--- title: The soldier recognised the general, but it was no good, because the… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The soldier recognised the general, but it was no good, because the general would not acknowledge him at all: “I do not know you, and you must not claim acquaintance with me!” Who acts: soldier, lot, general, I. A sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. Afanas'ev, Opening, part 19, with its depend --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/19/7/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Russian Folk-Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/) / [Opening, part 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/19/) / 7 # Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 19, sentence 7 The soldier recognised the general, but it was no good, because the general would not acknowledge him at all: “I do not know you, and you must not claim acquaintance with me!” **Who acts:** soldier, lot, general, I, you · **What happens:** recognise, be, not acknowledge, not know, not claim · **To what, where:** general, brother, all, you, acquaintance · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. Afanas'ev, Opening, part 19. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (soldier, lot, general, I), 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:pg62509:19:7 # text = The soldier recognised the general, but it was no good, because the general would not acknowledge him at all: “I do not know you, and you must not claim acquaintance with me!” 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 soldier soldier NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 recognised recognise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 general general ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 7 but but CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 10 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 11 det _ _ 11 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 13 because because SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 general general NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 16 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 17 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 18 advmod _ _ 18 acknowledge acknowledge VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 conj _ _ 19 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obj _ _ 20 at at ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 : : PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 23 “ " PUNCT `` _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 25 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 26 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 27 advmod _ _ 27 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 parataxis _ _ 28 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 31 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 32 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 33 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 34 advmod _ _ 34 claim claim VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 parataxis _ _ 35 acquaintance acquaintance NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 36 with with ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ! ! PUNCT . _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ” " PUNCT '' _ 27 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **recognise** | past | the soldier | the general | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | past | lot | | | | | good *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **not** **acknowledge** | would | the general | brother | | all | | | vn confess-37.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Topic | | 4 | **not** **know** *in a quote* | present · do-support | I | you | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus | | 5 | **not** **claim** *speech: other* *in a quote* | must | you | acquaintance | | | | with me | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent acquaintance=Topic | 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 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/19/6/) - next →: [sentence 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/19/8/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/19/)