--- title: His father said to him, “Alyósha Popóvich, you are faring into the o… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: His father said to him, “Alyósha Popóvich, you are faring into the open field, but we have yet one who is even mightier than you: do you take into your service Marýshko, the son of Parán.” Who acts: father, Alyósha, we, ALYÓSHA. A sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. 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Afanas'ev, Opening, part 20. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (father, Alyósha, we, ALYÓSHA), 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:pg62509:20:30 # text = His father said to him, “Alyósha Popóvich, you are faring into the open field, but we have yet one who is even mightier than you: do you take into your service Marýshko, the son of Parán.” 1 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 7 “ " PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 Alyósha Alyósha PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 9 Popóvich Popóvich PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 12 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 faring fare VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 14 into into ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 open open ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 field field NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 but but CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 20 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 22 yet yet ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 23 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 21 obj _ _ 24 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 27 nsubj _ _ 25 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 cop _ _ 26 even even ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 27 mightier mighty ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 23 acl:relcl _ _ 28 than than ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 : : PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ 31 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 32 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ _ 34 into into ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 service service NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 37 Marýshko Marýshko PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 vocative _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 Parán Parán PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ” " PUNCT '' _ 33 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | ALYÓSHA's father | | ALYÓSHA *= alyósha* | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **fare** *in a quote* | present · progressive | Alyósha | | | the open field | | you *nsubj* | tree rules | | 3 | **have** *in a quote* | present | we | one | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Patient | | 4 | **is** *in a quote* | present | | | | | | than ALYÓSHA *= alyósha*; who *nsubj*; mighty *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **take** *in a quote* | present · do-support | ALYÓSHA *= alyósha* | Marýshko | | your service | | the son of Parán *vocative* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent marýshko=Theme into service=Destination | | 6 | **service** *in a quote* | | your | | | | | | nom service «act transitive»: poss=agent | 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 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/20/29/) - next →: [sentence 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/20/31/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/20/)