--- title: Then he got up, flew like a youth, struck off the knight’s head, sei… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Then he got up, flew like a youth, struck off the knight’s head, seized him, and threw him over, saying, “This is how all of your heads shall fly.” Who acts: knight, youth, This, all. 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 (knight, youth, This, all), 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:pg62509:29:5 # text = Then he got up, flew like a youth, struck off the knight’s head, seized him, and threw him over, saying, “This is how all of your heads shall fly.” 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 up up ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 flew fly VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 7 like like ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 youth youth NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 struck strike VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 acl _ _ 12 off off ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 knight knight NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ’s 's PART POS _ 14 case _ _ 16 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 18 seized seize VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 19 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 threw throw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 23 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obj _ _ 24 over over ADP RP _ 22 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 26 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 28 “ " PUNCT `` _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 This this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 31 nsubj _ _ 30 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 cop _ _ 31 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 37 advmod _ _ 32 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 37 nsubj _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 heads head NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 nmod _ _ 36 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 fly fly VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 38 . . PUNCT . _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ” " PUNCT '' _ 37 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get up** | past | knight | | | | then | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **fly** | past | knight *not said here* | | | | | like a youth | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **strike off** | participle | a youth *not said here* | the knight's head | | | | | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Patient | | 4 | **seize** | past | knight *not said here* | knight | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 5 | **throw over** | past | knight *not said here* | knight | | | | | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | knight *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **is** *in a quote* | present | This | | | | | how *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **fly** *in a quote* | shall | all of your heads | | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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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