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title: And when the Sun arises from the East crossing to the West, then fie… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics
description: And when the Sun arises from the East crossing to the West, then fiery phœnixes and the _Ksálavy_ of paradise fly in front of the Sun, but first wet their wings in the waters of the ocean and asperse with their wings the Sun that he may not sear them with his golden rays. Who acts: Sun, God. A sente
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# Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 6, sentence 69

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And when the Sun arises from the East crossing to the West, then fiery phœnixes and the \_Ksálavy\_ of paradise fly in front of the Sun, but first wet their wings in the waters of the ocean and asperse with their wings the Sun that he may not sear them with his golden rays.

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**Who acts:** Sun, God · **What happens:** arise, cross, fly, wet, asperse, not sear · **To what, where:** fiery phœnixes, East, West, front, wings, waters

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This is a sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. Afanas'ev, Opening, part 6. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Sun, God), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg62509:6:69
# text = And when the Sun arises from the East crossing to the West, then fiery phœnixes and the _Ksálavy_ of paradise fly in front of the Sun, but first wet their wings in the waters of the ocean and asperse with their wings the Sun that he may not sear them with his golden rays.
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
2	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	5	mark	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Sun	Sun	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	arises	arise	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	East	East	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	crossing	cross	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	advcl	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	West	West	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
14	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	16	advmod	_	_
15	fiery	fiery	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	phœnixes	phœnix	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
19	_	_	PUNCT	``	_	20	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	Ksálavy	Ksálavy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	20	punct	_	_
22	of	of	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
23	paradise	paradise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	obl	_	_
24	fly	fly	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	21	parataxis	_	_
25	in	in	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
26	front	front	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	obl	_	_
27	of	of	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
28	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	29	det	_	_
29	Sun	Sun	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	26	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	33	punct	_	_
31	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	33	cc	_	_
32	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	33	advmod	_	_
33	wet	wet	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	24	parataxis	_	_
34	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	35	nmod:poss	_	_
35	wings	wing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	33	obj	_	_
36	in	in	ADP	IN	_	38	case	_	_
37	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	38	det	_	_
38	waters	water	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	33	obl	_	_
39	of	of	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
40	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	41	det	_	_
41	ocean	ocean	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	38	nmod	_	_
42	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	43	cc	_	_
43	asperse	asperse	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	33	conj	_	_
44	with	with	ADP	IN	_	46	case	_	_
45	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	46	nmod:poss	_	_
46	wings	wing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	43	obl	_	_
47	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	48	det	_	_
48	Sun	Sun	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	46	appos	_	_
49	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	53	mark	_	_
50	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	53	nsubj	_	_
51	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	53	aux	_	_
52	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	53	advmod	_	_
53	sear	sear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	43	advcl	_	_
54	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	53	obj	_	_
55	with	with	ADP	IN	_	58	case	_	_
56	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	58	nmod:poss	_	_
57	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	58	amod	_	_
58	rays	ray	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	53	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
59	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **arise** | present | the Sun | fiery phœnixes  the Ksálavy |  | the East |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **cross** | gerund | the Sun *not said here* |  |  | the West |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to west=Initial\_Location |
| 3 | **fly** | present |  |  |  | front of the Sun |  | of paradise | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in front=Location |
| 4 | **wet** | infinitive |  | phœnixes's wings |  | the waters of the ocean |  | first *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent wing=Patient |
| 5 | **asperse** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | with wings's wings | tree rules |
| 6 | **not** **sear** | may | God | angels *= angel* |  |  |  | with God's golden rays | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent they=Patient with ray=Instrument |
| 7 | **ray** |  | God |  |  |  |  |  | nom ray «phenomenon transitive»: poss=agent |

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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.

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**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.

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