--- title: So back she went and gnawed away at the tree, and as soon as she had… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: So back she went and gnawed away at the tree, and as soon as she had gnawed it through Iváshechko just jumped on to the next oak-tree, whilst the one the witch had gnawed through fell down. Who acts: smith. A sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. Afanas'ev, Opening, part 36, with its dependency --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/36/154/) [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/) / 154 # Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 36, sentence 154 So back she went and gnawed away at the tree, and as soon as she had gnawed it through Iváshechko just jumped on to the next oak-tree, whilst the one the witch had gnawed through fell down. **Who acts:** smith · **What happens:** go, gnaw away, gnaw, jump on, fall down · **To what, where:** tree, Iváshechko, witch 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 (smith), 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:pg62509:36:154 # text = So back she went and gnawed away at the tree, and as soon as she had gnawed it through Iváshechko just jumped on to the next oak-tree, whilst the one the witch had gnawed through fell down. 1 So so ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 back back ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 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 _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 gnawed gnaw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 7 away away ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 8 at at ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 13 as as ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 14 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 23 advmod _ _ 15 as as SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 16 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 17 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 gnawed gnaw VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 23 advcl _ _ 19 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obj _ _ 20 through through ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 Iváshechko Iváshechko PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 22 just just ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 23 jumped jump VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 24 on on ADP RP _ 23 compound:prt _ _ 25 to to ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 27 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 28 oak oak NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 29 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 32 whilst whilst SCONJ IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 witch witch NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nsubj:pass _ _ 37 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 gnawed gnaw VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 23 parataxis _ _ 39 through through ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 conj _ _ 41 down down ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | smith | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **gnaw away** | past | smith *not said here* | | | | | at the tree; away *property* | vn chew-39.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent at tree=Patient | | 3 | **gnaw** | past · perfect | smith | tree | | Iváshechko | | | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | | 4 | **jump on** | past | smith *not said here* | | | | | to the next oak tree *result*; soon *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to tree=Result | | 5 | **gnaw** | past · perfect · passive | | the witch | | | | whilst the one | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 6 | **fall down** | past | | | | | | down *property* | vn occur-48.3 «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 153](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/36/153/) - next →: [sentence 155](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/36/155/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/36/)