--- title: Then Alyósha made a prayer: “Holy Mother of God, do thou punish the… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Then Alyósha made a prayer: “Holy Mother of God, do thou punish the black traitor, and grant out of the black cloud a thick gritty rain that shall damp Túgarin’s light wings, and he may fall on the grey earth and stand on the open field!” Who acts: Alyósha, thou, thick gritty rain, ALYÓSHA. 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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 (Alyósha, thou, thick gritty rain, 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:pg62509:20:63 # text = Then Alyósha made a prayer: “Holy Mother of God, do thou punish the black traitor, and grant out of the black cloud a thick gritty rain that shall damp Túgarin’s light wings, and he may fall on the grey earth and stand on the open field!” 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 Alyósha Alyósha PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 prayer prayer NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 : : PUNCT : _ 9 punct _ _ 7 “ " PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 Holy holy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 Mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 14 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 15 nsubj _ _ 15 punish punish VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 parataxis _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 black black ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 traitor traitor NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 grant grant VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 conj _ _ 22 out out ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 black black ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 cloud cloud NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 28 thick thick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 29 gritty gritty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 rain rain NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ _ 31 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 33 nsubj _ _ 32 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 damp damp VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 acl:relcl _ _ 34 Túgarin Túgarin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ’s 's PART POS _ 34 case _ _ 36 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 compound _ _ 37 wings wing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 40 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 41 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 fall fall VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 parataxis _ _ 43 on on ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 45 grey grey ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 48 stand stand VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 conj _ _ 49 on on ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 51 open open ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 amod _ _ 52 field field NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 ! ! PUNCT . _ 48 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 54 ” " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | past | Alyósha | a prayer | | | then | Holy Mother of God *obl* | tree rules | | 2 | **punish** *in a quote* | present · do-support | thou | the black traitor | | | | | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent traitor=Patient | | 3 | **grant** *in a quote* | infinitive | thou *not said here* | | | the black cloud a thick gritty rain | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **damp** *in a quote* | shall | a thick gritty rain | Túgarin's light wings | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **fall** *in a quote* | may | ALYÓSHA *= alyósha* | | | the grey earth | | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on earth=Location | | 6 | **stand** *in a quote* | infinitive | ALYÓSHA *= alyósha* *not said here* | | | the open field | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on field=Location | 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 62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/20/62/) - next →: [sentence 64](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/20/64/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/20/)