--- title: The judge believed that the poor man was offering him a hundred roub… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The judge believed that the poor man was offering him a hundred roubles so as to prove his case, and he gave judgment that the rich man must leave the horse in the poor peasant’s possession until the tail grew again. Who acts: judge, poor man, man, rich man. 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N. Afanas'ev, Opening, part 21. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (judge, poor man, man, rich man), 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:pg62509:21:14 # text = The judge believed that the poor man was offering him a hundred roubles so as to prove his case, and he gave judgment that the rich man must leave the horse in the poor peasant’s possession until the tail grew again. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 judge judge NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 believed believe VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 offering offer VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 ccomp _ _ 10 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 hundred hundred NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 13 nummod _ _ 13 roubles rouble NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obj _ _ 14 so so ADV RB _ 17 cc _ _ 15 as as ADP IN _ 14 fixed _ _ 16 to to PART TO _ 17 mark _ _ 17 prove prove VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 conj _ _ 18 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 case case NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 24 judgment judgment NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 25 that that SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 rich rich ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 29 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 advcl _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 33 in in ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 peasant peasant NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ’s 's PART POS _ 36 case _ _ 38 possession possession NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 39 until until SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 tail tail NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nsubj _ _ 42 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 advcl _ _ 43 again again ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **believe** | past | the judge | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **offer** | past · progressive | the poor man | hundred roubles | Judge | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent he=Goal rouble=Theme | | 3 | **prove** | to-infinitive | the poor man *not said here* | man's case | | | | | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent case=Theme | | 4 | **give** | past | man | judgment | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent judgment=Theme | | 5 | **leave** | must | the rich man | the horse | | the poor peasant's possession | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent horse=Theme in possession=Location | | 6 | **grow** | past | the tail | | | | again | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **possess** | | the poor peasant | | | | | | nom possession «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. 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