--- title: And the old man took as much as he could take with his thumb and two… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: And the old man took as much as he could take with his thumb and two fingers, but the pope took it by handfuls, and he rammed it all into his wallet and hid it away, concealed it, lifted it up as much as ever his power could. Who acts: old man, man, pope. A sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. 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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 (old man, man, pope), 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:pg62509:12:54 # text = And the old man took as much as he could take with his thumb and two fingers, but the pope took it by handfuls, and he rammed it all into his wallet and hid it away, concealed it, lifted it up as much as ever his power could. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 as as ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 obj _ _ 8 as as SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 10 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 acl _ _ 12 with with ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 thumb thumb NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 16 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 17 nummod _ _ 17 fingers finger NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 19 but but CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 pope pope NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 22 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 23 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obj _ _ 24 by by ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 handfuls handful NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 rammed ram VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 30 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ _ 31 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 30 det _ _ 32 into into ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 wallet wallet NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 hid hide VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 conj _ _ 37 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ _ 38 away away ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 40 concealed conceal VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 41 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 43 lifted lift VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 44 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 obj _ _ 45 up up ADP RP _ 43 compound:prt _ _ 46 as as ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ _ 47 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 obj _ _ 48 as as SCONJ IN _ 52 mark _ _ 49 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 51 advmod _ _ 50 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 51 nmod:poss _ _ 51 power power NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 nsubj _ _ 52 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 47 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | past | the old man | much | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent much=Theme | | 2 | **take** | could | man | | | | | with man's thumb and two fingers | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **take** | past | the pope | silver | | | | by handfuls | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 4 | **ram** | past | pope | silver | | man's wallet | | | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme into wallet=Destination | | 5 | **hide away** | past | pope *not said here* | silver | | | | away *property* | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | | 6 | **conceal** | past | the old man *not said here* | silver | | | | | vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | | 7 | **lift up** | past | the old man *not said here* | silver | | | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Agent it=Theme much=Destination | 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. 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