--- title: On working days we see the peasants driving afield in the early morn… — Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Musc… · tree and pragmatics description: On working days we see the peasants driving afield in the early morn with their long lines of carts, to till the soil, or ply the scythe or sickle or axe, till the day is done and their rude carts come creaking back. Who acts: we, peasants, rude carts. A sentence of «Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Co --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/11/46/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collecti…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/) / [Chapter I. INTRODUCTORY, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/11/) / 46 # Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter I. INTRODUCTORY, part 1, sentence 46 On working days we see the peasants driving afield in the early morn with their long lines of carts, to till the soil, or ply the scythe or sickle or axe, till the day is done and their rude carts come creaking back. **Who acts:** we, peasants, rude carts · **What happens:** work, see, drive, till, ply, do · **To what, where:** peasants, afield, early morn, soil, scythe, day This is a sentence of «Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore», Chapter I. INTRODUCTORY, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (we, peasants, rude carts), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Parsed by Mova, not checked by a teacher.** This tree is Mova's own parse (the `en` model, on the CPU, when the site is built); it may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg22373:11:46 # text = On working days we see the peasants driving afield in the early morn with their long lines of carts, to till the soil, or ply the scythe or sickle or axe, till the day is done and their rude carts come creaking back. 1 On on ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 working work VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 amod _ _ 3 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ 4 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 see see VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 peasants peasant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ 8 driving drive VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 7 acl _ _ 9 afield afield NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 early early ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 morn morn NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 14 with with ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 16 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 lines line NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 carts cart NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 to to PART TO _ 22 mark _ _ 22 till till VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 soil soil NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 or or CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 ply ply VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 conj _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 scythe scythe NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 30 or or CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 sickle sickle NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 conj _ _ 32 or or CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 axe axe NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 35 till till SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ _ 38 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux:pass _ _ 39 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 27 parataxis _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 41 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 42 rude rude ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 carts cart NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 nsubj _ _ 44 come come VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 conj _ _ 45 creaking creak VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 44 xcomp _ _ 46 back back ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **work** | gerund | | | | | | | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **see** | present | we | the peasants | | | day | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer peasant=Stimulus | | 3 | **drive** | gerund | the peasants *not said here* | afield | | the early morn | | with villagers's long lines of carts | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent afield=Theme in morn=Destination | | 4 | **till** | to-infinitive | we *not said here* | the soil | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **ply** | infinitive | we *not said here* | the scythe or sickle or axe | | | | | vn equip-13.4.2 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP»: agent=Agent scythe=Recipient | | 6 | **do** | present · passive | | the day | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | | 7 | **come** | present | villagers's rude carts | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **creak back** | gerund | villagers's rude carts *not said here* | | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore», Project Gutenberg book 22373 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order. - ← previous: [sentence 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/11/45/) - next →: [sentence 47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/11/47/) - ↑ back to [Chapter I. 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