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LEGENDS, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/58/) / 119 # Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter VI. LEGENDS, part 3, sentence 119 And as the picture made no reply, he tore it down from the wall, set it on a cart and drove it away, flogging it as he went, and crying-- **Who acts:** picture · **What happens:** make, tore down, set, drive away, flog, go · **To what, where:** reply, wall, cart This is a sentence of «Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore», Chapter VI. LEGENDS, part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (picture), 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:pg22373:58:119 # text = And as the picture made no reply, he tore it down from the wall, set it on a cart and drove it away, flogging it as he went, and crying-- 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 2 as as SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 picture picture NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 advcl _ _ 6 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 7 det _ _ 7 reply reply NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 tore tore VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ _ 12 down down ADP RP _ 10 compound:prt _ _ 13 from from ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 wall wall NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 17 set set VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 advcl _ _ 18 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obj _ _ 19 on on ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 cart cart NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 drove drive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 24 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obj _ _ 25 away away ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 27 flogging flog VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 23 advcl _ _ 28 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 obj _ _ 29 as as SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 crying cry VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 -- -- PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | past | the picture | no reply | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset reply=Product | | 2 | **tore down** | past | picture | reply | | the wall | | | tree rules | | 3 | **set** | infinitive | picture *not said here* | reply | | a cart | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme on cart=Destination | | 4 | **drive away** | past | picture *not said here* | reply | | | | away *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme it=Trajectory | | 5 | **flog** | gerund | picture *not said here* | reply | | | | | vn spank-18.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | | 6 | **go** | past | picture | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **cry** *speech: express* | gerund | picture *not said here* | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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 118](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/58/118/) - next →: [sentence 120](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/58/120/) - ↑ back to [Chapter VI. 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