--- title: It is worth observing that in one ballad dealing with Vasíli Buslávi… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: It is worth observing that in one ballad dealing with Vasíli Buslávich, the hero of Nóvgorod, this semi-comic figure is twitted by the men of Nóvgorod that he will one day turn the Volkhov into _Kvas_ (q.v.): i.e. he will one day set the Thames on fire. Who acts: mention, one ballad, men, Nóvgorod. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/41/23/) [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 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/41/) / 23 # Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 41, sentence 23 It is worth observing that in one ballad dealing with Vasíli Buslávich, the hero of Nóvgorod, this semi-comic figure is twitted by the men of Nóvgorod that he will one day turn the Volkhov into \_Kvas\_ (q.v.): i.e. he will one day set the Thames on fire. **Who acts:** mention, one ballad, men, Nóvgorod · **What happens:** be, observe, deal, twit, turn, set · **To what, where:** semi-comic figure, one ballad, Volkhov, Kvas, Thames, fire This is a sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. Afanas'ev, Opening, part 41. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (mention, one ballad, men, Nóvgorod), 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:pg62509:41:23 # text = It is worth observing that in one ballad dealing with Vasíli Buslávich, the hero of Nóvgorod, this semi-comic figure is twitted by the men of Nóvgorod that he will one day turn the Volkhov into _Kvas_ (q.v.): i.e. he will one day set the Thames on fire. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 worth worth ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 observing observe VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 xcomp _ _ 5 that that SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 8 nummod _ _ 8 ballad ballad NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 9 dealing deal VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 8 acl _ _ 10 with with ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 Vasíli Vasíli PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 12 Buslávich Buslávich PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 hero hero NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 appos _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 Nóvgorod Nóvgorod PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 19 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 21 det _ _ 20 semi-comic semi-comic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 figure figure NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj:pass _ _ 22 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux:pass _ _ 23 twitted twit VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 advcl _ _ 24 by by ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obl _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 Nóvgorod Nóvgorod PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 nmod _ _ 29 that that SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 31 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 32 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 33 nummod _ _ 33 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl:unmarked _ _ 34 turn turn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 Volkhov Volkhov PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 37 into into ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 Kvas Kvas PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 42 punct _ _ 41 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 q.v q.v NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 : : PUNCT : _ 46 punct _ _ 46 i.e. i.e. ADV FW _ 3 obj _ _ 47 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 48 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 51 aux _ _ 49 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 50 nummod _ _ 50 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obl:unmarked _ _ 51 set set VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 acl:relcl _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 Thames Thames PROPN NNP Number=Sing 51 obj _ _ 54 on on ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 55 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 56 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | mention | | | | | worth *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **observe** | gerund | mention *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **deal** | gerund | one ballad *not said here* | | | | | with Vasíli | vn cope-83 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with vasíli=Theme | | 4 | **twit** | present · passive | the men of Nóvgorod | this semi-comic figure | | one ballad | | | tree rules | | 5 | **turn** | future | Nóvgorod | the Volkhov | | | day | into Kvas *result*; q.v *obl* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent volkhov=Theme into kvas=Result | | 6 | **set** | future | Nóvgorod | the Thames | | fire | day | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent thames=Theme on fire=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 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/41/22/) - next →: [sentence 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/41/24/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/41/)