--- title: So they agreed, and the bear ran up to the hut himself and stole the… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: So they agreed, and the bear ran up to the hut himself and stole the child out of the cradle: the child cried, and the woman burst out, hunted him, hunted him, but could not catch him; so they came back, and the mother wept, and the other women were afflicted; from somewhere or other the dog appeare --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/3/69/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Russian Folk-Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/) / [Opening, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/3/) / 69 # Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 3, sentence 69 So they agreed, and the bear ran up to the hut himself and stole the child out of the cradle: the child cried, and the woman burst out, hunted him, hunted him, but could not catch him; so they came back, and the mother wept, and the other women were afflicted; from somewhere or other the dog appeared, and he drove the bear away, took the child and brought it back. **Who acts:** eyes, bear, child, woman, mother, dog · **What happens:** agree, run up, steal, cry, burst out, hunt · **To what, where:** hut, child, cradle, mistress, other women, bear This is a sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. Afanas'ev, Opening, part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (eyes, bear, child, woman), 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:pg62509:3:69 # text = So they agreed, and the bear ran up to the hut himself and stole the child out of the cradle: the child cried, and the woman burst out, hunted him, hunted him, but could not catch him; so they came back, and the mother wept, and the other women were afflicted; from somewhere or other the dog appeared, and he drove the bear away, took the child and brought it back. 1 So so ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 agreed agree VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 bear bear NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 9 up up ADP RP _ 8 compound:prt _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 hut hut NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 13 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Emp|Reflex=Yes 12 nmod:unmarked _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 stole steal VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 18 out out ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 cradle cradle NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 : : PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 25 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 30 burst burst VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 conj _ _ 31 out out ADP RP _ 30 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 33 hunted hunt VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 conj _ _ 34 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 36 hunted hunt VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 conj _ _ 37 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 39 but but CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 40 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 41 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 42 advmod _ _ 42 catch catch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 advcl _ _ 43 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ; ; PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 45 so so ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ _ 46 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 47 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 48 back back ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 50 and and CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 nsubj _ _ 53 wept weep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 54 , , PUNCT , _ 60 punct _ _ 55 and and CCONJ CC _ 60 cc _ _ 56 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 57 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 58 amod _ _ 58 women woman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 60 nsubj:pass _ _ 59 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 60 aux:pass _ _ 60 afflicted afflict VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 53 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 61 ; ; PUNCT : _ 68 punct _ _ 62 from from ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 63 somewhere somewhere ADV RB PronType=Ind 68 advmod _ _ 64 or or CCONJ CC _ 65 cc _ _ 65 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 63 conj _ _ 66 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 67 det _ _ 67 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 68 nsubj _ _ 68 appeared appear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 69 , , PUNCT , _ 72 punct _ _ 70 and and CCONJ CC _ 72 cc _ _ 71 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 72 nsubj _ _ 72 drove drive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 68 advcl _ _ 73 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 74 det _ _ 74 bear bear NOUN NN Number=Sing 72 obj _ _ 75 away away ADV RB _ 72 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 76 , , PUNCT , _ 77 punct _ _ 77 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 68 conj _ _ 78 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 79 det _ _ 79 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 77 obj _ _ 80 and and CCONJ CC _ 81 cc _ _ 81 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 77 conj _ _ 82 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 81 obj _ _ 83 back back ADV RB _ 81 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 84 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **agree** *speech: agree* | past | eyes *= eye* | | | | | | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **run up** | past | the bear | | | the hut mistress | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to hut=Destination | | 3 | **steal** | past | eyes *= eye* *not said here* | the child | | the cradle | | | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent child=Theme out cradle=Source | | 4 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | the child | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **burst out** | past | the woman | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **hunt** | past | the child *not said here* | mistress | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 7 | **hunt** | past | the child *not said here* | mistress | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 8 | **not** **catch** | could | the child *not said here* | mistress | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 9 | **come back** | past | BEAR | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 10 | **weep** | past | the mother | | | | | | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 11 | **afflict** | past · passive | | the other women | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | | 12 | **appear** | past | the dog | | | | | somewhere *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 13 | **drive away** | past | mistress | the bear | | | | away *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bear=Theme | | 14 | **take** | past | the dog *not said here* | | the child | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument child=Destination | | 15 | **bring back** | past | the dog *not said here* | DOG | | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent it=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. 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 68](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/3/68/) - next →: [sentence 70](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/3/70/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/3/)