--- title: And he went on: may-be near, may-be far, may-be downhill, may-be uph… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: And he went on: may-be near, may-be far, may-be downhill, may-be uphill, may-be short, may-be long; and he at last arrived in the abyss, and he looked, and all round the burning cauldron there stood watchmen. Who acts: sin. 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 (sin), 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:pg62509:13:109 # text = And he went on: may-be near, may-be far, may-be downhill, may-be uphill, may-be short, may-be long; and he at last arrived in the abyss, and he looked, and all round the burning cauldron there stood watchmen. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 on on ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 : : PUNCT : _ 9 punct _ _ 6 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 7 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 9 cop _ _ 9 near near ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 12 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 14 cop _ _ 14 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 9 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 16 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 17 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 19 cop _ _ 19 downhill downhill ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 21 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 22 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 24 cop _ _ 24 uphill uphill ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 26 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 27 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 29 cop _ _ 29 short short ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 31 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 32 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 34 cop _ _ 34 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ; ; PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 37 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 38 at at SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 39 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 arrived arrive VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 parataxis _ _ 41 in in ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 abyss abyss NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 46 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 47 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 56 cc _ _ 50 all all ADV RB _ 56 advmod _ _ 51 round round ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 53 burning burn VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 54 amod _ _ 54 cauldron cauldron NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 obl _ _ 55 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 56 advmod _ _ 56 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 conj _ _ 57 watchmen watchman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 56 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 58 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go on** | past | sin | | | | | | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **is** | may | | | | | | near *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **is** | may | | | | | | far *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **is** | infinitive | | | | | | downhill *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **is** | may | | | | | | uphill *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **is** | may | | | | | | short *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **is** | may | | | | | | long *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **arrive** | participle | sin | | | the abyss | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **look** | past | sin | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 10 | **burn** | gerund | | | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 11 | **stand** | past | sin *not said here* | watchmen | | there | | round the burning cauldron; all *property* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer watchman=Stimulus | 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 108](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/13/108/) - next →: [sentence 110](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/13/110/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/13/)