--- title: So the devil fumbled in his pocket, got out a glass, poured cold wat… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: So the devil fumbled in his pocket, got out a glass, poured cold water into it, and put it over the head of the sick child, and told the soldier: “Come here, look into the water.” Who acts: devil. A sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. 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Afanas'ev, Opening, part 13. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (devil), 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:pg62509:13:49 # text = So the devil fumbled in his pocket, got out a glass, poured cold water into it, and put it over the head of the sick child, and told the soldier: “Come here, look into the water.” 1 So so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 devil devil NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 fumbled fumble VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 pocket pocket NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 10 out out ADP RP _ 9 compound:prt _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 glass glass NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 14 poured pour VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 15 cold cold ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 17 into into ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 conj _ _ 22 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ _ 23 over over ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 sick sick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 soldier soldier NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 : : PUNCT : _ 37 punct _ _ 36 “ " PUNCT `` _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 Come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 ccomp _ _ 38 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 37 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 40 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 conj _ _ 41 into into ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ” " PUNCT '' _ 37 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fumble** | past | the devil | | | boy's pocket | | | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent in pocket=Location | | 2 | **get out** | past | the devil *not said here* | a glass | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **pour** | past | | cold water | | water | | | vn pour-9.5 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent water=Theme into it=Destination | | 4 | **put** | infinitive | | glass | | the head of the sick child | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme over head=Destination | | 5 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | the devil *not said here* | | the soldier | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S»: agent=Agent soldier=Recipient clause=Topic | | 6 | **come** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | here | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **look** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | into the water | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent into water=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 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 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/13/48/) - next →: [sentence 50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/13/50/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/13/)