--- title: Then the maiden woke up, and the skin of age-long filth had been bro… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Then the maiden woke up, and the skin of age-long filth had been broken; she went and traded with the five hundred roubles, came to the Holy Mountains, and presented herself there in all her maiden beauty. Who acts: maiden. 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 (maiden), 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:pg62509:40:135 # text = Then the maiden woke up, and the skin of age-long filth had been broken; she went and traded with the five hundred roubles, came to the Holy Mountains, and presented herself there in all her maiden beauty. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 maiden maiden NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 woke wake VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 up up ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 skin skin NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj:pass _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 11 age age NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 12 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 filth filth NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ 15 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 16 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 17 aux:pass _ _ 17 broken break VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ; ; PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 19 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 traded trade VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 23 with with ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 25 five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 26 compound _ _ 26 hundred hundred NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 27 nummod _ _ 27 roubles rouble NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 29 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 30 to to ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 Holy Holy PROPN NNP _ 33 compound _ _ 33 Mountains Mountain PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 presented present VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 37 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 36 obj _ _ 38 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 36 advmod _ _ 39 in in ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 40 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 43 det:predet _ _ 41 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 42 maiden maiden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 beauty beauty NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wake up** | past | the maiden | | | | then | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **break** | past · perfect · passive | | the skin of long filth | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 3 | **go** | past | maiden | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **trade** | past | maiden *not said here* | | | | | with the hundred roubles | vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with rouble=Co-Agent | | 5 | **come** | past | maiden *not said here* | | | the Holy Mountains | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to mountain=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **present** | past | the maiden *not said here* | maiden | | maiden's maiden beauty; there | | | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent herself=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 134](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/40/134/) - next →: [sentence 136](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/40/136/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/40/)