--- title: And Marýshko Paránov came to Alyósha Popóvich and said: “God must be… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: And Marýshko Paránov came to Alyósha Popóvich and said: “God must be your judge, Alyósha Popóvich: you would not give me your steel knife; I should have carved out the white breast from that pagan thief, should have gouged out his bright eyes, and I should have taken out his mettlesome heart and gaz --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/20/57/) [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 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/20/) / 57 # Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 20, sentence 57 And Marýshko Paránov came to Alyósha Popóvich and said: “God must be your judge, Alyósha Popóvich: you would not give me your steel knife; I should have carved out the white breast from that pagan thief, should have gouged out his bright eyes, and I should have taken out his mettlesome heart and gazed on it. **Who acts:** Marýshko, God, you · **What happens:** come, say, be, not give, carve out, gouge out · **To what, where:** Alyósha, judge, steel knife, Marýshko, white breast, pagan thief · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. 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 (Marýshko, God, 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:pg62509:20:57 # text = And Marýshko Paránov came to Alyósha Popóvich and said: “God must be your judge, Alyósha Popóvich: you would not give me your steel knife; I should have carved out the white breast from that pagan thief, should have gouged out his bright eyes, and I should have taken out his mettlesome heart and gazed on it. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 Marýshko Marýshko PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 Paránov Paránov PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 flat _ _ 4 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 Alyósha Alyósha PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 7 Popóvich Popóvich PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 flat _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 : : PUNCT : _ 16 punct _ _ 11 “ " PUNCT `` _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 13 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 14 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 16 cop _ _ 15 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 judge judge NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 18 Alyósha Alyósha PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 appos _ _ 19 Popóvich Popóvich PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 20 : : PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 21 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 22 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 23 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 24 advmod _ _ 24 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 conj _ _ 25 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 iobj _ _ 26 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 27 steel steel NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 compound _ _ 28 knife knife NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ; ; PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ 30 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 31 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 32 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 33 aux _ _ 33 carved carve VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 parataxis _ _ 34 out out ADP RP _ 33 compound:prt _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 breast breast NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 38 from from ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 39 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 41 det _ _ 40 pagan pagan ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 thief thief NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 43 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 44 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 45 aux _ _ 45 gouged gouge VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 33 conj _ _ 46 out out ADP RP _ 45 compound:prt _ _ 47 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 48 bright bright ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 49 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 51 and and CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 52 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 55 nsubj _ _ 53 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 55 aux _ _ 54 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 55 aux _ _ 55 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 parataxis _ _ 56 out out ADP RP _ 55 compound:prt _ _ 57 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 59 nmod:poss _ _ 58 mettlesome mettlesome ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 59 amod _ _ 59 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 obj _ _ 60 and and CCONJ CC _ 61 cc _ _ 61 gazed gaze VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 55 conj _ _ 62 on on ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 63 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 61 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 64 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | Marýshko | | Alyósha | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Marýshko *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | must | God | your judge | | | | your *nmod:poss*; Alyósha *appos* | tree rules | | 4 | **not** **give** *in a quote* | would | you | your steel knife | Marýshko | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient knife=Theme | | 5 | **carve out** *in a quote* | should · perfect | Marýshko | the white breast | | that pagan thief | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP.product PP.material»: agent=Agent breast=Product from thief=Material | | 6 | **gouge out** *in a quote* | should · perfect | Marýshko *not said here* | ALYÓSHA's bright eyes | | | | | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Patient | | 7 | **take out** *in a quote* | should · perfect | Marýshko | ALYÓSHA's mettlesome heart | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heart=Theme | | 8 | **gaze** *in a quote* | participle | Marýshko *not said here* | | | | | on heart | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent on it=Theme | 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 56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/20/56/) - next →: [sentence 58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/20/58/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/20/)