Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 10, sentence 94

Iván Tsarévich told the grey Wolf where he wanted to go, and the grey Wolf flew off with him swifter than any horse; and, in a short time, as it might be in a single night, he conducted Iván Tsarévich to a stone wall, stopped, and said: “Now, Iván Tsarévich, jump off me—off the grey Wolf—and go through this stone wall.

Who acts: Iván, IVÁN, grey Wolf, WOLF · What happens: tell, want, go, fly off, be, conduct · To what, where: grey Wolf, swifter, Iván, stone wall · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. Afanas'ev, Opening, part 10. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Iván, IVÁN, grey Wolf, WOLF), 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Iván	Iván	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 told	nsubj
2	Tsarévich	Tsarévich	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Iván	flat
3	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Wolf	det
5	grey	grey	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 Wolf	amod
6	Wolf	Wolf	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 told	iobj
7	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	9 wanted	advmod
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 wanted	nsubj
9	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 told	ccomp
10	to	to	PART	_	11 go	mark
11	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 wanted	xcomp
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 flew	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 flew	cc
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 Wolf	det
15	grey	grey	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 Wolf	amod
16	Wolf	Wolf	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 flew	nsubj
17	flew	fly	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 told	conj
18	off	off	ADP	_	17 flew	compound:prt
19	with	with	ADP	_	20 him	case
20	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 flew	obl
21	swifter	swifter	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 flew	obl
22	than	than	ADP	_	24 horse	case
23	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	24 horse	det
24	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 swifter	nmod
25	;	;	PUNCT	_	43 conducted	punct
26	and	and	CCONJ	_	43 conducted	cc
27	,	,	PUNCT	_	26 and	punct
28	in	in	ADP	_	31 time	case
29	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	31 time	det
30	short	short	ADJ	Degree=Pos	31 time	amod
31	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	43 conducted	obl
32	,	,	PUNCT	_	40 night	punct
33	as	as	ADP	_	40 night	case
34	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	40 night	nsubj
35	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	40 night	aux
36	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	40 night	cop
37	in	in	ADP	_	40 night	case
38	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	40 night	det
39	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	40 night	amod
40	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	31 time	nmod
41	,	,	PUNCT	_	31 time	punct
42	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	43 conducted	nsubj
43	conducted	conduct	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 told	parataxis
44	Iván	Iván	PROPN	Number=Sing	43 conducted	obj
45	Tsarévich	Tsarévich	PROPN	Number=Sing	44 Iván	flat
46	to	to	ADP	_	49 wall	case
47	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	49 wall	det
48	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	49 wall	compound
49	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	43 conducted	obl
50	,	,	PUNCT	_	51 stopped	punct
51	stopped	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	43 conducted	conj
52	,	,	PUNCT	_	54 said	punct
53	and	and	CCONJ	_	54 said	cc
54	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 told	conj
55	:	:	PUNCT	_	62 jump	punct
56	“	"	PUNCT	_	62 jump	punct
57	Now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	62 jump	advmod
58	,	,	PUNCT	_	57 Now	punct
59	Iván	Iván	PROPN	Number=Sing	62 jump	nsubj
60	Tsarévich	Tsarévich	PROPN	Number=Sing	59 Iván	flat
61	,	,	PUNCT	_	59 Iván	punct
62	jump	jump	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	54 said	ccomp
63	off	off	ADP	_	64 me	case
64	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	62 jump	obl
65	—	-	PUNCT	_	62 jump	punct
66	off	off	ADP	_	69 Wolf	case
67	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	69 Wolf	det
68	grey	grey	ADJ	Degree=Pos	69 Wolf	amod
69	Wolf	Wolf	PROPN	Number=Sing	62 jump	obl
70	—	-	PUNCT	_	72 go	punct
71	and	and	CCONJ	_	72 go	cc
72	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	62 jump	conj
73	through	through	ADP	_	76 wall	case
74	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	76 wall	det
75	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	76 wall	compound
76	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	72 go	obl
77	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 told	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	past	Iván		the grey Wolf				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent wolf=Recipient clause=Topic
2	want	past	IVÁN = iván						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
3	go not said to happen	to-infinitive	IVÁN = iván not said here						vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	fly off	past	the grey Wolf	swifter than any horse				with IVÁN = iván	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5	is	might	WOLF				as a single night		tree rules
6	conduct	past	IVÁN = iván	Iván		a stone wall	time		vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent iván=Theme to wall=Destination
7	stop	past	IVÁN = iván not said here						vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
8	say speech: assert	past	Iván not said here						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
9	jump off in a quote	infinitive	Iván	Iván		the grey Wolf	now		vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent i=Theme off wolf=Trajectory
10	go in a quote	infinitive	Iván not said here			this stone wall			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme through wall=Initial_Location

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.

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🌲 Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 10, sentence 94

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Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 10, sentence 94