--- title: As he was going on his way, in front of him there was a woman crawli… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: As he was going on his way, in front of him there was a woman crawling along, going slowly, slowly, stumbling on the reeds, and scolding hard: “What the devil knocks you against me!” Who acts: father, woman, devil. A sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. Afanas'ev, Opening, part 5, with its depe --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/5/10/) [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 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/5/) / 10 # Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 5, sentence 10 As he was going on his way, in front of him there was a woman crawling along, going slowly, slowly, stumbling on the reeds, and scolding hard: “What the devil knocks you against me!” **Who acts:** father, woman, devil · **What happens:** go, be, crawl, stumble, scold, knock · **To what, where:** way, reeds, you This is a sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. Afanas'ev, Opening, part 5. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (father, woman, devil), 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:pg62509:5:11 # text = As he was going on his way, in front of him there was a woman crawling along, going slowly, slowly, stumbling on the reeds, and scolding hard: “What the devil knocks you against me!” 1 As as SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 31 advcl _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 front front NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nmod _ _ 13 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 14 expl _ _ 14 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 17 crawling crawl VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 16 acl _ _ 18 along along ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 20 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 17 conj _ _ 21 slowly slowly ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 23 slowly slowly ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 25 stumbling stumble VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 17 conj _ _ 26 on on ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 reeds reed NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 scolding scold VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 32 hard hard ADV RB Degree=Pos 31 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 : : PUNCT : _ 38 punct _ _ 34 “ " PUNCT `` _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 38 obj _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 devil devil NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 38 knocks knock VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 conj _ _ 39 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ _ 40 against against ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ! ! PUNCT . _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ” " PUNCT '' _ 31 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past · progressive | father | | | father's way | | in front of God | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on way=Location | | 2 | **be** | past | a woman | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **crawl** | gerund | a woman *not said here* | | | | | along *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **go** | gerund | a woman *not said here* | | | | | slowly *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **stumble** | gerund | a woman *not said here* | | | the reeds | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on reed=Trajectory | | 6 | **scold** | gerund | | | | | | hard *property* | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **knock** *in a quote* | present | the devil | you | | | | against road; What *obj* | tree rules | 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 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/5/9/) - next →: [sentence 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/5/11/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/5/)