--- title: And they went across thirteen countries, and they then saw a steep m… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: And they went across thirteen countries, and they then saw a steep mountain which they ascended, and there there stood a white stone palace with high walls round and iron columns and gates where they counted forty-one columns. Who acts: brides, steep mountain, iron columns. A sentence of «Russian Fo --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/7/45/) [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 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/7/) / 45 # Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 7, sentence 45 And they went across thirteen countries, and they then saw a steep mountain which they ascended, and there there stood a white stone palace with high walls round and iron columns and gates where they counted forty-one columns. **Who acts:** brides, steep mountain, iron columns · **What happens:** go, see, ascend, stand, count · **To what, where:** thirteen countries, steep mountain, white stone palace, one columns This is a sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. Afanas'ev, Opening, part 7. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (brides, steep mountain, iron columns), 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:pg62509:7:45 # text = And they went across thirteen countries, and they then saw a steep mountain which they ascended, and there there stood a white stone palace with high walls round and iron columns and gates where they counted forty-one columns. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 across across ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 thirteen thirteen NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 6 nummod _ _ 6 countries country NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 9 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 10 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 11 advmod _ _ 11 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 steep steep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 mountain mountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 15 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 17 nsubj _ _ 16 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 ascended ascend VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 20 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 22 expl _ _ 21 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 22 advmod _ _ 22 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 24 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 25 stone stone NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 compound _ _ 26 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 27 with with ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 walls wall NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 nmod _ _ 30 round round ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 32 iron iron NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 compound _ _ 33 columns column NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 nsubj _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 gates gate NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 conj _ _ 36 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 38 advmod _ _ 37 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 counted count VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ _ 39 forty forty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 41 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 40 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 42 nummod _ _ 42 columns column NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | brides *= bride* | thirteen countries | | | | | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location country=Theme | | 2 | **see** | past | brides *= bride* | a steep mountain | | | then | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer mountain=Stimulus | | 3 | **ascend** | past | a steep mountain | | | | | brides *= bride* *nsubj* | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **stand** | past | brides *= bride* *not said here* | a white stone palace | | there; there | | with high walls; round *property* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer palace=Stimulus | | 5 | **count** | past | iron columns and gates | one columns | | | | brides *= bride* *nsubj* | vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent column=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 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/7/44/) - next →: [sentence 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/7/46/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/7/)