--- title: So the wise woman saw she must act the mother’s voice, so she ran to… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: So the wise woman saw she must act the mother’s voice, so she ran to the smith and asked him, “Smith, just forge me a thin little voice like the one Iváshechko’s mother has, or I’ll eat you up!” Who acts: wise woman, WOMAN, Smith, thin little voice. 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 (wise woman, WOMAN, Smith, thin little voice), 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:pg62509:36:131 # text = So the wise woman saw she must act the mother’s voice, so she ran to the smith and asked him, “Smith, just forge me a thin little voice like the one Iváshechko’s mother has, or I’ll eat you up!” 1 So so ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 wise wise ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 act act VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 ccomp _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ’s 's PART POS _ 10 case _ _ 12 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 so so ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 15 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 17 to to ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 smith smith NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 22 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 24 “ " PUNCT `` _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 Smith Smith PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 just just ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 28 forge forge VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 ccomp _ _ 29 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 28 obj _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 31 thin thin ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 32 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ _ 34 like like ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 37 nummod _ _ 37 Iváshechko Iváshechko PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ’s 's PART POS _ 37 case _ _ 39 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nmod _ _ 40 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 42 or or CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 43 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ’ll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 45 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 advcl _ _ 46 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 45 obj _ _ 47 up up ADP RP _ 45 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ! ! PUNCT . _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 ” " PUNCT '' _ 28 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past | the wise woman | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **act** | must | WOMAN | the mother's voice | | | | | vn act-114-1-1 «NP V PP.predicate»: agent=Agent voice=Eventuality | | 3 | **run** | past | WOMAN | | | | | to the smith *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to smith=Result | | 4 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | the wise woman *not said here* | | Iváshechko | | | | vn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP that S»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 5 | **forge** *in a quote* | infinitive | Smith | the wise woman *= woman* | | | | | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Product | | 6 | **have** *in a quote* | present | a thin little voice like the one Iváshechko's mother | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **eat up** *in a quote* | future | the wise woman *= woman* | Iváshechko | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Patient | 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/pg62509/36/130/) - next →: [sentence 132](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/36/132/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/36/)