--- title: At Zubtsov she overtook the Vazúza, and looked so threatening that t… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: At Zubtsov she overtook the Vazúza, and looked so threatening that the Vazúza was frightened, and owned she was the younger daughter, and begged the Vólga to take her in her arms into the Sea of Khvalýnsk. Who acts: VÓLGA. A sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. 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Afanas'ev, Opening, part 33. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (VÓLGA), 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:pg62509:33:121 # text = At Zubtsov she overtook the Vazúza, and looked so threatening that the Vazúza was frightened, and owned she was the younger daughter, and begged the Vólga to take her in her arms into the Sea of Khvalýnsk. 1 At at ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 Zubtsov Zubtsov PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 overtook overtake VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 Vazúza Vazúza PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 10 so so ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 threatening threaten VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 9 xcomp _ _ 12 that that SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 Vazúza Vazúza PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 nsubj:pass _ _ 15 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux:pass _ _ 16 frightened frighten VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 owned own VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 20 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 21 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 cop _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 younger young ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 24 amod _ _ 24 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 begged beg VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 Vólga Vólga PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 30 to to PART TO _ 31 mark _ _ 31 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 ccomp _ _ 32 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ _ 33 in in ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 arms arm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obl _ _ 36 into into ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 Sea Sea PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 Khvalýnsk Khvalýnsk PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **overtake** | past | VÓLGA *= vólga* | the Vazúza | | Zubtsov | | | tree rules | | 2 | **look** | past | | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **threaten** | gerund | | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **frighten** | past · passive | | the Vazúza | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | | 5 | **own** | past | | | | | | | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot | | 6 | **is a** | past | VÓLGA *= vólga* | the younger daughter | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **beg** *speech: request* | past | VÓLGA *= vólga* *not said here* | | the Vólga | | | | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent vólga=Recipient clause=Topic | | 8 | **take** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | VÓLGA *= vólga* | | VÓLGA's arms | | into the Sea of Khvalýnsk | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme into sea=Destination | 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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