--- title: But the rich man dug a deep trench in the poor man's part of the fie… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: But the rich man dug a deep trench in the poor man's part of the field and placed his son in it, and said to him, "Look now, my son; when I come hither to-morrow morning and ask whose field this is, say that it is not the poor man's, but the rich man's." Who acts: rich man, this, field. 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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 (rich man, this, field), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Parsed by Mova, not checked by a teacher.** This tree is Mova's own parse (the `en` model, on the CPU, when the site is built); it may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg29672:21:6 # text = But the rich man dug a deep trench in the poor man's part of the field and placed his son in it, and said to him, "Look now, my son; when I come hither to-morrow morning and ask whose field this is, say that it is not the poor man's, but the rich man's." 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 rich rich ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 dug dig VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 deep deep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 trench trench NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 13 's 's PART POS _ 12 case _ _ 14 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 field field NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 placed place VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 20 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 22 in in ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 27 to to ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 " " PUNCT `` _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 Look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 ccomp _ _ 32 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 31 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ; ; PUNCT : _ 39 punct _ _ 37 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 39 advmod _ _ 38 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 come come VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 40 hither hither ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 41 to to ADP IN _ 44 case _ SpaceAfter=No 42 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 morrow morrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 compound _ _ 44 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 46 ask ask VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 39 conj _ _ 47 whose whose PRON WP$ Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel 48 nmod:poss _ _ 48 field field NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obj _ _ 49 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 50 nsubj _ _ 50 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 48 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 52 say say VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 46 conj _ _ 53 that that SCONJ IN _ 59 mark _ _ 54 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 59 nsubj _ _ 55 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 59 cop _ _ 56 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 59 advmod _ _ 57 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 59 det _ _ 58 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 59 amod _ _ 59 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 60 's 's PART POS _ 59 case _ SpaceAfter=No 61 , , PUNCT , _ 65 punct _ _ 62 but but CCONJ CC _ 65 cc _ _ 63 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 65 det _ _ 64 rich rich ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 65 amod _ _ 65 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 66 's 's PART POS _ 65 case _ SpaceAfter=No 67 . . PUNCT . _ 65 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 68 " " PUNCT '' _ 65 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **dig** | past | the rich man | a deep trench | | the poor man's part of the field | | 's the rich man | tree rules | | 2 | **place** | past | the rich man *not said here* | God's son | | field | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent son=Theme in it=Destination | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the rich man *not said here* | | God | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 4 | **look** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | now | my son *vocative* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 5 | **come** *in a quote* | present | the rich man *= man* | | | | morning | hither *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **ask** *speech: ask* *in a quote* | infinitive | the rich man *= man* *not said here* | field | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent field=Recipient | | 7 | **be** *in a quote* | present | this | field *not said here* | | | | | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot field=Theme | | 8 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | infinitive | the rich man *= man* *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **not** **is** *in a quote* | present | field | | | | | 's the poor man | tree rules | 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:** «Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales», Project Gutenberg book 29672 (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 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/21/5/) - next →: [sentence 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/21/7/) - ↑ back to [The Origin of the Mole](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/21/)