--- title: Next day Petrúsha went to pay a visit to the Devil—went on and went… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Next day Petrúsha went to pay a visit to the Devil—went on and went on for three whole days; and he got into a deep wood—into the dreary and darksome forest where he could not see the sky. Who acts: Petrúsha. A sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. Afanas'ev, Opening, part 5, with its dependency --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/5/23/) [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/) / 23 # Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 5, sentence 23 Next day Petrúsha went to pay a visit to the Devil—went on and went on for three whole days; and he got into a deep wood—into the dreary and darksome forest where he could not see the sky. **Who acts:** Petrúsha · **What happens:** go, pay, go on, get, not see · **To what, where:** visit, deep wood, sky 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 (Petrúsha), 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:pg62509:5:24 # text = Next day Petrúsha went to pay a visit to the Devil—went on and went on for three whole days; and he got into a deep wood—into the dreary and darksome forest where he could not see the sky. 1 Next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl:unmarked _ _ 3 Petrúsha Petrúsha PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 pay pay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 visit visit NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 Devil Devil PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 — - PUNCT : _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 14 on on ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 17 on on ADP RP _ 16 compound:prt _ _ 18 for for ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 19 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 21 nummod _ _ 20 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ; ; PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 26 into into ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 deep deep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 — - PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 into into ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 33 dreary dreary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 darksome darksome ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 conj _ _ 36 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 37 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 41 advmod _ _ 38 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 39 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 40 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 41 advmod _ _ 41 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 acl:relcl _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 sky sky NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | Petrúsha | | | | day | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **pay** | to-infinitive | Petrúsha *not said here* | a visit | | | | to the Devil | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent visit=Asset | | 3 | **go on** | past | | | | | | | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **go on** | past | | | | | day | | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **get** | past | Petrúsha | | | a deep wood | | into the dreary forest | vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme into wood=Initial\_Location into forest=Destination | | 6 | **not** **see** | could | Petrúsha | the sky | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sky=Stimulus | 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 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/5/22/) - next →: [sentence 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/5/24/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/5/)