--- title: So they set to work: one of them made the sables ready and sewed the… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: So they set to work: one of them made the sables ready and sewed the _shúba_, one of them worked the forge and moulded the buttons, and one of them sewed the buttonholes, and in a minute, wondrously, the _shúba_ was made. Who acts: buttonholes, one. 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 (buttonholes, one), 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:pg62509:4:67 # text = So they set to work: one of them made the sables ready and sewed the _shúba_, one of them worked the forge and moulded the buttons, and one of them sewed the buttonholes, and in a minute, wondrously, the _shúba_ was made. 1 So so ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 set set VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 work work VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 6 : : PUNCT : _ 10 punct _ _ 7 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 10 nsubj _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nmod _ _ 10 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 sables sable AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 13 ready ready ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 xcomp _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 sewed sew VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 shúba shúba NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 21 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 24 nsubj _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nmod _ _ 24 worked work VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 forge forge NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 moulded mould VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 conj _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 buttons button NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 33 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 36 nsubj _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nmod _ _ 36 sewed sew VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 buttonholes buttonhole NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 41 in in ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 minute minute NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 45 wondrously wondrously ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 48 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 49 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 shúba shúba NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 50 _ _ PROPN NNP Number=Sing 49 appos _ _ 51 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 52 aux:pass _ _ 52 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **set** | present | buttonholes *= buttonhole* | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **work** | to-infinitive | buttonholes *= buttonhole* *not said here* | | | | | | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **make** | past | one of buttonholes | | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | | 4 | **is** | present | one of buttonholes *not said here* | | | | | ready *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **sew** | past | one of buttonholes *not said here* | the shúba | | | | | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shúba=Product | | 6 | **work** | past | one of buttonholes | the forge | | | | | vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent forge=Material | | 7 | **mould** | past | one of buttonholes *not said here* | the buttons | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **sew** | past | one of buttonholes | the buttonholes | | | | | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent buttonhole=Product | | 9 | **make** | past · passive | | the shúba | | | minute | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | 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 66](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/4/66/) - next →: [sentence 68](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/4/68/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/4/)