--- title: But little Chufíl was not frightened, and when the Yagá-Búra, gnashi… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: But little Chufíl was not frightened, and when the Yagá-Búra, gnashing her teeth, stamping on the ground, had got up to the ceiling, he just got hold of the pestle and with all his might struck her on the forehead, and down she flopped. Who acts: Yagá Búra, Chufíl, Búra. 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N. Afanas'ev, Opening, part 28. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Yagá Búra, Chufíl, Búra), 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:pg62509:28:10 # text = But little Chufíl was not frightened, and when the Yagá-Búra, gnashing her teeth, stamping on the ground, had got up to the ceiling, he just got hold of the pestle and with all his might struck her on the forehead, and down she flopped. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 2 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 Chufíl Chufíl PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux:pass _ _ 5 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 6 frightened frighten VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 9 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 15 advmod _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 11 Yagá Yagá PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 12 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 Búra Búra PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 15 gnashing gnash VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 advcl _ _ 16 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 teeth tooth NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 19 stamping stamp VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 15 conj _ _ 20 on on ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 got get VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 6 conj _ _ 26 up up ADP RP _ 25 compound:prt _ _ 27 to to ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 ceiling ceiling NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 32 just just ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 33 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 34 hold hold NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 pestle pestle NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nmod _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 39 with with SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 40 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 43 det:predet _ _ 41 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 42 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 43 struck strike VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 conj _ _ 44 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 obj _ _ 45 on on ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 forehead forehead NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 50 down down ADV RB _ 52 advmod _ _ 51 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj _ _ 52 flopped flop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **frighten** | past · passive | | little Chufíl | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | | 2 | **gnash** | gerund | the Yagá Búra | Búra's teeth | | | | | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tooth=Patient | | 3 | **stamp** | gerund | the Yagá Búra *not said here* | | | the ground | | | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme PP.destination»: agent=Agent on ground=Destination | | 4 | **get up** | past · perfect | | | | | | to the ceiling *result* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to ceiling=Result | | 5 | **get** | past | Chufíl | hold of the pestle | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer hold=Stimulus | | 6 | **strike** | might | Chufíl *not said here* | Búra | | | | on the forehead; Chufíl *nmod:poss* | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent she=Instrument on forehead=Patient | | 7 | **flop** | past | Búra | | | | | down *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **hold** | | | the pestle | | | | | nom hold «act transitive»: of=patient | 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 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/28/9/) - next →: [sentence 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/28/11/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/28/)