--- title: They gave their hats a knowing tilt, whooped and shouted, flew about… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: They gave their hats a knowing tilt, whooped and shouted, flew about, and rushed and galloped abroad on the open fields; and once again Ványa read the prayers; and so, too, on the third night. Who acts: prayers, Ványa. 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 (prayers, Ványa), 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:pg62509:26:115 # text = They gave their hats a knowing tilt, whooped and shouted, flew about, and rushed and galloped abroad on the open fields; and once again Ványa read the prayers; and so, too, on the third night. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 hats hat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 knowing know VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 7 amod _ _ 7 tilt tilt NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 whooped whoop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 shouted shout VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 flew fly VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 14 about about ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 rushed rush VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 galloped gallop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 20 abroad abroad ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 21 on on ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 open open ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 fields field NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ; ; PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 27 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 28 advmod _ _ 28 again again ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 29 Ványa Ványa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 30 read read VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 prayers prayer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ; ; PUNCT : _ 35 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 so so ADV RB _ 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 37 too too ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 39 on on ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 41 third third ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 42 amod _ _ 42 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | past | prayers *= prayer* | prayers's hats | | | | a knowing tilt *obj* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent hat=Recipient tilt=Theme | | 2 | **know** | gerund | | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **whoop** *speech: other* | past | prayers *= prayer* *not said here* | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **shout** *speech: express* | past | prayers *= prayer* *not said here* | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **fly** | past | | | | | | about *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **rush** | past | | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **gallop** | past | | | | the open fields | | abroad *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on field=Trajectory | | 8 | **read** | past | Ványa | the prayers | | | again | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prayer=Topic | 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 114](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/26/114/) - next →: [sentence 116](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/26/116/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/26/)