--- title: By the evening of the next day she reached the house, and was going… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: By the evening of the next day she reached the house, and was going to throw the skull away, when she heard a hollow voice coming out of the skull and saying: “Do not throw me away. Who acts: Vasilísa, hollow voice. A sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. 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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 (Vasilísa, hollow voice), 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:pg62509:15:24 # text = By the evening of the next day she reached the house, and was going to throw the skull away, when she heard a hollow voice coming out of the skull and saying: “Do not throw me away. 1 By by ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 evening evening NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 8 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 reached reach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 14 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 advcl _ _ 16 to to PART TO _ 17 mark _ _ 17 throw throw VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 xcomp _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 skull skull NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 20 away away ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 24 advmod _ _ 23 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 hollow hollow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 28 coming come VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 27 acl _ _ 29 out out ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 skull skull NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 saying say VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 28 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 : : PUNCT : _ 39 punct _ _ 36 “ " PUNCT `` _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 Do do AUX VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 38 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 39 advmod _ _ 39 throw throw VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 conj _ _ 40 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 39 obj _ _ 41 away away ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reach** | past | Vasilísa | the house | | | day; evening | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent house=Theme | | 2 | **go** | past · progressive | Vasilísa *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **throw away** | to-infinitive | Vasilísa *not said here* | the skull | | | | away *property* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent skull=Theme | | 4 | **hear** | past | Vasilísa | a hollow voice | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer voice=Stimulus | | 5 | **come out** | gerund | a hollow voice *not said here* | the skull | | | | | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient skull=Result | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | a hollow voice *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **not** **throw away** *in a quote* | infinitive · do-support | Vasilísa *not said here* | Bába | | | | away *property* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=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 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/15/23/) - next →: [sentence 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/15/25/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/15/)