--- title: So on she went: the pin rolled on, far or near, long or short, it re… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: So on she went: the pin rolled on, far or near, long or short, it reached a steep mountain; and the girl climbed up and heard cries: “Where are you going? Who acts: water, pin, girl, 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 (water, pin, girl, 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:pg62509:32:109 # text = So on she went: the pin rolled on, far or near, long or short, it reached a steep mountain; and the girl climbed up and heard cries: “Where are you going? 1 So so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 on on SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 : : PUNCT : _ 7 punct _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 pin pin NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 rolled roll VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 acl _ _ 9 on on ADP RP _ 8 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 8 advmod _ _ 12 or or CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 near near ADV RB _ 11 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 15 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 16 or or CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 short short ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 reached reach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 steep steep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 mountain mountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ; ; PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 28 climbed climb VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 29 up up ADP RP _ 28 compound:prt _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 conj _ _ 32 cries cry NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 : : PUNCT : _ 38 punct _ _ 34 “ " PUNCT `` _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 Where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 38 advmod _ _ 36 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 37 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 28 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | water | the pin | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **roll on** | participle | | the pin *not said here* | | | | far *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **reach** | past | pin | a steep mountain | | | | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent mountain=Theme | | 4 | **climb up** | past | the girl | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **hear** | past | the girl *not said here* | cries | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer cry=Stimulus | | 6 | **go** *in a quote* | present · progressive | you | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «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. 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 108](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/32/108/) - next →: [sentence 110](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/32/110/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/32/)