--- title: So she turned Vasilísa out of the room and kicked her to the door, t… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: So she turned Vasilísa out of the room and kicked her to the door, took a skull with the burning eyes from the fence, put it on a staff, gave it her and said, “Now you have fire for your stepmother’s daughters, for that was why they sent you here.” Who acts: Bába, you, eyes. 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N. Afanas'ev, Opening, part 15. 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, eyes), 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:pg62509:15:22 # text = So she turned Vasilísa out of the room and kicked her to the door, took a skull with the burning eyes from the fence, put it on a staff, gave it her and said, “Now you have fire for your stepmother’s daughters, for that was why they sent you here.” 1 So so ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 Vasilísa Vasilísa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 5 out out ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 kicked kick VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 11 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ _ 12 to to ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 16 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 skull skull NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 19 with with ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 burning burning NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 compound _ _ 22 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obl _ _ 23 from from ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 fence fence NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 27 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 advcl _ _ 28 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 obj _ _ 29 on on ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 staff staff NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 33 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 34 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obj _ _ 35 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 iobj _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 39 “ " PUNCT `` _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 42 advmod _ _ 41 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 ccomp _ _ 43 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ _ 44 for for ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 45 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 46 stepmother stepmother NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 47 ’s 's PART POS _ 46 case _ _ 48 daughters daughter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 50 for for ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 51 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 53 obl _ _ 52 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 53 cop _ _ 53 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 42 parataxis _ _ 54 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 55 nsubj _ _ 55 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 53 ccomp _ _ 56 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 55 iobj _ _ 57 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 55 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 58 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 59 ” " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn** | past | Bába | Vasilísa | | the room | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent vasilísa=Theme out room=Trajectory | | 2 | **kick** | past | Bába *not said here* | Vasilísa | | | | to the door *result* | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent she=Patient to door=Result | | 3 | **take** | past | Bába *not said here* | a skull | | the fence | | with the burning eyes | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent skull=Theme from fence=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **put** | infinitive | Bába *not said here* | skull | | a staff | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme on staff=Destination | | 5 | **give** | past | | skull | Vasilísa | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient it=Theme | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **have** *in a quote* | present | you | fire | | | now | for your stepmother's daughters | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fire=Patient | | 8 | **is** *in a quote* | past | | | | | | for that; why *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **send** *in a quote* | past | eyes *= eye* | | you | here | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=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 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/15/21/) - next →: [sentence 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/15/23/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/15/)