--- title: When he got drunk and fell into the water, the devils instantly got… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: When he got drunk and fell into the water, the devils instantly got hold of him, turned him into a horse, and now he serves as the beast of burden to carry their wood and water for them.” Who acts: horse, devils. A sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. Afanas'ev, Opening, part 5, with its depend --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/5/32/) [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/) / 32 # Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 5, sentence 32 When he got drunk and fell into the water, the devils instantly got hold of him, turned him into a horse, and now he serves as the beast of burden to carry their wood and water for them.” **Who acts:** horse, devils · **What happens:** get, fall, turn, serve, carry, hold · **To what, where:** water, hold, horse, wood 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 (horse, devils), 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:pg62509:5:33 # text = When he got drunk and fell into the water, the devils instantly got hold of him, turned him into a horse, and now he serves as the beast of burden to carry their wood and water for them.” 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 advcl _ _ 4 drunk drunk ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 xcomp _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 7 into into ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 devils devil NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 nsubj _ _ 13 instantly instantly ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 14 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 15 hold hold NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 19 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 20 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ _ 21 into into ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 26 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 28 advmod _ _ 27 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 serves serve VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 29 as as ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 beast beast NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 burden burden NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 35 carry carry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 advcl _ _ 36 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 conj _ _ 40 for for ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ” " PUNCT '' _ 28 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | past | horse | | | | | drunk *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **fall** | past | horse *not said here* | | | | | into the water *result* | vn become-109.1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient into water=Result | | 3 | **get** | past | the devils | hold of horse | | | | instantly *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer hold=Stimulus | | 4 | **turn** | past | the devils *not said here* | horse | | | | into a horse *result* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent he=Theme into horse=Result | | 5 | **serve** | present | horse | | | | now | as the beast of burden | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as beast=Attribute | | 6 | **carry** | to-infinitive | horse *not said here* | reward's wood and water | | | | for reward | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wood=Theme | | 7 | **hold** | | | horse | | | | | nom hold «act transitive»: of=patient | 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 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/5/31/) - next →: [sentence 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/5/33/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/5/)