--- title: Then Alyósha spoke in this wise: “I thank you, Túgarin Zmyéyevich; y… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Then Alyósha spoke in this wise: “I thank you, Túgarin Zmyéyevich; you have given me a steel knife: I will break your white breast, I will put out your clear eyes, and I will behold your mettlesome heart.” Who acts: Alyósha, you. 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 (Alyósha, you), 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:pg62509:20:50 # text = Then Alyósha spoke in this wise: “I thank you, Túgarin Zmyéyevich; you have given me a steel knife: I will break your white breast, I will put out your clear eyes, and I will behold your mettlesome heart.” 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 Alyósha Alyósha PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 spoke speak VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 6 nsubj _ _ 6 wise wise ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 : : PUNCT : _ 10 punct _ _ 8 “ " PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 thank thank VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 11 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 Túgarin Túgarin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 vocative _ _ 14 Zmyéyevich Zmyéyevich PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ; ; PUNCT : _ 18 punct _ _ 16 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 17 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 conj _ _ 19 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 18 iobj _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 steel steel NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 compound _ _ 22 knife knife NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 : : PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ _ 24 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 25 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 break break VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ _ 27 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 28 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 breast breast NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 31 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 32 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 conj _ _ 34 out out ADP RP _ 33 compound:prt _ _ 35 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 36 clear clear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 40 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 41 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 behold behold VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 conj _ _ 43 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 44 mettlesome mettlesome ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 ” " PUNCT '' _ 26 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | Alyósha | | | wise this | then | | tree rules | | 2 | **thank** *speech: thank* *in a quote* | present | Alyósha | | you | | | Túgarin *vocative* | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme | | 3 | **give** *in a quote* | present · perfect | you | a steel knife | Alyósha | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient knife=Theme | | 4 | **break** *in a quote* | future | Alyósha | your white breast | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer breast=Patient | | 5 | **put out** *in a quote* | future | Alyósha | your clear eyes | | | | | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent eye=Goal | | 6 | **behold** *in a quote* | future | Alyósha | your mettlesome heart | | | | | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer heart=Stimulus | 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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