--- title: Bába Yagá had her supper, and, before she went to sleep, once more c… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Bába Yagá had her supper, and, before she went to sleep, once more commanded Vasilísa: “To-morrow do the same as you did to-day, but also take the hay which is lying on my field, clean it from every trace of soil, every single ear. Who acts: Bába, you, hay. A sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. 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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, hay), 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:pg62509:14:147 # text = Bába Yagá had her supper, and, before she went to sleep, once more commanded Vasilísa: “To-morrow do the same as you did to-day, but also take the hay which is lying on my field, clean it from every trace of soil, every single ear. 1 Bába Bába PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 Yagá Yagá PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 flat _ _ 3 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 supper supper NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 before before SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 10 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 12 to to ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 sleep sleep NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 17 advmod _ _ 16 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 17 advmod _ _ 17 commanded command VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 18 Vasilísa Vasilísa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 : : PUNCT : _ 36 punct _ _ 20 “ " PUNCT `` _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 To to ADP IN _ 23 case _ SpaceAfter=No 22 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 morrow morrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 24 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 obj _ _ 27 as as SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 28 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 advcl _ _ 30 to to ADP IN _ 32 case _ SpaceAfter=No 31 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 but but CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 35 also also ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 36 take take VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 17 parataxis _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 hay hay NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 39 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 41 nsubj _ _ 40 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 lying lie VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 38 acl:relcl _ _ 42 on on ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 field field NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 46 clean clean VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 parataxis _ _ 47 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 obj _ _ 48 from from ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 50 det _ _ 50 trace trace NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ _ 51 of of ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 52 soil soil NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 54 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 56 det _ _ 55 single single ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 56 amod _ _ 56 ear ear NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 57 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | Bába | Bába's supper | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent supper=Patient | | 2 | **go** | past | Bába | | | sleep | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to sleep=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **command** | past | Bába *not said here* | Vasilísa | | | | once *property* | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent vasilísa=Recipient clause=Topic | | 4 | **do** *in a quote* | past | you | | | | day | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **take** *in a quote* | present · do-support | | the hay | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hay=Theme | | 6 | **lie** *in a quote* | present · progressive | the hay | | | my field | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on field=Location | | 7 | **clean** *in a quote* | infinitive | | hay | | every trace of soil and every single ear | | | vn clear-10.3 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent it=Theme from trace=Source | 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 146](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/14/146/) - next →: [sentence 148](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/14/148/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/14/)