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title: “Because,” the peasant answered, “my daughters-in-law do not sweep u… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics
description: “Because,” the peasant answered, “my daughters-in-law do not sweep up the lathes; but put the _kvas_ on the table when they are sitting round together without saying grace.” Who acts: peasant, daughters, lathes. A sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. Afanas'ev, Opening, part 18, with its depend
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# Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 18, sentence 131

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“Because,” the peasant answered, “my daughters-in-law do not sweep up the lathes; but put the \_kvas\_ on the table when they are sitting round together without saying grace.”

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**Who acts:** peasant, daughters, lathes · **What happens:** answer, not sweep up, put, sit, say · **To what, where:** lathes, kvas, table, grace · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. Afanas'ev, Opening, part 18. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (peasant, daughters, lathes), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg62509:18:131
# text = “Because,” the peasant answered, “my daughters-in-law do not sweep up the lathes; but put the _kvas_ on the table when they are sitting round together without saying grace.”
1	“	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	”	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	peasant	peasant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	answered	answer	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
9	“	"	PUNCT	``	_	18	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	daughters	daughter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	law	law	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
16	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	aux	_	_
17	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	18	advmod	_	_
18	sweep	sweep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	ccomp	_	_
19	up	up	ADP	RP	_	18	compound:prt	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	lathes	lathe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	24	punct	_	_
23	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	24	cc	_	_
24	put	put	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	18	conj	_	_
25	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
26	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	27	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	kvas	kvas	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	24	punct	_	_
29	on	on	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
30	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	31	det	_	_
31	table	table	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	obl	_	_
32	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	35	mark	_	_
33	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	35	nsubj	_	_
34	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	35	aux	_	_
35	sitting	sit	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	24	advcl	_	_
36	round	round	ADV	RB	_	35	advmod	_	_
37	together	together	ADV	RB	_	35	advmod	_	_
38	without	without	SCONJ	IN	_	39	mark	_	_
39	saying	say	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	35	advcl	_	_
40	grace	grace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	”	"	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | the peasant |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **sweep up** *in a quote* | present · do-support | my daughters in law | the lathes |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme lathe=Trajectory |
| 3 | **put** *in a quote* | infinitive | my daughters in law *not said here* | the kvas |  | the table |  |  | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent kvas=Theme on table=Destination |
| 4 | **sit** *in a quote* | present · progressive | lathes *= lathe* |  |  |  |  | round, together *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | gerund | lathes *= lathe* *not said here* | grace |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent grace=Topic |

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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.

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**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.

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