--- title: Then the soldier suddenly remembered the nosebag and thought: “I’ll… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Then the soldier suddenly remembered the nosebag and thought: “I’ll just test this nosebag”; took it out, opened it, and said: “Hi! you wild geese, fly into my nosebag!” Who acts: soldier, you, wild geese. 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 (soldier, you, wild geese), 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:pg62509:12:132 # text = Then the soldier suddenly remembered the nosebag and thought: “I’ll just test this nosebag”; took it out, opened it, and said: “Hi! you wild geese, fly into my nosebag!” 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 soldier soldier NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 suddenly suddenly ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 remembered remember VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 nosebag nosebag NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 : : PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 11 “ " PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ’ll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 14 just just ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 15 test test VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 ccomp _ _ 16 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 17 det _ _ 17 nosebag nosebag NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ” " PUNCT '' _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ; ; PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 20 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 21 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ _ 22 out out ADP RP _ 20 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 24 opened open VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 25 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 29 : : PUNCT : _ 35 punct _ _ 30 “ " PUNCT `` _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 Hi hi INTJ UH _ 35 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ! ! PUNCT . _ 31 punct _ _ 33 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 34 wild wild ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 geese goose NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 37 fly fly VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 acl _ _ 38 into into ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 nosebag nosebag NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ! ! PUNCT . _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ” " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **remember** | past | the soldier | the nosebag | | | then | suddenly *property* | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent nosebag=Theme | | 2 | **think** *speech: other* | past | the soldier *not said here* | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 3 | **test** *in a quote* | future | the soldier *= soldier* | this nosebag | | | | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nosebag=Theme | | 4 | **take out** | past | | nosebag | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 5 | **open** | past | | nosebag | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme | | 6 | **say** *speech: express* | past | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **goose** *in a quote* | | you | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **fly** *in a quote* | infinitive | wild geese *not said here* | | | | | into my nosebag *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into nosebag=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. - ← previous: [sentence 131](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/12/131/) - next →: [sentence 133](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/12/133/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/12/)