--- title: When you have burned out the last taper, lie down beside the grave,… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: When you have burned out the last taper, lie down beside the grave, and when the witch rises out of it, go and lie in the grave in her place, and do not let her in until she shall read out the prayers ‘_Maiden Mother of God, rejoice! Who acts: you, witch. 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 (you, witch), 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:pg62509:22:9 # text = When you have burned out the last taper, lie down beside the grave, and when the witch rises out of it, go and lie in the grave in her place, and do not let her in until she shall read out the prayers ‘_Maiden Mother of God, rejoice! 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 burned burn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 advcl _ _ 5 out out ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 taper taper NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 10 lie lie VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 down down ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 12 beside beside ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 grave grave NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 17 when when SCONJ WRB _ 20 mark _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 witch witch NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 20 rises rise VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 advcl _ _ 21 out out ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 25 go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 10 parataxis _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 lie lie VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 25 conj _ _ 28 in in ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 grave grave NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 31 in in ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 36 do do AUX VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 37 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 38 advmod _ _ 38 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 25 parataxis _ _ 39 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ _ 40 in in ADP RP _ 38 compound:prt _ _ 41 until until SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 42 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 43 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 44 read read VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 advcl _ _ 45 out out ADP RP _ 44 compound:prt _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 prayers prayer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 obj _ _ 48 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 51 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 51 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 Maiden maiden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 51 amod _ _ 51 Mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 appos _ _ 52 of of ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 53 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 51 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 54 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 55 rejoice rejoice VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 56 ! ! PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **burn out** | present · perfect · passive | | you | | | | the last taper *obl:unmarked* | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **lie down** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | the grave | | down *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent beside grave=Location | | 3 | **rise** | present | the witch | | | grave | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent out it=Location | | 4 | **go** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **lie** | infinitive | | | | the grave | | in witch's place | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in grave=Location | | 6 | **not** **let in** | infinitive · do-support | | witch | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | | 7 | **read out** | shall | witch | the prayers | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prayer=Topic | | 8 | **rejoice** | present | | | | | | | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | 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. 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