--- title: Soon she learned that all the smith had done had been to burn her hu… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Soon she learned that all the smith had done had been to burn her husband to bits and not to make him young, and she was very angry indeed, sent her body-servants, and ordered them to take the smith to the gallows. Who acts: lady, smith. A sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. 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Afanas'ev, Opening, part 16. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (lady, smith), 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:pg62509:16:123 # text = Soon she learned that all the smith had done had been to burn her husband to bits and not to make him young, and she was very angry indeed, sent her body-servants, and ordered them to take the smith to the gallows. 1 Soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 3 advmod _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 learned learn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 5 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 7 det:predet _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 smith smith NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 8 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 ccomp _ _ 10 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 11 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 17 cop _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 burn burn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 advcl _ _ 14 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 16 to to ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 bits bit NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 19 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 21 advmod _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 22 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ _ 23 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 26 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 27 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 cop _ _ 28 very very ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 29 angry angry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 parataxis _ _ 30 indeed indeed ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 32 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 33 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 34 body body NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 35 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 servants servant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 ordered order VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 40 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obj _ _ 41 to to PART TO _ 42 mark _ _ 42 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 xcomp _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 smith smith NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ _ 45 to to ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 gallows gallows NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **learn** | past | lady | | | | | soon *property* | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **do** | past · perfect | all smith | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **burn** | to-infinitive | | lady's husband | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent husband=Theme | | 4 | **is** | past · perfect | | | | | | to bits | tree rules | | 5 | **not** **make** | to-infinitive | lady *not said here* | husband | | | | young *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset he=Product | | 6 | **is** | past | lady | | | | | angry, indeed *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **send** | past | lady *not said here* | lady's body servants | | | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent servant=Theme | | 8 | **order** | past | | | SMITH | | | | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent they=Recipient clause=Topic | | 9 | **take** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | the smith | | the gallows | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent smith=Theme to gallows=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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