--- title: He wouldn't come to us when we were poor and he was rich, because th… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: He wouldn't come to us when we were poor and he was rich, because then he was ashamed to say that I was his brother, but now even he hasn't got so much as we have." Who acts: God, we, I. 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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 (God, we, I), 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:pg29672:3:155 # text = He wouldn't come to us when we were poor and he was rich, because then he was ashamed to say that I was his brother, but now even he hasn't got so much as we have." 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 3 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ _ 7 when when SCONJ WRB _ 10 mark _ _ 8 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 10 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 advcl _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 13 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 14 rich rich ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 16 because because SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 17 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 20 advmod _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 19 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 cop _ _ 20 ashamed ashamed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 parataxis _ _ 21 to to PART TO _ 22 mark _ _ 22 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 xcomp _ _ 23 that that SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 24 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 25 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 cop _ _ 26 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 29 but but CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 30 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 35 advmod _ _ 31 even even ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 33 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 34 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 35 advmod _ _ 35 got get VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 20 parataxis _ _ 36 so so ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 37 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 obj _ _ 38 as as SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 39 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **come** | would | God | | us | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to we=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **is** | past | we | | | | | poor *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **is** | past | God | | | | | rich *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **is** | past | God | | | | then | ashamed *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | God *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **is a** | past | I | God's brother | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **not** **get** | present · perfect | God | much | | | now | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer much=Stimulus | | 8 | **have** | present | we | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | 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 154](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/3/154/) - next →: [sentence 156](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/3/156/) - ↑ back to [The Story of the Wind](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/3/)