Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 18, sentence 78

So the bath was heated, and Tsar Bárkhat sent Pope Vasíli another message that he would like to have his son Vasíli Vasílyevich as his guest; and when Vasilísa Vasílyevna heard of it she went into the stable and saddled the grey horse with the silver mane, and galloped away to Tsar Bárkhat’s courtyard.

Who acts: Tsar, bade, Vasilísa · What happens: heat, send, like, have, hear, go · To what, where: bath, message, Pope, son, stable, grey horse

This is a sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. Afanas'ev, Opening, part 18. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Tsar, bade, Vasilísa), 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	_	5 heated	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 bath	det
3	bath	bath	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 heated	nsubj:pass
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 heated	aux:pass
5	heated	heat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 sent	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 sent	cc
8	Tsar	Tsar	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 sent	nsubj
9	Bárkhat	Bárkhat	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 Tsar	flat
10	sent	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 heated	parataxis
11	Pope	Pope	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 sent	obj
12	Vasíli	Vasíli	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 Pope	flat
13	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	14 message	det
14	message	message	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 sent	obj
15	that	that	SCONJ	_	18 like	mark
16	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 like	nsubj
17	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	18 like	aux
18	like	like	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 message	acl
19	to	to	PART	_	20 have	mark
20	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	18 like	xcomp
21	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	22 son	nmod:poss
22	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 have	obj
23	Vasíli	Vasíli	PROPN	Number=Sing	22 son	appos
24	Vasílyevich	Vasílyevich	PROPN	Number=Sing	23 Vasíli	flat
25	as	as	ADP	_	27 guest	case
26	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	27 guest	nmod:poss
27	guest	guest	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 have	obl
28	;	;	PUNCT	_	37 went	punct
29	and	and	CCONJ	_	37 went	cc
30	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	33 heard	advmod
31	Vasilísa	Vasilísa	PROPN	Number=Sing	33 heard	nsubj
32	Vasílyevna	Vasílyevna	PROPN	Number=Sing	31 Vasilísa	flat
33	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	37 went	advcl
34	of	of	ADP	_	35 it	case
35	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	33 heard	obl
36	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	37 went	nsubj
37	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 sent	conj
38	into	into	ADP	_	40 stable	case
39	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	40 stable	det
40	stable	stable	NOUN	Number=Sing	37 went	obl
41	and	and	CCONJ	_	42 saddled	cc
42	saddled	saddle	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	37 went	conj
43	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	45 horse	det
44	grey	grey	ADJ	Degree=Pos	45 horse	amod
45	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	42 saddled	obj
46	with	with	ADP	_	49 mane	case
47	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	49 mane	det
48	silver	silver	ADJ	Degree=Pos	49 mane	amod
49	mane	mane	NOUN	Number=Sing	42 saddled	obl
50	,	,	PUNCT	_	52 galloped	punct
51	and	and	CCONJ	_	52 galloped	cc
52	galloped	gallop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 sent	conj
53	away	away	ADV	_	52 galloped	advmod
54	to	to	ADP	_	58 courtyard	case
55	Tsar	Tsar	PROPN	Number=Sing	58 courtyard	nmod:poss
56	Bárkhat	Bárkhat	PROPN	Number=Sing	55 Tsar	flat
57	’s	's	PART	_	55 Tsar	case
58	courtyard	courtyard	NOUN	Number=Sing	52 galloped	obl
59	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 heated	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	heat	past · passive		the bath				vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient
2	send	past	Tsar	another message	Pope			vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent pope=Destination message=Theme
3	like	would	bade	another message not said here				tree rules
4	have not said to happen	to-infinitive	bade not said here	bade's son			as bade's guest	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent son=Patient
5	hear	past	Vasilísa				of bath	vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer of it=Stimulus
6	go	past	Tsar			the stable		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme into stable=Initial_Location
7	saddle	past	Tsar not said here		the grey horse		with the silver mane	vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent horse=Destination with mane=Theme
8	gallop away	past	Tsar not said here			Tsar's courtyard	away property	vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to courtyard=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.

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🌲 Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 18, sentence 78

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Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 18, sentence 78