--- title: And as he went on the road and way—it may be near, it may be far, it… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: And as he went on the road and way—it may be near, it may be far, it may be high, it may be low, the tale is soon told, but the deed is not soon done—at last he reached an open field and green meadows. Who acts: IVÁN, way. A sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. 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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), 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 {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg62509:10:81 # text = And as he went on the road and way—it may be near, it may be far, it may be high, it may be low, the tale is soon told, but the deed is not soon done—at last he reached an open field and green meadows. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 as as SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 road road NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 — - PUNCT : _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 12 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 13 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 14 cop _ _ 14 near near ADV RB _ 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 16 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 17 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 18 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 19 cop _ _ 19 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 14 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 21 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 22 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 23 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 24 cop _ _ 24 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 26 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 27 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 28 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 29 cop _ _ 29 low low ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 tale tale NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj:pass _ _ 33 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux:pass _ _ 34 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 35 advmod _ _ 35 told tell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 29 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 37 but but CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 deed deed NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nsubj:pass _ _ 40 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 43 aux:pass _ _ 41 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 43 advmod _ _ 42 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 43 advmod _ _ 43 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 35 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 — - PUNCT : _ 48 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 at at ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 last last NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl _ _ 47 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 48 reached reach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 advcl _ _ 49 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 50 open open ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 51 amod _ _ 51 field field NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obj _ _ 52 and and CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 53 green green ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 54 amod _ _ 54 meadows meadow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 51 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | IVÁN *= iván* | | | the road and way | | | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on road=Location | | 2 | **is** | may | way | | | | | near *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **is** | may | way | | | | | far *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **is** | may | way | | | | | high *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **is** | may | way | | | | | low *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present · passive | | the tale | | | | soon *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | | 7 | **not** **do** | present · passive | | the deed | | | | soon *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | | 8 | **reach** | past | IVÁN *= iván* | a open field and green meadows | | last | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent field=Theme at last=Asset | 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. - ← previous: [sentence 80](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/10/80/) - next →: [sentence 82](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/10/82/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/10/)