--- title: Then Yagá threw him down an apple: he stretched out his hand, and sh… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Then Yagá threw him down an apple: he stretched out his hand, and she clutched it and leapt over hills, and valleys, and dark forests, so fast that it seemed like a twinkling of an eye, got him into her home, washed him, went out and put him into the bunk. Who acts: Yagá, maiden, it. 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Afanas'ev, Opening, part 27. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Yagá, maiden, it), 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:pg62509:27:148 # text = Then Yagá threw him down an apple: he stretched out his hand, and she clutched it and leapt over hills, and valleys, and dark forests, so fast that it seemed like a twinkling of an eye, got him into her home, washed him, went out and put him into the bunk. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 Yagá Yagá PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 threw throw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 down down ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ 6 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 apple apple NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 : : PUNCT : _ 10 punct _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 stretched stretch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 11 out out ADP RP _ 10 compound:prt _ _ 12 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 16 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 clutched clutch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 18 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obj _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 leapt leapt VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 conj _ _ 21 over over ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 hills hill NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 valleys valley NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 28 dark dark ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 forests forest NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 31 so so ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 32 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 35 advmod _ _ 33 that that SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 34 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 seemed seem VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 36 like like ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 twinkling twinkling NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 eye eye NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 43 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 44 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 obj _ _ 45 into into ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 47 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 49 washed wash VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 50 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 52 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 conj _ _ 53 out out ADV RB _ 52 advmod _ _ 54 and and CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 55 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 52 conj _ _ 56 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 55 obj _ _ 57 into into ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 58 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 59 det _ _ 59 bunk bunk NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 60 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **throw down** | past | Yagá | a apple | maiden | | then | valleys *obl*; dark forests *obl* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Destination apple=Theme | | 2 | **stretch out** | past | maiden | maiden's hand | | | | | vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent hand=Patient | | 3 | **clutch** | past | Yagá | apple | | | | | vn hold-15.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 4 | **leapt** | infinitive | Yagá *not said here* | | | hills | | | tree rules | | 5 | **seem** | past | it | | | | | like a twinkling of a eye; fast *property* | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **get** | past | Yagá *not said here* | maiden | | Yagá's home | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | | 7 | **wash** | past | Yagá *not said here* | maiden | | | | | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | | 8 | **go out** | past | Yagá *not said here* | | | | | out *property* | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **put** | infinitive | Yagá *not said here* | | maiden | the bunk | | | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent he=Goal | 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 147](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/27/147/) - next →: [sentence 149](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/27/149/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/27/)