Polite form of verbs without ます?


I read a small story with this sentence:

> お城から豆の木まで **走り** 、豆の木を **滑って** 家に帰りました。

The way I understand it, 走り is the noun form of the verb (polite form without
masu) and is used in this phrase just like the て form to give sequential
actions. This means that if we replace 走り with 走って, the sentence would be the
same. Can someone confirm if I'm correct?

What are the other uses of this form? Can you do this with any verbs?




As suggested in the comments by someone, the different uses of this form is
explained in detail in this post:

  * [Continuative form](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/65936/do-i-have-a-good-grasp-on-the-basics-of-what-the-continuative-form-is/65953#65953)

As for the difference between the two connections:

  * [Connecting phrases with the stem of masu form](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/6412/connecting-phrases-with-the-stem-of-masu-form) (this one proves to be incorrect)
  * [て versus combining-form for joining clauses](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/23789/%E3%81%A6-versus-combining-form-for-joining-clauses)

To summarize, some people suggest that the main difference is that て implies
temporal order while the stem doesn't. This doesn't seem to be entirely true,
according to this [study](http://hasegawa.berkeley.edu/Papers/TE.pdf):

> "Through the use of TE-linkage, the speaker presents the two situations as
> being related in some principled way - e.g. causation, intention of a single
> individual, or reason for an action - so that the presented situations are
> viewed as NONINCIDENTAL.".

In the end, it seems the main difference between the two ways to link is
simply a matter of formality. As described by someone else in the third link:
"The conjunctive form (aka pre-ます form) sounds more
dry/learned/erudite/scholarly/formal."




As suggested in the comments by someone, the different uses of this form is
explained in detail in this post:

  * [Continuative form](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/65936/do-i-have-a-good-grasp-on-the-basics-of-what-the-continuative-form-is/65953#65953)

As for the difference between the two connections:

  * [Connecting phrases with the stem of masu form](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/6412/connecting-phrases-with-the-stem-of-masu-form) (this one proves to be incorrect)
  * [て versus combining-form for joining clauses](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/23789/%E3%81%A6-versus-combining-form-for-joining-clauses)

To summarize, some people suggest that the main difference is that て implies
temporal order while the stem doesn't. This doesn't seem to be entirely true,
according to this [study](http://hasegawa.berkeley.edu/Papers/TE.pdf):

> "Through the use of TE-linkage, the speaker presents the two situations as
> being related in some principled way - e.g. causation, intention of a single
> individual, or reason for an action - so that the presented situations are
> viewed as NONINCIDENTAL.".

In the end, it seems the main difference between the two ways to link is
simply a matter of formality. As described by someone else in the third link:
"The conjunctive form (aka pre-ます form) sounds more
dry/learned/erudite/scholarly/formal."

