | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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. 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