--- title: Next morning Bába Yagá got up and stood at the window, and then went… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Next morning Bába Yagá got up and stood at the window, and then went into the courtyard and whistled; and the mortar, the besom, and the pestle appeared at once, and the red horseman came by: and the sun rose. Who acts: mortar, red horseman, sun. 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 (mortar, red horseman, sun), 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:pg62509:14:152 # text = Next morning Bába Yagá got up and stood at the window, and then went into the courtyard and whistled; and the mortar, the besom, and the pestle appeared at once, and the red horseman came by: and the sun rose. 1 Next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 3 Bába Bába PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 appos _ _ 4 Yagá Yagá PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 flat _ _ 5 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 up up ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 9 at at ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 window window NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 14 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 15 advmod _ _ 15 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 16 into into ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 courtyard courtyard NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 whistled whistle VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ; ; PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 mortar mortar NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 besom besom NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 pestle pestle NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ _ 32 appeared appear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 33 at at ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 red red ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 horseman horseman NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ _ 40 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 conj _ _ 41 by by SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ SpaceAfter=No 42 : : PUNCT : _ 46 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nsubj _ _ 46 rose rise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get up** | past | | | | | morning | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **stand** | past | | | | the window | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at window=Location | | 3 | **go** | past | | | | the courtyard | then | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into courtyard=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **whistle** | past | | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **appear** | past | the mortar and the besom | | | | | the pestle *nsubj* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at once=Location | | 6 | **come** | past | the red horseman | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **rise** | past | the sun | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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 151](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/14/151/) - next →: [sentence 153](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/14/153/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/14/)