--- title: And, as he went along, he thought: “Lord! here am I; I have served m… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: And, as he went along, he thought: “Lord! here am I; I have served my Tsar for twenty-five years, have received my food and dress, and what have I lived for after all? Who acts: end. 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 (end), 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:pg62509:12:106 # text = And, as he went along, he thought: “Lord! here am I; I have served my Tsar for twenty-five years, have received my food and dress, and what have I lived for after all? 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 as as SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 advcl _ _ 6 along along ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 10 : : PUNCT : _ 12 punct _ _ 11 “ " PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 Lord Lord PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ! ! PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ 14 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 12 advmod _ _ 15 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 16 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 12 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 19 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 served serve VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 9 conj _ _ 21 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 Tsar Tsar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 23 for for ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 24 twenty twenty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 26 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 25 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 27 nummod _ _ 27 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 received receive VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 20 conj _ _ 31 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 dress dress NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 37 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 38 obj _ _ 38 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Typo=Yes|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 39 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 lived live VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 ccomp _ _ 41 for for ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 after after ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ? ? PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go along** | past | end | | | | | along *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **think** *speech: other* | past | end | Lord | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | | end | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **serve** *in a quote* | present · perfect | end | my Tsar | | | year | | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tsar=Attribute | | 5 | **receive** *in a quote* | present · perfect | end *not said here* | my food and dress | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Theme | | 6 | **have** *in a quote* | present | end *not said here* | | | | | what *obj* | tree rules | | 7 | **live** *in a quote* | past | end | | | | | for all | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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 105](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/12/105/) - next →: [sentence 107](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/12/107/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/12/)