--- title: So at last she looked up and saw Iváshechko, and began to gnaw at th… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: So at last she looked up and saw Iváshechko, and began to gnaw at the oak-tree on which he was sitting, and gnawed and gnawed, broke two of her front teeth, and went to the smithy. Who acts: WOMAN, Iváshechko. A sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. Afanas'ev, Opening, part 36, with its dependen --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/36/150/) [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 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/36/) / 150 # Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 36, sentence 150 So at last she looked up and saw Iváshechko, and began to gnaw at the oak-tree on which he was sitting, and gnawed and gnawed, broke two of her front teeth, and went to the smithy. **Who acts:** WOMAN, Iváshechko · **What happens:** look up, see, begin, gnaw, sit, break · **To what, where:** Iváshechko, oak tree, two, smithy This is a sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. Afanas'ev, Opening, part 36. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (WOMAN, Iváshechko), 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:pg62509:36:150 # text = So at last she looked up and saw Iváshechko, and began to gnaw at the oak-tree on which he was sitting, and gnawed and gnawed, broke two of her front teeth, and went to the smithy. 1 So so ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 2 at at ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 obl _ _ 4 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 up up ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 9 Iváshechko Iváshechko PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 gnaw gnaw VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 xcomp _ _ 15 at at ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 17 oak oak NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 18 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 20 on on ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 24 obl _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 23 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 sitting sit VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 19 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 gnawed gnaw VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 conj _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 gnawed gnaw VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 27 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 31 broke break VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 32 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 31 obj _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 34 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 35 front front ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 teeth tooth NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 40 to to ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 smithy smithy NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look up** | past | WOMAN | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 2 | **see** | past | WOMAN *not said here* | Iváshechko | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer iváshechko=Stimulus | | 3 | **begin** | past | | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 4 | **gnaw** | to-infinitive | | | | | | at the oak tree | vn chew-39.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent at tree=Patient | | 5 | **sit** | past · progressive | Iváshechko | | | the oak tree | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on which=Location | | 6 | **gnaw** | participle | | | | | | | vn chew-39.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **gnaw** | participle | | | | | | | vn chew-39.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **break** | past | | two of WOMAN's front teeth | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer two=Patient | | 9 | **go** | past | WOMAN *not said here* | | | the smithy | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to smithy=Initial\_Location | 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 149](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/36/149/) - next →: [sentence 151](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/36/151/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/36/)