--- title: But this is the way out: I will send an arrow in this direction, and… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: But this is the way out: I will send an arrow in this direction, and you all run after it; he who reaches it first shall have the barrel, and the second shall have the flying carpet, and the third shall have the whip.” Who acts: this, I, you, God. 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 (this, I, you, God), 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:pg62509:8:28 # text = But this is the way out: I will send an arrow in this direction, and you all run after it; he who reaches it first shall have the barrel, and the second shall have the flying carpet, and the third shall have the whip.” 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 5 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 6 out out ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 : : PUNCT : _ 10 punct _ _ 8 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 send send VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 parataxis _ _ 11 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 arrow arrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 15 det _ _ 15 direction direction NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 18 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 19 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 18 nmod:unmarked _ _ 20 run run VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 parataxis _ _ 21 after after ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ; ; PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 25 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 26 nsubj _ _ 26 reaches reach VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 27 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ _ 28 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 26 advmod _ _ 29 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 barrel barrel NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 second second ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 38 nsubj _ _ 37 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 conj _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 flying fly VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 41 amod _ _ 41 carpet carpet NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 third third ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 47 nsubj _ _ 46 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 47 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 conj _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 whip whip NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 ” " PUNCT '' _ 30 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | this | the way | | | | out *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **send** | future | I | a arrow | | this direction | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent arrow=Theme in direction=Destination | | 3 | **run** | present | you | | | | after way | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **reach** | present | God | way | | | | first *property* | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 5 | **have** | shall | the way | the barrel | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent barrel=Patient | | 6 | **have** | shall | the second | the flying carpet | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent carpet=Patient | | 7 | **fly** | gerund | | | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **have** | shall | the third | the whip | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent whip=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 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/8/27/) - next →: [sentence 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/8/29/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/8/)