--- title: Then Donotknow leapt upon the enemies, seized a warlike sword from o… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Then Donotknow leapt upon the enemies, seized a warlike sword from one of them, tore a golden helmet from another of them, and put them on himself; covered his face with the visor, and set to slaying the Arab host. Who acts: you. 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 (you), 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:pg62509:28:114 # text = Then Donotknow leapt upon the enemies, seized a warlike sword from one of them, tore a golden helmet from another of them, and put them on himself; covered his face with the visor, and set to slaying the Arab host. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 2 advmod _ _ 2 Donotknow donotknow VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 leapt leapt NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 4 upon upon ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 enemies enemy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 seized seize VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 warlike warlike ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 12 from from ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 8 obl _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 17 tore tore VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 helmet helmet NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 21 from from ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 20 nmod _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 put put VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 28 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 obj _ _ 29 on on ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ; ; PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 32 covered cover VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ _ 33 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 35 with with ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 visor visor NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 set set VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 41 to to SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 42 slaying slay VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 40 advcl _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 44 Arab Arab ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 host host NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **donotknow** | imperative | you *not said here* | leapt | | | then | upon the enemies | tree rules | | 2 | **seize** | past | you *not said here* | a warlike sword | | | | from one of enemies | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent sword=Theme from one=Source | | 3 | **tore** | past | you *not said here* | a golden helmet | | another of enemies | | | tree rules | | 4 | **put** | infinitive | you *not said here* | enemies *= enemy* | | | | on horse | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme on himself=Destination | | 5 | **cover** | past | you *not said here* | horse's face | | | | with the visor | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent face=Destination with visor=Theme | | 6 | **set** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 7 | **slay** | gerund | you *not said here* | the Arab host | | | | | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent host=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. 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