--- title: She wandered about with her sisters, plucked the strawberries, and s… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: She wandered about with her sisters, plucked the strawberries, and saw a spade lying on the grass; then the other sisters took the spade and began beating the Fool with it, slew the Fool, buried her under a silver birch, and came back to their father late at night, saying, “The Little Fool ran away --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/5/129/) [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/) / 129 # Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 5, sentence 129 She wandered about with her sisters, plucked the strawberries, and saw a spade lying on the grass; then the other sisters took the spade and began beating the Fool with it, slew the Fool, buried her under a silver birch, and came back to their father late at night, saying, “The Little Fool ran away from us, we could not find her, we went all over the wood searching for her. **Who acts:** transparency, spade, other sisters, Little Fool, we · **What happens:** wander, pluck, see, lie, take, begin · **To what, where:** strawberries, spade, grass, Fool, transparency, silver birch · **Speech:** someone speaks here 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 (transparency, spade, other sisters, Little Fool), 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:pg62509:5:131 # text = She wandered about with her sisters, plucked the strawberries, and saw a spade lying on the grass; then the other sisters took the spade and began beating the Fool with it, slew the Fool, buried her under a silver birch, and came back to their father late at night, saying, “The Little Fool ran away from us, we could not find her, we went all over the wood searching for her. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 wandered wander VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 about about ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 with with ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 sisters sister NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 plucked pluck VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 strawberries strawberry NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 spade spade NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 16 lying lie VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 15 acl _ _ 17 on on ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 grass grass NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ; ; PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 21 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 25 advmod _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 sisters sister NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 nsubj _ _ 25 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 spade spade NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 conj _ _ 30 beating beat VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 29 xcomp _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 Fool fool NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 33 with with ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 36 slew slay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 conj _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 Fool fool NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 40 buried bury VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 conj _ _ 41 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 obj _ _ 42 under under ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 43 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 44 silver silver ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 birch birch NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 48 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 conj _ _ 49 back back ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ _ 50 to to ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 52 nmod:poss _ _ 52 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl _ _ 53 late late ADV RB Degree=Pos 52 advmod _ _ 54 at at ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 55 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 56 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 57 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 48 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 58 , , PUNCT , _ 63 punct _ _ 59 “ " PUNCT `` _ 63 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 60 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 62 det _ _ 61 Little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 62 amod _ _ 62 Fool Fool PROPN NNP Number=Sing 63 nsubj _ _ 63 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 57 ccomp _ _ 64 away away ADV RB _ 63 advmod _ _ 65 from from ADP IN _ 66 case _ _ 66 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 63 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 67 , , PUNCT , _ 71 punct _ _ 68 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 71 nsubj _ _ 69 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 71 aux _ _ 70 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 71 advmod _ _ 71 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 parataxis _ _ 72 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 71 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 73 , , PUNCT , _ 75 punct _ _ 74 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 75 nsubj _ _ 75 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 71 conj _ _ 76 all all ADV RB _ 79 advmod _ _ 77 over over ADP IN _ 79 case _ _ 78 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 79 det _ _ 79 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 75 obl _ _ 80 searching search VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 75 advcl _ _ 81 for for ADP IN _ 82 case _ _ 82 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 80 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 83 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wander** | past | transparency | | | | | with transparency's sisters; about *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **pluck** | past | transparency *not said here* | the strawberries | | | | | vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent strawberry=Patient | | 3 | **see** | past | | a spade | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer spade=Stimulus | | 4 | **lie** | gerund | a spade *not said here* | | | the grass | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on grass=Location | | 5 | **take** | past | the other sisters | the spade | | | then | | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent spade=Theme clause=Attribute | | 6 | **begin** | past | the other sisters *not said here* | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 7 | **beat** | gerund | the other sisters *not said here* | the Fool | | | | with spade | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent fool=Patient with it=Instrument | | 8 | **slay** | past | the other sisters *not said here* | the Fool | | | | | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fool=Patient | | 9 | **bury** | past | the other sisters *not said here* | transparency | | a silver birch | | | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme under birch=Destination | | 10 | **come back** | past | the other sisters *not said here* | | | | night | to sisters's father | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to father=Initial\_Location | | 11 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | the other sisters *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 12 | **run away** *in a quote* | past | the Little Fool | | | | | from us; away *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from we=Trajectory | | 13 | **not** **find** *in a quote* | could | we | transparency | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Topic | | 14 | **go** *in a quote* | past | we | | | the wood | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme over wood=Initial\_Location | | 15 | **search** *in a quote* | gerund | we *not said here* | | | | | for transparency | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.theme NP.location»: agent=Agent for she=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 128](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/5/128/) - next →: [sentence 130](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/5/130/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/5/)