--- title: Well, he went on, and he heard Mass, and went on and on; and suddenl… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Well, he went on, and he heard Mass, and went on and on; and suddenly, from somewhere or other, there stood in front of him a fine youth who bowed down to him and said: “Thank you, Petrúsha, for your good word.” Who acts: devil, fine youth, your. 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 (devil, fine youth, your), 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:pg62509:5:16 # text = Well, he went on, and he heard Mass, and went on and on; and suddenly, from somewhere or other, there stood in front of him a fine youth who bowed down to him and said: “Thank you, Petrúsha, for your good word.” 1 Well well INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|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 on on ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 10 Mass Mass PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 14 on on ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 on on ADV RB _ 14 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 19 suddenly suddenly ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 from from ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 somewhere somewhere ADV RB PronType=Ind 27 advmod _ _ 23 or or CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 27 expl _ _ 27 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 28 in in ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 front front NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nmod _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 youth youth NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 35 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 36 nsubj _ _ 36 bowed bow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 acl:relcl _ _ 37 down down ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 38 to to ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obl _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 : : PUNCT : _ 44 punct _ _ 43 “ " PUNCT `` _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 Thank thank VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 ccomp _ _ 45 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 44 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 47 Petrúsha Petrúsha PROPN NNP Number=Sing 44 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 49 for for ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 50 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 52 nmod:poss _ _ 51 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 amod _ _ 52 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 54 ” " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go on** | past | devil | | | | | | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **hear** | past | devil | Mass | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer mass=Stimulus | | 3 | **go** | past | devil *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **stand** | past | devil *not said here* | a fine youth | | front of devil; there | | somewhere *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in front=Location | | 5 | **bow down** | past | a fine youth | | devil | | | down *property* | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.pivot»: agent=Agent to he=Pivot | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | devil *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **thank** *speech: thank* *in a quote* | present | | | you | | | for your good word; Petrúsha *vocative* | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent you=Theme for word=Attribute | | 8 | **word** *in a quote* | | your | | | | | | nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent | 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. 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