--- title: So he went on and on, and he lost his way in the slumberous forest,… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: So he went on and on, and he lost his way in the slumberous forest, and he saw a little _izbá_[41] in the forest, and in the _izbá_[41] there lived the Bába Yagá. Who acts: God. 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 (God), 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:pg62509:29:114 # text = So he went on and on, and he lost his way in the slumberous forest, and he saw a little _izbá_[41] in the forest, and in the _izbá_[41] there lived the Bába Yagá. 1 So so ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 on on ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 on on ADV RB _ 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 lost lose VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 11 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 slumberous slumberous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 advmod _ _ 23 _ _ X GW _ 20 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 izbá izbá X NN _ 23 goeswith _ SpaceAfter=No 25 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 41 41 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 27 punct _ _ 29 in in ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 34 in in ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 _ _ PUNCT `` _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 izbá izbá NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 41 41 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 37 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 40 punct _ _ 42 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 43 advmod _ _ 43 lived live VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 45 Bába Bába PROPN NNP Number=Sing 46 compound _ _ 46 Yagá Yagá PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | God | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **lose** | past | God | God's way | | the slumberous forest | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Eventuality | | 3 | **see** | past | God | \_ | | the forest | | 41 *obl* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer \_=Stimulus | | 4 | **live** | past | God *not said here* | the Bába Yagá | | the izbá; there | | | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in izbá=Location | 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 113](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/29/113/) - next →: [sentence 115](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/29/115/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/29/)