--- title: Vasilísa went to bed, and the doll in that night made a splendid spi… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Vasilísa went to bed, and the doll in that night made a splendid spinning stool; and by the end of the winter all the linen had been woven, and it was so fine that it could be drawn like a thread through the eye of a needle. Who acts: Vasilísa, doll, end. A sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. 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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 (Vasilísa, doll, end), 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:pg62509:15:37 # text = Vasilísa went to bed, and the doll in that night made a splendid spinning stool; and by the end of the winter all the linen had been woven, and it was so fine that it could be drawn like a thread through the eye of a needle. 1 Vasilísa Vasilísa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 bed bed NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 doll doll NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 11 det _ _ 11 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 12 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 14 splendid splendid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 15 spinning spinning NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 compound _ _ 16 stool stool NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 19 by by ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 winter winter NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod _ _ 25 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 27 det:predet _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 linen linen NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj:pass _ _ 28 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 29 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 30 aux:pass _ _ 30 woven weave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 33 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 expl _ _ 34 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 cop _ _ 35 so so ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 36 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 conj _ _ 37 that that SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 38 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj:pass _ _ 39 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 40 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 41 aux:pass _ _ 41 drawn draw VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 36 advcl _ _ 42 like like ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 thread thread NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ _ 45 through through ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 eye eye NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ _ 48 of of ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 needle needle NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | Vasilísa | | | bed | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to bed=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **make** | past | the doll in that night | a splendid spinning stool | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material stool=Product | | 3 | **weave** | past · perfect · passive | the end of the winter | all linen | | | | | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Product | | 4 | **is** | past | the end of the winter *not said here* | | | | | fine *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **draw** | could · passive | | linen | | the eye of a needle | | like a thread | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=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 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/15/36/) - next →: [sentence 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/15/38/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/15/)