--- title: About evening time, the Yagá-Búra came in, went straight to the bunk… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: About evening time, the Yagá-Búra came in, went straight to the bunk and took the roast meat out; ate it all up, collected all the bones, laid them out on the ground in rows, and began to roll on them. Who acts: Yagá Búra. 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 (Yagá 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:pg62509:28:4 # text = About evening time, the Yagá-Búra came in, went straight to the bunk and took the roast meat out; ate it all up, collected all the bones, laid them out on the ground in rows, and began to roll on them. 1 About about ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 evening evening NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 6 Yagá Yagá PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 7 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 Búra Búra PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 in in ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 13 straight straight ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 14 to to ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 bunk bunk NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 roast roast NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 compound _ _ 21 meat meat NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 22 out out ADP RP _ 18 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ; ; PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 24 ate eat VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 25 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ _ 26 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 25 det _ _ 27 up up ADP RP _ 24 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 29 collected collect VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 parataxis _ _ 30 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 32 det:predet _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 bones bone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 34 laid lay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 conj _ _ 35 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obj _ _ 36 out out ADP RP _ 34 compound:prt _ _ 37 on on ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 40 in in ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 rows row NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 45 to to PART TO _ 46 mark _ _ 46 roll roll VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 xcomp _ _ 47 on on ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come in** | past | the Yagá Búra | | | | time | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **go** | past | the Yagá Búra *not said here* | | | the bunk | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to bunk=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **take out** | past | the Yagá Búra *not said here* | the roast meat | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meat=Theme | | 4 | **eat up** | past | | meat | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | | 5 | **collect** | past | | all bones | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bone=Theme | | 6 | **lay out** | past | | bones *= bone* | | the ground | | in rows | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme on ground=Destination | | 7 | **begin** | past | the Yagá Búra *not said here* | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 8 | **roll** | to-infinitive | the Yagá Búra *not said here* | | | | | on rows *= row* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on they=Trajectory | 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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