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title: Then the judge felt sure he would get altogether three hundred roubl… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics
description: Then the judge felt sure he would get altogether three hundred roubles in the case, and he commanded the son to go to the bridge, “and you, poor man, go there; stop under the bridge; and the son is to jump into the water plump on to you and to kill you.” Who acts: judge, you, son. A sentence of «Rus
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# Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 21, sentence 23

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Then the judge felt sure he would get altogether three hundred roubles in the case, and he commanded the son to go to the bridge, “and you, poor man, go there; stop under the bridge; and the son is to jump into the water plump on to you and to kill you.”

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**Who acts:** judge, you, son · **What happens:** feel, get, command, go, stop, be · **To what, where:** hundred roubles, case, son, bridge, you, water · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. 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, you, son), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg62509:21:23
# text = Then the judge felt sure he would get altogether three hundred roubles in the case, and he commanded the son to go to the bridge, “and you, poor man, go there; stop under the bridge; and the son is to jump into the water plump on to you and to kill you.”
1	Then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	4	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	judge	judge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	felt	feel	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	sure	sure	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
6	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
7	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	ccomp	_	_
9	altogether	altogether	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
10	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	11	compound	_	_
11	hundred	hundred	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	12	nummod	_	_
12	roubles	rouble	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	case	case	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
18	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj	_	_
19	commanded	command	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obj	_	_
22	to	to	PART	TO	_	23	mark	_	_
23	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	19	xcomp	_	_
24	to	to	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
25	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
26	bridge	bridge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	35	punct	_	_
28	“	"	PUNCT	``	_	35	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	35	cc	_	_
30	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	35	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	33	punct	_	_
32	poor	poor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	33	amod	_	_
33	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	33	punct	_	_
35	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	23	conj	_	_
36	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	35	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	38	punct	_	_
38	stop	stop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	19	advcl	_	_
39	under	under	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
40	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	41	det	_	_
41	bridge	bridge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	38	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	48	punct	_	_
43	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	48	cc	_	_
44	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	45	det	_	_
45	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	48	nsubj	_	_
46	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	48	cop	_	_
47	to	to	PART	TO	_	48	mark	_	_
48	jump	jump	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
49	into	into	ADP	IN	_	51	case	_	_
50	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	51	det	_	_
51	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	52	obl	_	_
52	plump	plump	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	48	parataxis	_	_
53	on	on	ADV	RB	_	52	advmod	_	_
54	to	to	ADP	IN	_	55	case	_	_
55	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	52	obl	_	_
56	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	58	cc	_	_
57	to	to	PART	TO	_	58	mark	_	_
58	kill	kill	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	52	conj	_	_
59	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	58	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
60	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	48	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
61	”	"	PUNCT	''	_	48	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feel** | past | the judge |  |  |  | then | sure *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
| 2 | **get** | would | Judge | hundred roubles |  | the case |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer rouble=Stimulus |
| 3 | **command** | past | Judge | the son |  |  |  |  | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent son=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 4 | **go** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Judge *not said here* |  |  | the bridge |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to bridge=Initial\_Location |
| 5 | **go** *in a quote* | infinitive | you |  |  | there |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 6 | **stop** *in a quote* | infinitive | Judge *not said here* |  |  | the bridge |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 7 | **is** *in a quote* | present | the son |  |  |  |  | jump *property* | tree rules |
| 8 | **plump** *in a quote* | present |  |  | you | the water |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
| 9 | **kill** *in a quote* | to-infinitive |  | you |  |  |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme |

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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.

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**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.

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