--- title: So he ran up and broke it off, and as soon as he had done it, in tha… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: So he ran up and broke it off, and as soon as he had done it, in that very instant a boisterous wind arose and thunder thundered, and a fearful monster stood in front of him, a formless, winged snake with three heads. Who acts: merchant, boisterous wind, thunder, fearful monster. 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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 (merchant, boisterous wind, thunder, fearful monster), 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:pg62509:33:131 # text = So he ran up and broke it off, and as soon as he had done it, in that very instant a boisterous wind arose and thunder thundered, and a fearful monster stood in front of him, a formless, winged snake with three heads. 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 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 up up ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 broke break VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ 8 off off ADP RP _ 6 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 11 as as ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 12 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 16 advmod _ _ 13 as as SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 15 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 parataxis _ _ 17 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 19 in in ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 20 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 22 nsubj _ _ 21 very very ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 22 instant instant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 parataxis _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 boisterous boisterous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 wind wind NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 26 arose arise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 parataxis _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 28 thunder thunder NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 29 thundered thunder VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 fearful fearful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 monster monster NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ _ 35 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 36 in in ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 front front NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 41 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 42 formless formless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 44 winged wing VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 45 amod _ _ 45 snake snake NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 46 with with ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 48 nummod _ _ 48 heads head NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **run up** | past | merchant | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **break off** | past | merchant *not said here* | walk | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Patient | | 3 | **do** | past · perfect | merchant | walk | | | | soon *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality | | 4 | **arise** | past | a boisterous wind | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **thunder** | past | thunder | | | | | | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **stand** | past | a fearful monster | a formless winged snake with three heads | | front of merchant | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in front=Location | | 7 | **wing** | participle | | | | | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | 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 130](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/33/130/) - next →: [sentence 132](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/33/132/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/33/)