Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 11, sentence 14

So Iván Tsarévich sat on the grey Wolf’s back, and the grey Wolf scoured as fast as a dart, and at last he arrived at the kingdom of Princess Eléna the Fair, to the golden palisade which surrounded the wonderful garden; and the Wolf said to the Tsarévich: “Iván Tsarévich, slip off my back, off the grey Wolf, and go behind on that road and wait for me in the open field under the green oak.”

Who acts: Iván, grey Wolf, Wolf · What happens: sit, scour, arrive, surround, say, slip off · To what, where: last, golden palisade, Iván Tsarévich, Tsarévich, back, road · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. Afanas'ev, Opening, part 11. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (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	So	so	ADV	_	4 sat	advmod
2	Iván	Iván	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 sat	nsubj
3	Tsarévich	Tsarévich	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Iván	flat
4	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	on	on	SCONJ	_	9 ’s	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Wolf	det
7	grey	grey	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 Wolf	amod
8	Wolf	Wolf	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 ’s	nsubj
9	’s	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 sat	advcl
10	back	back	ADV	_	9 ’s	advmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 scoured	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 scoured	cc
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 Wolf	det
14	grey	grey	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 Wolf	amod
15	Wolf	Wolf	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 scoured	nsubj
16	scoured	scour	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 sat	conj
17	as	as	ADV	_	18 fast	advmod
18	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	16 scoured	advmod
19	as	as	ADP	_	21 dart	case
20	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	21 dart	det
21	dart	dart	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 scoured	obl
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	27 arrived	punct
23	and	and	CCONJ	_	27 arrived	cc
24	at	at	ADP	_	25 last	case
25	last	last	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 arrived	obl
26	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	27 arrived	nsubj
27	arrived	arrive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 sat	conj
28	at	at	ADP	_	30 kingdom	case
29	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	30 kingdom	det
30	kingdom	kingdom	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 arrived	obl
31	of	of	ADP	_	33 Eléna	case
32	Princess	Princess	PROPN	Number=Sing	33 Eléna	compound
33	Eléna	Eléna	PROPN	Number=Sing	30 kingdom	nmod
34	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	35 Fair	det
35	Fair	Fair	PROPN	Number=Sing	33 Eléna	appos
36	,	,	PUNCT	_	40 palisade	punct
37	to	to	ADP	_	40 palisade	case
38	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	40 palisade	det
39	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	40 palisade	amod
40	palisade	palisade	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 arrived	obl
41	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	42 surrounded	nsubj:pass
42	surrounded	surround	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	40 palisade	acl
43	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	45 garden	det
44	wonderful	wonderful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	45 garden	amod
45	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	42 surrounded	obj
46	;	;	PUNCT	_	50 said	punct
47	and	and	CCONJ	_	50 said	cc
48	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	49 Wolf	det
49	Wolf	Wolf	PROPN	Number=Sing	50 said	nsubj
50	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 sat	conj
51	to	to	ADP	_	53 Tsarévich	case
52	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	53 Tsarévich	det
53	Tsarévich	Tsarévich	PROPN	Number=Sing	50 said	obl
54	:	:	PUNCT	_	57 Tsarévich	punct
55	“	"	PUNCT	_	57 Tsarévich	punct
56	Iván	Iván	PROPN	Number=Sing	57 Tsarévich	compound
57	Tsarévich	Tsarévich	PROPN	Number=Sing	50 said	obl
58	,	,	PUNCT	_	59 slip	punct
59	slip	slip	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	50 said	conj
60	off	off	ADP	_	59 slip	compound:prt
61	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	62 back	nmod:poss
62	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	59 slip	obj
63	,	,	PUNCT	_	67 Wolf	punct
64	off	off	ADP	_	67 Wolf	case
65	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	67 Wolf	det
66	grey	grey	ADJ	Degree=Pos	67 Wolf	amod
67	Wolf	Wolf	PROPN	Number=Sing	59 slip	obl
68	,	,	PUNCT	_	70 go	punct
69	and	and	CCONJ	_	70 go	cc
70	go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	59 slip	parataxis
71	behind	behind	ADV	_	70 go	advmod
72	on	on	ADP	_	74 road	case
73	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	74 road	det
74	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	70 go	obl
75	and	and	CCONJ	_	76 wait	cc
76	wait	wait	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	70 go	conj
77	for	for	ADP	_	78 me	case
78	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	76 wait	obl
79	in	in	ADP	_	82 field	case
80	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	82 field	det
81	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	82 field	amod
82	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	76 wait	obl
83	under	under	ADP	_	86 oak	case
84	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	86 oak	det
85	green	green	ADJ	Degree=Pos	86 oak	amod
86	oak	oak	NOUN	Number=Sing	76 wait	obl
87	.	.	PUNCT	_	50 said	punct
88	”	"	PUNCT	_	4 sat	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	sit	past	Iván					vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	scour	past	the grey Wolf				as a dart; fast property	vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent
3	arrive	past	Iván			last	at the kingdom of Princess Eléna; to the golden palisade	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to palisade=Initial_Location
4	surround	participle · passive		the golden palisade			the wonderful garden obj	tree rules
5	say speech: assert	past	the Wolf	Iván Tsarévich	the Tsarévich			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to tsarévich=Recipient
6	slip off in a quote	present	the Wolf not said here	my back			off the grey Wolf	vn split-23.2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent back=Patient off wolf=Co-Patient
7	go in a quote	infinitive				that road	behind property	vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on road=Location
8	wait in a quote	infinitive				the open field	for the Wolf = wolf; under the green oak	vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in field=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 11, sentence 14