--- title: All of a sudden, Heaven knows where from, who should come but the Ya… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: All of a sudden, Heaven knows where from, who should come but the Yagá-Búra,[39] with an iron mortar, and a pestle in her hand; she leaped up to the apple-tree, and said, “How are you, Fílyushka? Who acts: sudden Heaven, Heaven. 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 (sudden Heaven, Heaven), 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:pg62509:27:125 # text = All of a sudden, Heaven knows where from, who should come but the Yagá-Búra,[39] with an iron mortar, and a pestle in her hand; she leaped up to the apple-tree, and said, “How are you, Fílyushka? 1 All all DET DT PronType=Tot 6 det _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 4 sudden sudden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 Heaven Heaven PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 knows know VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 13 advmod _ _ 9 from from SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 13 nsubj _ _ 12 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 ccomp _ _ 14 but but CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 16 Yagá Yagá PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 17 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 Búra Búra PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 39 39 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 18 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 21 punct _ _ 23 with with ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 24 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 iron iron NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 compound _ _ 26 mortar mortar NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 pestle pestle NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 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 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 ; ; PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 leaped leap VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 37 up up ADP RP _ 36 compound:prt _ _ 38 to to ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 40 apple apple NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 41 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 45 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 47 “ " PUNCT `` _ 50 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 How how ADV WRB PronType=Int 50 advmod _ _ 49 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 50 cop _ _ 50 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 45 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 52 Fílyushka Fílyushka PROPN NNP Number=Sing 50 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 53 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | present | all sudden Heaven | a pestle in Heaven's hand | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **come** | should | | the Yagá Búra | | | | with a iron mortar; who *nsubj* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **leap up** | past | Heaven | | | the apple tree | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to tree=Destination | | 4 | **say** *speech: ask* | past | Heaven *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | | you | | | | Fílyushka *conj* | tree rules | 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 124](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/27/124/) - next →: [sentence 126](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/27/126/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/27/)