--- title: Once more the workman took a single coin, went to the well for a dri… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Once more the workman took a single coin, went to the well for a drink of water and looked, and the lost money floated up to the surface: so he took them, and he then felt sure that God had rewarded him for his labour. Who acts: workman, lost money, money, God. 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Afanas'ev, Opening, part 17. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (workman, lost money, money, God), 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:pg62509:17:11 # text = Once more the workman took a single coin, went to the well for a drink of water and looked, and the lost money floated up to the surface: so he took them, and he then felt sure that God had rewarded him for his labour. 1 Once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 2 advmod _ _ 2 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 5 advmod _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 workman workman NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 single single ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 coin coin NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 11 to to ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 well well NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 14 for for ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 drink drink NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 25 amod _ _ 25 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ _ 26 floated float VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 25 acl _ _ 27 up up ADP RP _ 26 compound:prt _ _ 28 to to ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 surface surface NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 : : PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 32 so so ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 35 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 38 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 39 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 40 advmod _ _ 40 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 41 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 xcomp _ _ 42 that that SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 43 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 45 nsubj _ _ 44 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 45 rewarded reward VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 41 ccomp _ _ 46 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 obj _ _ 47 for for ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 49 labour labour NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | past | the workman | a single coin | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent coin=Theme | | 2 | **go** | past | the workman *not said here* | | | the well | | for a drink of water | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to well=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **look** | past | the workman *not said here* | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 4 | **lose** | participle | | | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **float up** | participle | | the lost money *not said here* | | the surface | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to surface=Destination | | 6 | **take** | past | the lost money | men *= man* | | | | money *nsubj* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 7 | **feel** | past | money | | | | then | sure *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 8 | **reward** | past · perfect | God | money | | | | for money's labour | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent he=Theme for labour=Attribute | 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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