--- title: In the meantime the poor man had wrapped a stone in a cloth and was… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: In the meantime the poor man had wrapped a stone in a cloth and was threatening the judge with it behind the brother’s back, for he was thinking, “If the judge goes against me, I will kill him.” Who acts: man, judge. A sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (man, judge), 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:pg62509:21:13 # text = In the meantime the poor man had wrapped a stone in a cloth and was threatening the judge with it behind the brother’s back, for he was thinking, “If the judge goes against me, I will kill him.” 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 meantime meantime NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj:pass _ _ 7 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 wrapped wrap VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 stone stone NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 cloth cloth NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 15 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 threatening threaten VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 24 csubj _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 judge judge NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 19 with with ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obl _ _ 21 behind behind ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ’s be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 25 back back ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 27 for for SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 29 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 thinking think VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 24 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 32 “ " PUNCT `` _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 If if SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 judge judge NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 36 goes go VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 advcl _ _ 37 against against ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 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 kill kill VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 conj _ _ 43 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ” " PUNCT '' _ 30 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wrap** | past · perfect · passive | | the poor man | | the meantime | | in a cloth; a stone *obj* | tree rules | | 2 | **threaten** | past · progressive | | the judge | | | | with cloth; behind the brother | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus judge=Experiencer | | 3 | **think** *speech: other* | past · progressive | man | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **go** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | the judge | | | | | against man | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme against i=Location | | 5 | **kill** *in a quote* | future | man | man | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=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 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/21/12/) - next →: [sentence 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/21/14/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/21/)