Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 11, sentence 36

Iván Tsarévich sat on the grey Wolf, and so they went on to the realm of Tsar Dolmát, may-be far or near; and when they reached that kingdom then they stopped three versts out of the town, and Iván began to beseech the grey Wolf: “Listen to me, my beloved friend, the grey Wolf; you have served me so many services, serve me a last: can you not turn yourself into the golden-maned horse?”

Who acts: Iván, way, you · What happens: sit, go on, be, reach, stop, begin · To what, where: grey Wolf, kingdom, three versts, town, beloved friend, Iván · 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, way, 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Iván	Iván	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 sat	nsubj
2	Tsarévich	Tsarévich	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Iván	flat
3	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	on	on	ADP	_	7 Wolf	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Wolf	det
6	grey	grey	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 Wolf	amod
7	Wolf	Wolf	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 sat	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 went	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 went	cc
10	so	so	ADV	_	12 went	advmod
11	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 went	nsubj
12	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 sat	conj
13	on	on	ADV	_	12 went	advmod
14	to	to	ADP	_	16 realm	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 realm	det
16	realm	realm	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 went	obl
17	of	of	ADP	_	18 Tsar	case
18	Tsar	Tsar	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 realm	nmod
19	Dolmát	Dolmát	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 Tsar	flat
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 far	punct
21	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	24 far	aux
22	-	-	PUNCT	_	24 far	punct
23	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	24 far	cop
24	far	far	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 went	parataxis
25	or	or	CCONJ	_	26 near	cc
26	near	near	ADJ	Degree=Pos	24 far	conj
27	;	;	PUNCT	_	36 stopped	punct
28	and	and	CCONJ	_	36 stopped	cc
29	when	when	SCONJ	_	31 reached	mark
30	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	31 reached	nsubj
31	reached	reach	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	36 stopped	advcl
32	that	that	SCONJ	_	33 kingdom	mark
33	kingdom	kingdom	NOUN	Number=Sing	31 reached	obj
34	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	36 stopped	advmod
35	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	36 stopped	nsubj
36	stopped	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 sat	conj
37	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	38 versts	nummod
38	versts	verst	NOUN	Number=Plur	36 stopped	obj
39	out	out	ADP	_	42 town	case
40	of	of	ADP	_	42 town	case
41	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	42 town	det
42	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	36 stopped	obl
43	,	,	PUNCT	_	46 began	punct
44	and	and	CCONJ	_	46 began	cc
45	Iván	Iván	PROPN	Number=Sing	46 began	nsubj
46	began	begin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 sat	conj
47	to	to	PART	_	48 beseech	mark
48	beseech	beseech	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	46 began	xcomp
49	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	51 Wolf	det
50	grey	grey	ADJ	Degree=Pos	51 Wolf	amod
51	Wolf	wolf	NOUN	Number=Sing	48 beseech	obj
52	:	:	PUNCT	_	54 Listen	punct
53	“	"	PUNCT	_	54 Listen	punct
54	Listen	listen	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	46 began	parataxis
55	to	to	ADP	_	56 me	case
56	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	54 Listen	obl
57	,	,	PUNCT	_	60 friend	punct
58	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	60 friend	nmod:poss
59	beloved	beloved	ADJ	Degree=Pos	60 friend	amod
60	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	54 Listen	obl
61	,	,	PUNCT	_	64 Wolf	punct
62	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	64 Wolf	det
63	grey	grey	ADJ	Degree=Pos	64 Wolf	amod
64	Wolf	Wolf	PROPN	Number=Sing	60 friend	appos
65	;	;	PUNCT	_	68 served	punct
66	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	68 served	nsubj
67	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	68 served	aux
68	served	serve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	3 sat	conj
69	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	68 served	obj
70	so	so	ADV	_	71 many	advmod
71	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	72 services	amod
72	services	service	NOUN	Number=Plur	68 served	obj
73	,	,	PUNCT	_	74 serve	punct
74	serve	serve	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	68 served	parataxis
75	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	74 serve	obj
76	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	77 last	det
77	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	74 serve	obl
78	:	:	PUNCT	_	82 turn	punct
79	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	82 turn	aux
80	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	82 turn	nsubj
81	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	82 turn	advmod
82	turn	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 sat	conj
83	yourself	yourself	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	82 turn	obj
84	into	into	ADP	_	89 horse	case
85	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	89 horse	det
86	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	88 maned	amod
87	-	-	PUNCT	_	86 golden	punct
88	maned	maned	ADJ	Degree=Pos	89 horse	amod
89	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	82 turn	obl
90	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 sat	punct
91	”	"	PUNCT	_	3 sat	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit	past	Iván			the grey Wolf			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on wolf=Location
2	go on	past	way					to the realm of Tsar	vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	is	may						far property	tree rules
4	be								tree rules
5	reach	past	way	kingdom					vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent kingdom=Theme
6	stop	past	way	three versts		the town	then		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality verst=Eventuality
7	begin	past	Iván						vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
8	beseech	to-infinitive	Iván not said here	the grey Wolf					tree rules
9	listen in a quote	infinitive		my beloved friend	Iván				vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to i=Theme
10	serve in a quote	present · perfect	you	Iván				many services obj	tree rules
11	serve in a quote	infinitive		Iván				a last obl	vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Attribute
12	not turn in a quote	can	you	yourself				into the maned horse result	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent yourself=Theme into horse=Result

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 36

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Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 11, sentence 36