--- title: Bába Yagá lay down to sleep and said: “In the morning, to-morrow, wh… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Bába Yagá lay down to sleep and said: “In the morning, to-morrow, when I go away you must clean the courtyard, brush out the room, get dinner ready, do the washing, go to the field, get a quarter of oats, sift it all out, and see that it is all done before I come home. Who acts: Bába, you. 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N. Afanas'ev, Opening, part 14. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Bába, you), 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:pg62509:14:118 # text = Bába Yagá lay down to sleep and said: “In the morning, to-morrow, when I go away you must clean the courtyard, brush out the room, get dinner ready, do the washing, go to the field, get a quarter of oats, sift it all out, and see that it is all done before I come home. 1 Bába Bába PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 Yagá Yagá PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 flat _ _ 3 lay lie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 down down ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 sleep sleep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 : : PUNCT : _ 13 punct _ _ 10 “ " PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 In in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 to to ADP IN _ 17 case _ SpaceAfter=No 16 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 morrow morrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 21 advmod _ _ 20 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 go go VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 22 away away ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 23 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 24 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 clean clean VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 ccomp _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 courtyard courtyard NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 29 brush brush VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 conj _ _ 30 out out ADP RP _ 29 compound:prt _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 34 get get VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 29 parataxis _ _ 35 dinner dinner NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 36 ready ready ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 38 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 conj _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 washing washing NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 42 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 conj _ _ 43 to to ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 field field NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 47 get get VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 42 parataxis _ _ 48 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 quarter quarter NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obj _ _ 50 of of ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 51 oats oat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 49 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 53 sift sift VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 47 conj _ _ 54 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 obj _ _ 55 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 54 det _ _ 56 out out ADP RP _ 53 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 57 , , PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 58 and and CCONJ CC _ 59 cc _ _ 59 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 60 that that SCONJ IN _ 64 mark _ _ 61 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 64 nsubj:pass _ _ 62 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 64 aux:pass _ _ 63 all all ADV RB _ 64 advmod _ _ 64 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 59 ccomp _ _ 65 before before SCONJ IN _ 67 mark _ _ 66 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 67 nsubj _ _ 67 come come VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 64 advcl _ _ 68 home home ADV RB _ 67 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 69 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lie down** | past | Bába | | | | | down *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **sleep** | to-infinitive | Bába *not said here* | | | | | | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Bába *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **go** *in a quote* | present | Bába | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **clean** *in a quote* | must | you | the courtyard | | | | away *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent courtyard=Patient | | 6 | **brush out** *in a quote* | infinitive | you *not said here* | the room | | | | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent room=Theme | | 7 | **get** *in a quote* | infinitive | | dinner | | | | ready *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer dinner=Stimulus | | 8 | **do** *in a quote* | infinitive | you *not said here* | the washing | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent washing=Eventuality | | 9 | **go** *in a quote* | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | the field | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to field=Initial\_Location | | 10 | **get** *in a quote* | infinitive | | a quarter of oats | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer quarter=Stimulus | | 11 | **sift out** *in a quote* | present | | quarter | | | | | vn disassemble-23.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | | 12 | **see** *in a quote* | infinitive | Bába *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 13 | **do** *in a quote* | present · passive | | quarter | | | | all *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | | 14 | **come** *in a quote* | present | Bába | | | | | home *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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 117](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/14/117/) - next →: [sentence 119](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/14/119/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/14/)